linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 04/27] arm64: daifflags: Use irqflags functions for daifflags

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Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:09:10 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        daniel.thompson@...aro.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        will.deacon@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        christoffer.dall@....com, james.morse@....com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/27] arm64: daifflags: Use irqflags functions for
 daifflags

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:51:14PM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> Some of the work done in daifflags save/restore is already provided
> by irqflags functions. Daifflags should always be a superset of irqflags
> (it handles irq status + status of other flags). Modifying behaviour of
> irqflags should alter the behaviour of daifflags.
> 
> Use irqflags_save/restore functions for the corresponding daifflags
> operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>

Queued for 4.20. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin