Re: [PATCH 05/24] irq & spin_lock: Add counted interrupt disabling/enabling

From: Ingo Molnar

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 15:16:34 EST



* Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt_rc.h b/include/linux/interrupt_rc.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..dd4444c61330
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/interrupt_rc.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * include/linux/interrupt_rc.h - refcounted local processor interrupt
> + * management.
> + *
> + * Since the implementation of this API currently depends on
> + * local_irq_save()/local_irq_restore(), we split this into it's own header to
> + * make it easier to include without hitting circular header dependencies.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __LINUX_INTERRUPT_RC_H
> +#define __LINUX_INTERRUPT_RC_H

That's not the customary placement for header guards, please try to
follow existing patterns as much as possible.

> +/* Per-cpu interrupt disabling state for local_interrupt_{disable,enable}() */

That's not the standard spelling of per-CPU.

> +struct interrupt_disable_state {
> + unsigned long flags;
> +};

Unless this structure is extended in the same series - and it isn't
AFICT, why this layer of obfuscation of type and purpose?

> + /*
> + * TODO: re-read preempt count can be avoided, but it needs
> + * should_resched() taking another parameter as the current
> + * preempt count
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
> + if (should_resched(0))
> + __preempt_schedule();
> +#endif

Let's not add TODOs and call it an upstream-ready patch ...

preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
> - if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending()) {
> + /*
> + * Interrupts may happen between hardirq_disable_enter() and
> + * local_irq_save() in local_interrupt_disable(), if irq_exit() invokes
> + * softirq here, we may have a softirq handler calling
> + * local_interrupt_disable() but it won't disable the irq because
> + * hardirq disabling count is already 1, hence we need to prevent
> + * invoking softirq when a local_interrupt_disable() is ongoing.

Non-standard spelling of 'IRQ'.

> + */
> + if (!in_interrupt() && !hardirq_disable_count() &&
> + local_softirq_pending()) {
> /*
> * If we left hrtimers unarmed, make sure to arm them now,
> * before enabling interrupts to run SoftIRQ.

Non-standard spelling of 'softirq' here.

There's also new spelling errors in some of the comments introduced
by this patch.

This is a very low quality patch, it should never have been included
and declared 'ready' for upstream. It's not even close!

Thanks,

Ingo