Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:15:56 -0700 | From | "Yinghai Lu" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/25] dyn_array and nr_irqs support v3 |
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > Yinghai Lu wrote: >> >> Peter, Andrew, >> >> Please check dyn_array support for x86 >> v3: split changing to nr_irqs to small patches >> fix checkpatch error >> reorder the patch sequence to make dyn_array support go at first >> so could use that with arrays other than NR_IRQS >> > > The real issue is that I think Eric is right: the dyn_array is an > interesting data structure, but it's the wrong solution for the problem. A > static array would have to be ridiculously large given the potential number > of interrupt sources. >
i am working on dyn_array + condense irq_desc/irq_cfg.
it will use dyn_array to allocate 32 entry for irq_desc/irq_cfg, and will use get_irq_desc via list to distribute it. later if need more, will allocate more 32 entries....
so will send out v4.
YH
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