Re: [PATCH] Prevent nested interrupts when the IRQ stack is nearoverflowing v2

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, David Miller wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I'm currently using IRQF_DISABLED for virtual network
> device interrupts on sparc64 as a workaround for some stack
> overflow issues.
> 
> This change will just force me to work harder to find out a better way
> to fix the problem, so don't let my issue hold this back, it's just
> an FYI...

You missed the point of the patch.

It makes _all_ interrupts act like IRQF_DISABLED. So it actually fixes 
your issue, by making IRQF_DISABLE a no-op - not because it doesn't exist 
any more, but because the non-IRQF_DISABLED case would not exist any more.

		Linus
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