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Message-ID: <20070806061459.GA26046@elte.hu>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 08:14:59 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Cc: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Jean-Baptiste Vignaud <vignaud@...dmail.fr>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
shemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-net <linux-net@...r.kernel.org>,
netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, marcin.slusarz@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch (take 2)] genirq: fix simple and fasteoi irq handlers
* Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl> wrote:
> Subject: genirq: fix simple and fasteoi irq handlers
>
> After the "genirq: do not mask interrupts by default" patch interrupts
> should be disabled not immediately upon request, but after they
> happen. But, handle_simple_irq() and handle_fasteoi_irq() can skip
> this once or more if an irq is just serviced (IRQ_INPROGRESS),
> possibly disrupting a driver's work.
nice fix. I think this is exactly the type of bug we were hoping to be
able to identify and fix, and it could explain the regression in its
entirety. The big question - does it fix Marcin's regression?
Ingo
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