Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:06:55 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] irq: Cleanup context state transitions in irq_exit() |
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 03:33:51PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > The minimal extra check at the end of irq_exit() is way better than > > any other special cased workaround and the softirq stuff is really the > > only thing which needs to be taken care of. Anything else just works. > > Yeah that's indeed a point in favour of this patch. > > I prefer to let you guys have the final word on this patch. Whether you > apply it or not, I fear I'll never be entirely happy either way :) > That's the sad fate of dealing with circular dependencies...
plus the butt ugly softirq semantics or the lack thereof ...
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