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Message-ID: <4B4A8A54.8030406@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:17:56 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
CC: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MSI broken in libata?
Hello, Robert.
On 01/11/2010 10:39 AM, Robert Hancock wrote:
> It'd be interesting to see if it makes a difference, but I don't think
> the patch is quite right. According to the datasheet, doing the MSI ack
> while the interrupt source is still pending will cause a new MSI to be
> sent, so if you do it before handling the interrupt you'll generate a
> spurious interrupt after every real one.
Ah... okay, so the generation of MSI is level triggered? If so, your
original patch is correct. I was thinking it might be edge triggered
and it should be cleared before checking master event mask.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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