Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750847AbWJFLUM (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:20:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750839AbWJFLUM (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:20:12 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:20624 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750743AbWJFLUK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:20:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:11:56 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Alan Cox , David Howells , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner , torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov , Greg KH , David Brownell , Alan Stern Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers Message-ID: <20061006111156.GA19678@elte.hu> References: <20061002132116.2663d7a3.akpm@osdl.org> <20061002162049.17763.39576.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20061002162053.17763.26032.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <18975.1160058127@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <4525A8D8.9050504@garzik.org> <1160133932.1607.68.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45263ABC.4050604@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45263ABC.4050604@garzik.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.8 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.8 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 0.5 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.5000] -0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 710 Lines: 20 * Jeff Garzik wrote: > >NAK to that, it will mess up a lot of older drivers which still use > >the irq field and also those who want it to print > > Look at the pt_regs change -- the irq change is similar: > > The information does not go away, it is merely available via another > avenue. but pt_regs is alot less frequently used than irq - and where it's used they arent "drivers" but mostly arch level code like hw-timer handlers. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/