Re: [PATCH 3/25] [PATCH] irq_flags / halt routines

From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa
Date: Wed Aug 08 2007 - 10:10:54 EST


On 8/8/07, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
> > +#include <asm/paravirt.h>
> > +# ifdef CONFIG_X86_VSMP
> > +static inline int raw_irqs_disabled_flags(unsigned long flags)
> > +{
> > + return !(flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF) || (flags & X86_EFLAGS_AC);
> > +}
> > +# else
> > +static inline int raw_irqs_disabled_flags(unsigned long flags)
> > +{
> > + return !(flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF);
> > +}
> > +# endif
>
> You should really turn the vsmp special case into a paravirt client first
> instead of complicating all this even more.

By "client" you mean a user of the paravirt interface?

> > +#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
> > +#define raw_safe_halt native_raw_safe_halt
> > +#define halt native_halt
> > +#endif /* ! CONFIG_PARAVIRT */
>
> This seems inconsistent
Sorry andi. Can't see why. Could you elaborate?


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