+ small-irq-management-simplification.patch added to -mm tree

+ small-irq-management-simplification.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     small irq management simplification
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     small-irq-management-simplification.patch

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Subject: small irq management simplification
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>

Use mask_ack_irq() where possible.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/irq/chip.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN kernel/irq/chip.c~small-irq-management-simplification kernel/irq/chip.c
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c~small-irq-management-simplification
+++ a/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -565,10 +565,8 @@ __set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_
 
 	/* Uninstall? */
 	if (handle == handle_bad_irq) {
-		if (desc->chip != &no_irq_chip) {
-			desc->chip->mask(irq);
-			desc->chip->ack(irq);
-		}
+		if (desc->chip != &no_irq_chip)
+			mask_ack_irq(desc, irq);
 		desc->status |= IRQ_DISABLED;
 		desc->depth = 1;
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbeulich@novell.com are

origin.patch
broken-config_compat_vdso-on-i386.patch
x86-fatal-kernel-faults-should-update-thread-struct.patch
i386-adjustments-to-page-table-dump-during-oops-v3.patch
small-irq-management-simplification.patch
x86-mtrr-range-check-correction.patch
x86-consolidate-smp_send_stop.patch

Re: + small-irq-management-simplification.patch added to -mm tree

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 15:26 -0800, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:
> Subject: small irq management simplification
> From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
> 
> Use mask_ack_irq() where possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>