linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 01/33] x86/traps: let common_interrupt() handle IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP

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Date:   Sun, 7 May 2023 13:59:34 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, shan.kang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/33] x86/traps: let common_interrupt() handle
 IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 01:14:06AM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
> From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>
> 
> IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR is the only one of the system IRQ vectors that
> is *below* FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR. It is a slow path, so just push it
> into common_interrupt() just before the spurious interrupt handling.

I'm missing here the "why":

I can go forward into the set and see that you're splitting the handling
based on vector types and there's event classification and the lowest
prio vector is not going to be hardwired to 0x20, yadda yadda...

but some of that should be in the text here so that it is clear why it
is being done.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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