netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/7] MIPS: Octeon: Fix EIO handling.

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Message-ID: <20100107215950.GA24672@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:59:50 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] MIPS: Octeon: Fix EIO handling.

On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 12:52:07PM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> David Daney wrote:
>>
>>> If an interrupt handler disables interrupts, the EOI function will
>>> just reenable them.  This will put us in an endless loop when the
>>> upcoming Ethernet driver patches are applied.
>>>
>>> Only reenable the interrupt on EOI if it is not IRQ_DISABLED.  This
>>> requires that the EIO function be separate from the ENABLE function.
>>> We also rename the ACK functions to correspond with their function.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
>>>   
>>
>>   I guess the subject should read "EIO", not "EIO"...
>>
>
> Indeed.  The compiler didn't catch that one.
>
> Perhaps Ralf can fix it if he merges it, otherwise I can resubmit with 
> corrected spelling.

I can change it when merging, don't worry about it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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