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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 45/62] net: irq: Remove IRQF_DISABLED
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:03:14 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1109072000290.2723@ionos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110907.135234.17759197083710999.davem@davemloft.net>

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, David Miller wrote:

> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:32:39 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, David Miller wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Wed,  7 Sep 2011 16:10:42 +0800
> >> 
> >> > This flag is a NOOP and can be removed now.
> >> > 
> >> > Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
> >> 
> >> I have the same concerns here as I had for the sparc case.
> >> 
> >> Some of these drivers might be using IRQF_DISABLED to make sure the
> >> IRQ cannot be delivered until it is explicitly enabled via an
> >> enable_irq() call.
> >> 
> >> How is that being accomodated now?
> > 
> > Again IRQF_DISABLED never ever had that functionality. 
> 
> My bad.
> 
> But what if these interrupts want interrupts disabled during their
> interrupt handler, for other reasons?

We run ALL interrupt handlers with irqs disabled always.
 
> This has the potential to break tons of stuff, especially on the
> really old chips which almost no developers have any more but some
> user might try to use.

It won't. We removed IRQF_DISABLED from kernel/irq/* long ago

Thanks,

	tglx

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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: perex@perex.cz, dhowells@redhat.com, prakity@marvell.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, chunkeey@googlemail.com,
	sonic.zhang@analog.com, klaus.kudielka@ieee.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 45/62] net: irq: Remove IRQF_DISABLED
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:03:14 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1109072000290.2723@ionos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110907.135234.17759197083710999.davem@davemloft.net>

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, David Miller wrote:

> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:32:39 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, David Miller wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Wed,  7 Sep 2011 16:10:42 +0800
> >> 
> >> > This flag is a NOOP and can be removed now.
> >> > 
> >> > Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
> >> 
> >> I have the same concerns here as I had for the sparc case.
> >> 
> >> Some of these drivers might be using IRQF_DISABLED to make sure the
> >> IRQ cannot be delivered until it is explicitly enabled via an
> >> enable_irq() call.
> >> 
> >> How is that being accomodated now?
> > 
> > Again IRQF_DISABLED never ever had that functionality. 
> 
> My bad.
> 
> But what if these interrupts want interrupts disabled during their
> interrupt handler, for other reasons?

We run ALL interrupt handlers with irqs disabled always.
 
> This has the potential to break tons of stuff, especially on the
> really old chips which almost no developers have any more but some
> user might try to use.

It won't. We removed IRQF_DISABLED from kernel/irq/* long ago

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-07 18:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 153+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1315383059-3673-9-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <1315383059-3673-1-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 12/62] m64k: irq: Remove IRQF_DISABLED Yong Zhang
2011-09-08  3:18     ` Greg Ungerer
2011-09-08  3:18       ` Greg Ungerer
2011-09-09 15:05       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-09-10  2:01         ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-10  2:01         ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-09 15:05       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 13/62] microblaze: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 14/62] MIPS: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  9:22     ` Ralf Baechle
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 17/62] powerpc: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08 16:41     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-08 16:41       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 18/62] score: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [uml-devel] [PATCH 21/62] um: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 23/62] x86: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 24/62] xtensa: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 27/62] [SCSI] " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 33/62] dmaengine: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07 15:02     ` Vinod Koul
2011-09-07 15:02       ` Vinod Koul
2011-09-11 21:38     ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-11 21:38       ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 36/62] i2c: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  7:59     ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-09  7:59       ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-11 21:36     ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-11 21:36       ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-11 21:36       ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-19  8:44     ` Barry Song
2011-09-19  8:44       ` Barry Song
2011-09-19  8:44       ` Barry Song
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 38/62] Input: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07 23:21     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-09-07 23:21       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-09-07 23:21       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 39/62] ISDN: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 44/62] mtd: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  8:03     ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-09  8:03       ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 45/62] net: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07 17:13     ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:13       ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:32       ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:32         ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:52         ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:52           ` David Miller
2011-09-07 18:03           ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2011-09-07 18:03             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-08 13:41             ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08 13:41               ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 51/62] powerpc/ps3: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07 17:04     ` Geoff Levand
2011-09-07 17:04       ` Geoff Levand
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 52/62] rtc: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-11 21:38     ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-11 21:38       ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-1-git-send-email-yong.zhang0-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-07  8:10     ` [PATCH 53/62] spi: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07 17:37       ` Grant Likely
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 54/62] TTY: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  9:49     ` Tobias Klauser
2011-09-09  9:49       ` Tobias Klauser
2011-09-22 23:04     ` Greg KH
2011-09-22 23:04       ` Greg KH
2011-09-22 23:08       ` Greg KH
2011-09-22 23:08         ` Greg KH
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 55/62] USB: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 56/62] video: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 58/62] watchdog: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  8:01     ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-09  8:01       ` Wolfram Sang
2011-09-11 21:37     ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-11 21:37       ` Linus Walleij
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 59/62] xen: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10   ` [PATCH 60/62] sound: " Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:10     ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-07  8:36     ` Péter Ujfalusi
2011-09-07  8:36       ` Péter Ujfalusi
2011-09-07  8:36       ` Péter Ujfalusi
2011-09-07 17:12     ` Mark Brown
2011-09-07 17:12       ` Mark Brown
2011-09-07 17:12       ` Mark Brown
2011-09-07 17:12       ` Mark Brown
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-30-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-07 14:26     ` [PATCH 29/62] block: " Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-21-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-07 17:12     ` [PATCH 20/62] sparc: " David Miller
2011-09-07 17:12       ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:31       ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:31         ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:33         ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:33           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:51           ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:51             ` David Miller
2011-09-07 17:57             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 17:57               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 18:14               ` David Miller
2011-09-07 18:14                 ` David Miller
2011-09-07 18:43                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-07 18:43                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-09-08  3:15                   ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08  3:15                     ` Yong Zhang
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-6-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-07 20:29     ` [PATCH 05/62] avr32: " Hans-Christian Egtvedt
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-7-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-08  8:12     ` [uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH 06/62] Blackfin: " Bob Liu
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-26-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-08 10:40     ` [PATCH 25/62] staging: " Marc Dietich
2011-09-08 13:58       ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08 14:52         ` Greg KH
2011-09-09  1:12           ` Yong Zhang
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-3-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-08 10:53     ` [RFC] [PATCH 02/62] mpu401:snd_mpu401_uart_new(): split semantic of irq_flags Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 10:53       ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 13:37       ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08 13:58         ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 13:58           ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 14:45           ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-08 20:27             ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 20:27               ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-09  1:31               ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-11 15:10                 ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-11 15:10                   ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-12 10:47                   ` Takashi Iwai
2011-09-12 10:47                     ` Takashi Iwai
2011-09-12 13:16                     ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-12 13:16                       ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-12 20:23                       ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-12 20:23                         ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-13  7:12                         ` Takashi Iwai
2011-09-13  8:17                           ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-13  8:17                             ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-13  9:24                             ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-14  8:49                               ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-14  9:06                                 ` Takashi Iwai
2011-09-14  9:15                                   ` Yong Zhang
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-32-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-08 10:55     ` [PATCH 31/62] driver/char: irq: Remove IRQF_DISABLED Clemens Ladisch
2011-09-08 15:29     ` Corey Minyard
2011-09-08 16:04     ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-62-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-08 21:38     ` [PATCH 61/62] Documentation: irq: Change documents related to IRQF_DISABLED Randy Dunlap
2011-09-09  1:38       ` Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  1:48       ` [UPDATED] " Yong Zhang
2011-09-09  8:25         ` Rolf Eike Beer
2011-09-09  8:41           ` Yong Zhang
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-48-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-09  8:04     ` [PATCH 47/62] pcmcia: irq: Remove IRQF_DISABLED Wolfram Sang
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-8-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-09 15:10     ` [PATCH 07/62] cris: " Jesper Nilsson
     [not found]   ` <1315383059-3673-42-git-send-email-yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
2011-09-15 19:57     ` [PATCH 41/62] mfd: " Samuel Ortiz
2011-09-20 15:03   ` [PATCH 08/62] frv: " David Howells
2011-09-20 15:04   ` [PATCH 15/62] mn10300: " David Howells

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