linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpumask fallout: Initialize irq_default

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:04:24 +0200
From:	"Ihar Hrachyshka" <ihar.hrachyshka@...il.com>
To:	"David Daney" <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	travis@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpumask fallout: Initialize irq_default_affinity earlier (v2).

#ifdef X
void func(args)
{
  operation();
}
#else
void func(args)
{
}
#endif

is better than:

void func(args)
{
#ifdef X
  operation();
#endif
}

IMHO.

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:55 AM, David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com> wrote:
> Move the initialization of irq_default_affinity to early_irq_init as
> core_initcall is too late.
>
> irq_default_affinity can be used in init_IRQ and potentially timer and
> SMP init as well.  All of these happen before core_initcall.  Moving
> the initialization to early_irq_init ensures that it is initialized
> before it is used.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
> ---
>  kernel/irq/handle.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  kernel/irq/manage.c |    8 --------
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
> index c20db0b..a9fbb01 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ void handle_bad_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
>        ack_bad_irq(irq);
>  }
>
> +static inline void __init init_irq_default_affinity(void)
> +{
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
> +       alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity);
> +       cpumask_setall(irq_default_affinity);
> +#endif
> +}
> +
>  /*
>  * Linux has a controller-independent interrupt architecture.
>  * Every controller has a 'controller-template', that is used
> @@ -134,6 +142,8 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
>        int legacy_count;
>        int i;
>
> +       init_irq_default_affinity();
> +
>        desc = irq_desc_legacy;
>        legacy_count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc_legacy);
>
> @@ -219,6 +229,8 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
>        int count;
>        int i;
>
> +       init_irq_default_affinity();
> +
>        desc = irq_desc;
>        count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc);
>
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> index 618a64f..291f036 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
>  #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
>  cpumask_var_t irq_default_affinity;
>
> -static int init_irq_default_affinity(void)
> -{
> -       alloc_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       cpumask_setall(irq_default_affinity);
> -       return 0;
> -}
> -core_initcall(init_irq_default_affinity);
> -
>  /**
>  *     synchronize_irq - wait for pending IRQ handlers (on other CPUs)
>  *     @irq: interrupt number to wait for
> --
> 1.5.6.6
>
>
>
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