Re: [patch, -rc5-mm1] locking validator: special rule: 8390.c disable_irq()

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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:31:40PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > 8390.c knows that ei_local->page_lock can only be used by an irq
> > context that it disabled -
> 
> btw I think this is no longer correct with the irq polling stuff Alan
> added to the kernel recently...

We could make the misrouted IRQ logic skip all handlers on a disabled IRQ
but that might actually be worse than the disease we are trying to cure by
doing so.

Alan

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