Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3: Remove asmlinkage for gic_handle_irq()

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:36:48 +0100,
Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> Since commit 064dbfb41691 ("arm64: entry: convert IRQ+FIQ handlers to C"),
> the gic_handle_irq() is only called by C functions, so remove
> the asmlinkage.

You clearly haven't looked very far.

> 
> Fixes: 064dbfb41691 ("arm64: entry: convert IRQ+FIQ handlers to C")
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> index c19083bfb943..0efa3443c323 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> @@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void __gic_handle_irq_from_irqsoff(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	__gic_handle_nmi(irqnr, regs);
>  }
>  
> -static asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry gic_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +static void __exception_irq_entry gic_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>  	if (unlikely(gic_supports_nmi() && !interrupts_enabled(regs)))
>  		__gic_handle_irq_from_irqsoff(regs);

$ git grep handle_arch_irq arch/arm/
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S:   bl      generic_handle_arch_irq
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S:   mov_l   r0, generic_handle_arch_irq

Until someone rewrites 32bit ARM to have all of its low-level
interrupt handling in C, this stays. This has no effect on arm64
anyway.

	M.

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