Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:15:15 -0700 | From | yhlu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64 irq: Simplify the vector allocator. |
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On 10/22/06, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote: > > There is no reason to remember a per cpu position of which vector > to try. Keeping a global position is simpler and more likely to > result in a global vector allocation even if I don't need or require > it. For level triggered interrupts this means we are less likely to > acknowledge another cpus irq, and cause the level triggered irq to > harmlessly refire. > > This simplification makes it easier to only access data structures > of online cpus, by having fewer special cases to deal with. > > > Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Good, It will keep increase vector, and only try to use same vector for different cpu when vector is used up.
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