Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:05:06 +0100 | From | "Remy Bohmer" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RT] Revert Softdisable for simple irqs. |
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Hello Steven,
> > In commit 76d2160147f43f982dfe881404cfde9fd0a9da21 lazy irq disabling > was implemented, and the simple irq handler had a masking set to it. > > Remy Bohmer discovered that some devices in the ARM architecture > would trigger the mask, but never unmask it. His patch to do the > unmasking was questioned by Russell King about masking simple irqs > to begin with. Looking further, it was discovered that the problems > Remy was seeing was due to improper use of the simple handler by > devices, and he later submitted patches to fix those. But the issue > that was uncovered was that the simple handler should never mask. > > This patch reverts the masking in the simple handler.
Also: Acked-by: Remy Bohmer <linux@bohmer.net>
Thanks for the effort also, I still had it on my todo list, but that is needed anymore...
Remy
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