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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Dynamic tick for x86 version 050602-1
* Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> [050607 13:36]:
> Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
>
> > --- linux-dev.orig/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c 2005-06-01 17:51:36.000000000 -0700
> > +++ linux-dev/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c 2005-06-01 17:54:32.000000000 -0700
> > [...]
> > @@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ fastcall unsigned int do_IRQ(struct pt_r
> > );
> > } else
> > #endif
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_IDLE_HZ
> > + if (dyn_tick->state & (DYN_TICK_ENABLED | DYN_TICK_SKIPPING) && irq != 0)
> > + dyn_tick->interrupt(irq, NULL, regs);
> > +#endif
> > +
> > __do_IRQ(irq, regs);
>
> Forgive me if I'm being obtuse (again...), but this hunk doesn't look
> like it would work well in the 4K stacks case. When 4K stacks are being
> used, dyn_tick->interrupt() will only get called in the nested interrupt
> case, when the interrupt stack is already in use. This change also
> pushes the non-assembly __do_IRQ() call out of the else branch, meaning
> that, when the switch is made to the interrupt stack (most of the time),
> __do_IRQ() will be called twice for the same interrupt.

Good catch as mentioned earlier :)

> It looks to me like you want to put your #ifdef chunk *after* the call
> to __do_IRQ(), unless you have some reason for needing it to happen
> before the regular interrupt handler is invoked.

Time needs to be updated before __do_IRQ() so interrupt handlers have
correct time.

Tony
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