[PATCH 3/8] alpha: make irqflags helpers operate on IPL state

From: Magnus Lindholm

Date: Sun May 17 2026 - 17:40:15 EST


Alpha interrupt masking is controlled by the PAL IPL value, not by the
full processor status word. Make arch_local_save_flags() return the
current IPL directly, and make arch_local_irq_restore() and
arch_irqs_disabled_flags() treat their argument as IPL state.

Mask the low IPL bits in the restore and test helpers so callers which
still pass a saved PS value continue to behave as expected.

This prepares the irqflags helpers for lockdep IRQ-state tracking, where
the saved flags value is used to determine whether hard IRQs are enabled
or disabled.

Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/include/asm/irqflags.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 9f25d4e0d37e..f207544f52de 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern int __min_ipl;

static inline unsigned long arch_local_save_flags(void)
{
- return rdps();
+ return getipl();
}

static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
static inline void arch_local_irq_restore(unsigned long flags)
{
barrier();
- setipl(flags);
+ setipl(flags & 7);
barrier();
}

static inline bool arch_irqs_disabled_flags(unsigned long flags)
{
- return flags == IPL_MAX;
+ return (flags & 7) == IPL_MAX;
}

static inline bool arch_irqs_disabled(void)
--
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