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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] irq: remove handle_domain_{irq,nmi}()
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Hi Mark,

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:02:21 +0100,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> The handle_domain_{irq,nmi}() functions were oringally intended as a
> convenience, but recent rework to entry code across the kernel tree has
> demonstrated that they cause more pain than they're worth and prevent
> architectures from being able to write robust entry code.
> 
> This series reworks the irq code to remove them, handling the necessary
> entry work consistently in entry code (be it architectural or generic).

[...]

Thanks for going through the pain of putting this together. The
couple of nits I mentioned notwithstanding:

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

It'd be good to work out a merging strategy once this has seen a bit
of testing.

	M.

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