Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/5] irq: Allow interrupts to routed to NMI (or similar)

2015-01-24 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Daniel Thompson wrote: > @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static inline irq_hw_number_t irqd_to_hwirq(struct > irq_data *d) > * @irq_eoi: end of interrupt > * @irq_set_affinity:set the CPU affinity on SMP machines > * @irq_retrigger: resend an IRQ to the CPU > + *

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/5] irq: Allow interrupts to routed to NMI (or similar)

2015-01-24 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Daniel Thompson wrote: @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static inline irq_hw_number_t irqd_to_hwirq(struct irq_data *d) * @irq_eoi: end of interrupt * @irq_set_affinity:set the CPU affinity on SMP machines * @irq_retrigger: resend an IRQ to the CPU + *

[RFC PATCH v2 2/5] irq: Allow interrupts to routed to NMI (or similar)

2015-01-21 Thread Daniel Thompson
Some combinations of architectures and interrupt controllers make it possible for abitrary interrupt signals to be selectively made immune to masking by local_irq_disable(). For example, on ARM platforms, many interrupt controllers allow interrupts to be routed to FIQ rather than IRQ. These

[RFC PATCH v2 2/5] irq: Allow interrupts to routed to NMI (or similar)

2015-01-21 Thread Daniel Thompson
Some combinations of architectures and interrupt controllers make it possible for abitrary interrupt signals to be selectively made immune to masking by local_irq_disable(). For example, on ARM platforms, many interrupt controllers allow interrupts to be routed to FIQ rather than IRQ. These