Re: [i386, x86-64] ioapic_register_intr() andassign_irq_vector() questions

[Jan Beulich]

>> Looking at the call paths assign_irq_vector() can get called from, I
>> would think this function, namely as it's using static variables,
>> lacks synchronization - is there any (hidden) reason this is not
>> needed here?

>It is only called during system initialization which is single threaded. 
>If someone added ioapic hotplug they would need to do something about 
>this.

Hmm, as I looked through this I expected this to be possibly called also later, as it seems to be on paths reachable
from exported functions (which clearly can be called only after the single-threaded phase is over.

Jan
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