linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64 irq: reset more to default when clear irq_vector for destroy

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Message-ID: <20061028172941.GA92790@muc.de>
Date:	Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:29:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@....com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64 irq: reset more to default when clear irq_vector for destroy_irq

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:44:36PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> revised version according to Eric. and it can be applied clearly to
> current Linus's Tree.
> 
> Clear the irq releated entries in irq_vector, irq_domain and vector_irq
> instead of clearing irq_vector only. So when new irq is created, it
> could reuse that vector. (actually is the second loop scanning from
> FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR+8). This could avoid the vectors are used up
> with enough module inserting and removing

Added thanks.

Does i386 need a similar patch?

-Andi
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