Re: [PATCH] lockdep: Simplify a bit hardirq <-> softirq transitions

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:07:34AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Instead of saving the hardirq state on a per CPU variable, which require
> an explicit call before the softirq handling and some complication,
> just save and restore the hardirq tracing state through functions
> return values and parameters.
> 
> It simplifies a bit the black magic that works around the fact that
> softirqs can be called from hardirqs while hardirqs can nest on softirqs
> but those two cases have very different semantics and only the latter
> case assume both states.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

It applies on top of:

	"[tip:core/urgent] lockdep: Correctly annotate hardirq context in irq_exit()"

Thanks.
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