Re: [patch V4 04/15] entry: Provide generic interrupt entry/exit code

Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-27T22:39:18Z

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 4:08 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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> Like the syscall entry/exit code interrupt/exception entry after the real
> low level ASM bits should not be different accross architectures.
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> Provide a generic version based on the x86 code.

I don't like the name. Sure, idtentry is ugly and x86-specific, but
irq gives the wrong impression. This is an entry path suitable for
any entry that is guaranteed not to hit during entry/exit handling.
Syscalls, page faults, etc are not "irqs".