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DateSun, 19 Nov 2006 21:23:48 +0100
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.6.18-rt7: PowerPC: fix breakage in threaded fasteoi type IRQ handlers

* Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> > dont worry, it's -rt only stuff.
>
> Still, I'm curious :-) Besides, there have been people talking about
> having -rt work on ppc64 so ...

ok :)

> What do you need an ack() for on fasteoi ? On all fasteoi controllers
> I have, ack is implicit by obtaining the vector number and all there
> is is an eoi...

it's a compatibility hack only. Threaded handlers are a different type
of flow, but often the fasteoi handler is not changed to the threaded
handler so i changed it to be a threaded handler too.

threaded handlers need a mask() + an ack(), because that's the correct
model to map them to kernel threads - threaded handlers can be delayed
for a long time if something higher-prio is preempting them.

Ingo
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