Re: [PATCH v3] genirq: avoid long loops in handle_edge_irq

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, Oct 12 2023 at 21:39, Wei Gong wrote:
> O Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 04:32:10PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Now $COND is not true due to the affinity change and the edge handler
>> returns. As a consequence nothing acks the device and no further
>> interrupts are sent by the device.
>> 
>> That might not be true for your case, but that's a generic function and the
>> zoo of hardware which uses that is massive.
>> 
>> So no, we are not taking a risk here.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>>         tglx
>> 
>>     
> By maintaining the original loop exit condition, if a mask mismatch is 
> detected within the loop, we will not perform the unmask_irq operation. 
> Instead, we will wait until the loop exits before executing unmask_irq.
> Could this approach potentially solve the issue of lost interrupts?

How so exactly?