Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] irq: remove IRQF_DISABLED | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:02:55 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 18:55 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IDE IRQ handler (& probably many others) assume that IRQ layer won't be > trying to call it again while IRQ is being serviced -- is this going to > change with the introduction of threaded IRQs?
No, the real hardirq handler needs to disable the irq line before telling it wants the thread to run. The thread will then have to re-enable the irq line after its done.
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