Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: hard_irqs: handle NR_IRQS > 256 automatically

[H. Peter Anvin]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> If we're going to automatically set HARDIRQ_BITS for the arch, might as
> well be a little bit smart about it and set it to 9 automatically if
> NR_IRQS is larger than 8 bits.
> 

Why would the only possible values be 8 or 9?

>  
>  #ifndef HARDIRQ_BITS
> -#define HARDIRQ_BITS	8
> +# if NR_IRQS > 256
> +#  define HARDIRQ_BITS	9
> +# else
> +#  define HARDIRQ_BITS	8
> +# endif
>  #endif
>  
>  /*


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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