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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:27:50 +0100
From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [patch] cli()/sti() cleanup, 2.5.27-A2
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 04:05:00PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> there are some more IRQ subsystem cleanups for which i have patches: such
> as the removal of the pt_regs parameter from the irq handler function,
> it's unused in 99% of the drivers - and the remaining 1% can get at it via
> other means.

If "other means" means knowing that its located in a certain place on the
stack, that's actually bogus.  Any user space task started via exec from
a kernel thread has extra junk on the kernel stack.  Been there already.
;(

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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