linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: eliminate irq_mis_count counted in arch_irq

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Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:19:15 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Li Fei <fei.li@...el.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, chuansheng.liu@...el.com,
	tomoki.sekiyama.qu@...achi.com, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	joe@...ches.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: eliminate irq_mis_count counted in arch_irq_stat


* Li Fei <fei.li@...el.com> wrote:

> 
> With current implementation, kstat_cpu(cpu).irqs_sum is also
> increased in case of irq_mis_count increment.
> So there is no need to count irq_mis_count in arch_irq_stat,
> otherwise irq_mis_count will be counted twice in the sum of
> /proc/stat.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Chuansheng <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Li Fei <fei.li@...el.com>

The patch looks good, but this is not a valid signoff sequence. If Liu 
Chuansheng wrote this patch then his From: line should be included. If he 
acked it, then it should be added as Acked-by.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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