Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Oct 2008 04:29:27 -0400 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [RFC patch 2/5] genirq: add a quick check handler |
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On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:02:18PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Preparatory patch for threaded interrupt handlers. > > Adds a quick check handler which is called before the real handler. > The quick check handler can decide whether the interrupt was originated > from the device or not. It can also declare the interrupt as handled > and subsequently avoid that the real handler is called.
I'd rather leave the handler as a handle which could return IRQ_NEEDS_HANDLING to get a separate thread_fn called. This seems more intuitive and means less mess in the fastpath.
Maybe IRQ_NEEDS_HANDLING might better be named IRQ_THREADED os similar, but that's really getting into nitpicking..
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