Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64 irq: Simplify the vector allocator.

[yhlu]

On 10/22/06, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is no reason to remember a per cpu position of which vector
> to try.  Keeping a global position is simpler and more likely to
> result in a global vector allocation even if I don't need or require
> it.  For level triggered interrupts this means we are less likely to
> acknowledge another cpus irq, and cause the level triggered irq to
> harmlessly refire.
>
> This simplification makes it easier to only access data structures
> of  online cpus, by having fewer special cases to deal with.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good, It will keep increase vector, and only try to use same vector for
different cpu when vector is used up.

Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@xxxxxxx>
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