linux-kernel - Re: PCI PM: Restore standard config registers of all devices early

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:09:01 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: PCI PM: Restore standard config registers of all devices early

On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > Ingo: how do we walk over all the interrupt descriptors in todays world? 
> > The whole sparse-vs-nonsparse makes things a bit more complex.
> 
> this:
> 
>         struct irq_desc *desc;
>         int irq;
> 
>         for_each_irq_desc(i, desc) {
> 	...
> 	}
> 
> should do the trick.

So, what do I do in the loop to disable irqs for all devices on the IOAPIC
level.  Would disable_irq(irq) be sufficient?

Also, how can I skip the timer interrupt (we don't want to disable that)?

Rafael
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