linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 2/4] softirq: Factor loop termination condition

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Message-ID: <87v9g38tcc.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:36:03 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     qianjun.kernel@...il.com, peterz@...radead.org, will@...nel.org,
        luto@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     laoar.shao@...il.com, qais.yousef@....com, urezki@...il.com,
        jun qian <qianjun.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/4] softirq: Factor loop termination condition

On Tue, Sep 15 2020 at 19:56, qianjun kernel wrote:
>  asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
>  {
>  	u64 start = sched_clock();
>  	unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
> -	int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
> +	unsigned int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;

And this change is related to making the timeout check a function in
which way?

Thanks,

        tglx