[PATCH] genirq: do not mask interrupts by default
commit76d2160147f43f982dfe881404cfde9fd0a9da21
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:28:24 +0000 (16 01:28 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:14:00 +0000 (16 08:14 -0800)
tree5140d838f64e8494abd4942b4e2ddf2ddee69046
parent1f2ea0837dbc263ce2a2512c4e73c83df68a6a55
[PATCH] genirq: do not mask interrupts by default

Never mask interrupts immediately upon request.  Disabling interrupts in
high-performance codepaths is rare, and on the other hand this change could
recover lost edges (or even other types of lost interrupts) by conservatively
only masking interrupts after they happen.  (NOTE: with this change the
highlevel irq-disable code still soft-disables this IRQ line - and if such an
interrupt happens then the IRQ flow handler keeps the IRQ masked.)

Mark i8529A controllers as 'never loses an edge'.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
kernel/irq/chip.c