Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] irq_work: Provide irq_work_queue_remote()

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 03:53:24PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 02:40:46PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:07:12PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > While the traditional irq_work relies on the ability to self-IPI, it
> > > makes sense to provide an unconditional irq_work_queue_remote()
> > > interface.
> > 
> > We may need a reason as well here.
> 
> Rewrote it like so.
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> 
> While the traditional irq_work relies on the ability to self-IPI, the
> remote irq_work only requires generic SMP bits and can thus be made
> available unconditionally.

Thanks!