linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 03/17] x86/traps: Remove pointless irq enable from do_spurious_interrupt

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Message-ID: <52673a2a-6e6e-c0f1-9586-70849429e7a0@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:33:16 +0100
From:   Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 03/17] x86/traps: Remove pointless irq enable from
 do_spurious_interrupt_bug()


On 10/23/19 2:27 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> That function returns immediately after conditionally reenabling interrupts which
> is more than pointless and requires the ASM code to disable interrupts again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |    1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>

alex.