linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH char-misc 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Add hooks for per-CPU IRQ

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Message-ID: <20180312091828.GA4370@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:18:28 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     mikelley@...rosoft.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, leann.ogasawara@...onical.com,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        kys@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH char-misc 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Add hooks for per-CPU
 IRQ

On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 08:49:02PM -0700, Michael Kelley wrote:
> Add hooks to enable/disable a per-CPU IRQ for VMbus. These hooks
> are in the architecture independent setup and shutdown paths for
> Hyper-V.  They are being added as staging for upcoming code for
> Linux guests on Hyper-V on ARM64.  The x86/x64 implementation
> is null because VMbus interrupts on x86/x64 don't use an IRQ.

Please submit this _with_ the new code that uses this "hook".  We don't
add new apis unless they are actually used.

thanks,

greg k-h