Re: [PATCH] x86 UV: Fixes for UV rtc timers

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 14:01:31 EST



* Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 06:23:17PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > hm, why is the (unnecessary seeming) pushing of the
> > ack/exit_idle()/irq_enter()/irq_exit() sequence into the
> > generic_interrupt_extension() function a cleanup?
>
> It seems to make more sense to allow the users of generic_interrupt to
> provide their own sequence, rather than being forced into this one.

An IRQ handler is an irq handler. We should make it _more_ generic, not
less generic.

Also, the generic_interrupt_extension() name sucks a bit. Something like
x86_platform_ipi_callback() would be better.

> > Also, the commit log is rather terse - what is being fixed and why isnt
> > it separate from any cleanups?
>
> I have added to the commit log. See below.

Please separate out the fix and do the cleanups on top of that.

Thanks,

Ingo
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