After previous discussions regarding the subject [1][2], there's no clear explanation or reason why the call was needed in the first place. The sensible argument is some sort of synchronization between the CPU and the MPIC, which hasn't been pointed out precisely and is no longer required (at least on BookE platforms).
The benefit of this change is saving a MMIO trap per interrupt when running in a KVM guest. [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/429098/ [2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/433557/ Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <[email protected]> --- arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c index bbfbbf2..045e72a9 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c @@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ static inline struct mpic * mpic_from_irq_data(struct irq_data *d) static inline void mpic_eoi(struct mpic *mpic) { mpic_cpu_write(MPIC_INFO(CPU_EOI), 0); - (void)mpic_cpu_read(MPIC_INFO(CPU_WHOAMI)); } /* -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
