Re: Remove APIC lock

Gregory Haskins
2007-08-24T13:47:46Z

On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 21:08 +0800, Dong, Eddie wrote:
> Avi:
>
> apic->lock is used in many place to avoid race condition with apic
> timer call back
> function which may run on different pCPU. This patch migrate the
> apic timer to
> same CPU with the one VP runs on, thus the lock is no longer
> necessary.
>

What about sources that can inject interrupts besides the timer? (E.g.
in-kernel PV drivers)