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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 00/30] softirq: Make softirqs soft-interruptible (+ per vector disablement)
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 04:03:59PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> I have to ask a dumb question, though. Might it not be better to add a
> new set of functions like:
>
> local_softirq_disable(mask);
> spin_lock_softirq(lock, mask);
>
> Then just define the existing functions to call the new ones with
> SOFTIRQ_ALL_MASK? It would achieve something like the same result with
> far less churn and conflict potential; then individual call sites could be
> changed at leisure?

I was thinking the exact same thing...

Thanks,
Richard

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