linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/9] irq_work: Force raised irq work to run on irq work interrupt

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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:33:40 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@...il.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/9] irq_work: Force raised irq work to run on irq
 work interrupt

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 08:11:37AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 04:52:51PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/irq_work.c b/kernel/irq_work.c
> > index e6bcbe7..17bd203 100644
> > --- a/kernel/irq_work.c
> > +++ b/kernel/irq_work.c
> > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> >  
> >  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, raised_list);
> >  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, lazy_list);
> > +static bool has_own_interrupt;
> >  
> >  /*
> >   * Claim the entry so that no one else will poke at it.
> 
> > +void irq_work_tick(void)
> > +{
> > +	if (!has_own_interrupt)
> > +		irq_work_run_list(&__get_cpu_var(raised_list));
> > +	irq_work_run_list(&__get_cpu_var(lazy_list));
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * Synchronize against the irq_work @entry, ensures the entry is not
> >   * currently in use.
> 
> Why not something like the below; then it becomes a compile time matter.

Problem is that some archs only have that information at runtime.
See x86 for example which tests cpu_has_apic.
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