Re: [RFC][patch 00/44] Consolidate irq_action flags

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Jul 01 2006 - 19:43:39 EST


On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:54:18 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The recent interrupt rework introduced bit value conflicts with sparc.
> Instead of introducing new architecture flags mess, move the interrupt
> SA_ flags out of the signal namespace and replace them by interrupt
> related flags.
>
> This allows to remove the obsolete SA_INTERRUPT flag and clean up
> the bit field values.
>
> The patch was mostly created by a script, manually fixed up and reviewed.
> Compile tested on various platforms. Boot tested on i386/x86_64
>

The amount of downstream wreckage from these changes is remarkably small -
I only had to diddle four or five patches and none of the git trees appear
to be affected. Right now, when the subsystems trees are maximally-merged
is the best time for this sort of thing.

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