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Message-ID: <m13alp1z8w.fsf@frodo.ebiederm.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:10:23 -0700
From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Alan Mayer <ajm@....com>
Cc: jeremy@...p.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
mingo@...e.hu, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dean Nelson <dcn@....com>,
Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Dynamically allocate arch specific system vectors
Alan Mayer <ajm@....com> writes:
> Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Dynamically allocate arch specific system vectors
>
> From: Alan Mayer <ajm@....com>
>
> On some systems (e. g., UV) it is necessary to use an interrupt vector
> as a "system" vector, that is, it is generated by system hardware, not an
> IO device. This patch dynamically allocates them from the pool of interrupt
> vectors below the fixed system vectors. This may include stealing some from
> the device interrupt vector pool, so they are allocated dynamically so that
> other archs don't have to pay the price. In UV, examples of these hardware
> and software systems that need dynamically allocated vectors are the GRU,
> the BAU, and XPM/XPC.
Could you please explain words why the vector allocator does not work
for you?
This code at first glance looks a lot like duplicating the vector allocator.
Eric
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