linux-kernel - [tip:x86/urgent] x86/UV2: Ack BAU interrupt earlier

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Message-ID: <tip-88ed9dd7f63c3ae71c1984d99ee2dced0b386dea@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:23:20 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	cpw@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/UV2: Ack BAU interrupt earlier

Commit-ID:  88ed9dd7f63c3ae71c1984d99ee2dced0b386dea
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/88ed9dd7f63c3ae71c1984d99ee2dced0b386dea
Author:     Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:21:46 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:09:57 +0100

x86/UV2: Ack BAU interrupt earlier

This patch moves the ack of the BAU interrupt to the beginning
of  the interrupt handler so that there is less possibility of a
lost interrupt and slower response to a shootdown message.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120116212146.GE5767@sgi.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index affea50..4686bf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ void uv_bau_message_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct ptc_stats *stat;
 	struct msg_desc msgdesc;
 
+	ack_APIC_irq();
 	time_start = get_cycles();
 
 	bcp = &per_cpu(bau_control, smp_processor_id());
@@ -1247,8 +1248,6 @@ void uv_bau_message_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		stat->d_nomsg++;
 	else if (count > 1)
 		stat->d_multmsg++;
-
-	ack_APIC_irq();
 }
 
 /*
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