Re: [PATCH] genirq: handle shared irqs in handle_nested_irq()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Oct 28 2010 - 14:55:27 EST


On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Rabin Vincent wrote:

> Allow shared irqs to work when nested threads are used for handling
> threaded interrupts.

Why do we want this ? handle_nested_irq() is called from a interrupt
demultiplexer, so why would we need shared interrupts for this ?

Thanks,

tglx

> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/irq/chip.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> index baa5c4a..94a45a9 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> @@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ static inline void unmask_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
> void handle_nested_irq(unsigned int irq)
> {
> struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
> + irqreturn_t action_ret = IRQ_NONE;
> struct irqaction *action;
> - irqreturn_t action_ret;
>
> might_sleep();
>
> @@ -434,7 +434,10 @@ void handle_nested_irq(unsigned int irq)
> desc->status |= IRQ_INPROGRESS;
> raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
>
> - action_ret = action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
> + do {
> + action_ret |= action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
> + action = action->next;
> + } while (action);
> if (!noirqdebug)
> note_interrupt(irq, desc, action_ret);
>
> --
> 1.7.2.3
>
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