| | Date | Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:31:46 -0700 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC patch 0/5] genirq: add infrastructure for threaded interrupt handlers |
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On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:46:09PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> writes: > > > > - move long running handlers out of the hard interrupt context > > I'm not sure I'm really looking forward to this brave new world > of very long running interrupt handlers. e.g. what do you > do for example when some handler blocks for a very long time?
We have this issue today with some irqs (USB is known for issue here...)
So I don't think this is a big issue, and in the end, a better idea as it might force us to confront some of the big abusers and fix them.
thanks,
greg k-h
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