linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/26] x86, irq: Modify irq chip once for irq remapping

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Date:	Fri, 8 Mar 2013 21:07:43 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/26] x86, irq: Modify irq chip once for irq
 remapping

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013, Yinghai Lu wrote:

> Now after irq remapping is enabled, irq_chip fields are modified during
> every irq setup.
> 
> Only need to change them one during we enable irq mapping.

Can you please start to write sensible changelogs? I'm really sick of
your sloppyness.

> Also change irq_remap_modify_chip_defaults() to __init.

Why can you do that ?
  
> We don't need to use #ifdef in irq_remap_modify_chips(), as
> IRQ_REMAP only support x86_64 AND X86_IO_APIC AND PCI_MSI,
> also HPET_TIMER is set when x86_64 is set.

You should not describe what the patch is doing, you are again missing
to describe why the patch is doing this. 

Sigh. 

      tglx
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