linux-kernel - [tip:irq/urgent] irq: Sanitize invoke

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:07:05 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	torvalds@...uxfoundation.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:irq/urgent] irq: Sanitize invoke_softirq

Commit-ID:  facd8b80c67a3cf64a467c4a2ac5fb31f2e6745b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/facd8b80c67a3cf64a467c4a2ac5fb31f2e6745b
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:17:42 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:52:24 +0100

irq: Sanitize invoke_softirq

With the irq protection in irq_exit, we can remove the #ifdeffery and
the bh_disable/enable dance in invoke_softirq()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LFD.2.02.1302202155320.22263@ionos

---
 kernel/softirq.c | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index f2a9346..24a921b 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -322,18 +322,10 @@ void irq_enter(void)
 
 static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 {
-	if (!force_irqthreads) {
-#ifdef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
+	if (!force_irqthreads)
 		__do_softirq();
-#else
-		do_softirq();
-#endif
-	} else {
-		__local_bh_disable((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0),
-				SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
+	else
 		wakeup_softirqd();
-		__local_bh_enable(SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
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