On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 10:49 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> + /*
> + * HACK:
> + *
> + * In the first pass we dont touch handlers that are behind
> + * a disabled IRQ line. In the second pass (having no other
> + * choice) we ignore the disabled state of IRQ lines. We've
> + * got a screaming interrupt, so we have the choice between
> + * a real lockup happening due to that screaming interrupt,
> + * against a theoretical locking that becomes possible if we
> + * ignore a disabled IRQ line.
FYI, with irqpoll on in my i386 SMP machine, I hit this theoretical
locking every time in the vortex driver.
-- Steve
> + *
> + * FIXME: proper disable_irq_handler() API would remove the
> + * need for this hack.
> + */
> + if (!ok && first_pass) {
> + first_pass = 0;
> + goto repeat;
> + }
> +
> /* So the caller can adjust the irq error counts */
> return ok;
> }
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