linux-kernel - Re: tip tree allows nr_irqs to increase dynamically?

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Message-ID: <1299581237.17339.472.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:47:17 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: tip tree allows nr_irqs to increase dynamically?

On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 09:34 +0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > It looks like tip.git irq/core contains patches to allow nr_irqs to
> > expand dynamically. Are these targeted at 2.6.39 or something later?
> 
> 2.6.39

Cool.

> > I'm working on some cleanups to Xen's irq handling and they will
> > require/interact with this new behaviour, is there a suitable commit
> > which I could consider for pulling into my tree to build upon?
> 
> Unfortunately it's the original commit plus a fix which came way
> later, so head of irq/core is the only choice.

That's fine. I'll keep you in the loop with any branches etc I publish
which incorporate this branch.

Ian.

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