Re: [PATCH -rt] powerpc update

From: Daniel Walker
Date: Wed Oct 18 2006 - 10:32:44 EST


On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 09:28 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Pay close attention to the fasteoi interrupt threading. I added usage
> > of mask/unmask instead of using level handling, which worked well on
> > PPC.
>
> this is wrong - it should be doing mask+ack.

The main reason I did it this way is cause the current threaded eoi
expected the line to be masked. So if you happen to have a eoi that's
threaded you get a warning then the interrupt hangs.

> also note that you changed:

> > - goto out_unlock;
>
> to:
>
> > + goto out;
>
> and you even tried to hide your tracks:

hiding something? I made note of these changes specifically so you would
review them.

Daniel

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