linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lockdep: Simplify a bit hardirq <-> softirq transitions

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Date:	Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:09:21 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockdep: Simplify a bit hardirq <-> softirq transitions

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:07:34AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Instead of saving the hardirq state on a per CPU variable, which require
> an explicit call before the softirq handling and some complication,
> just save and restore the hardirq tracing state through functions
> return values and parameters.
> 
> It simplifies a bit the black magic that works around the fact that
> softirqs can be called from hardirqs while hardirqs can nest on softirqs
> but those two cases have very different semantics and only the latter
> case assume both states.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

It applies on top of:

	"[tip:core/urgent] lockdep: Correctly annotate hardirq context in irq_exit()"

Thanks.
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