linux-kernel - Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: get back 15 vectors

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Message-ID: <4B419113.1090204@kernel.org>
Date:	Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:56:19 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	NetDEV list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: get back 15 vectors



between FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR (0x20) and FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR (0x41)

for 0x20 and 0x2f, we are safe be used_vectors will prevent it to use used one.

also try to reuse 0x30 to 0x3f after smp_affinity for irq[0,15] is changed to other cpu.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_
 	 * Also, we've got to be careful not to trash gate
 	 * 0x80, because int 0x80 is hm, kind of importantish. ;)
 	 */
-	static int current_vector = FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR, current_offset = 0;
+	static int current_vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + 1;
+	static int current_offset = 0;
 	unsigned int old_vector;
 	int cpu, err;
 	cpumask_var_t tmp_mask;
@@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ next:
 		if (vector >= first_system_vector) {
 			/* If out of vectors on large boxen, must share them. */
 			offset = (offset + 1) % 8;
-			vector = FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR + offset;
+			vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + 1 + offset;
 		}
 		if (unlikely(current_vector == vector))
 			continue;
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