From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] cpumask: remove unused mask field from struct irqaction.
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:39:45 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200902131239.45293.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200902131238.52419.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Up until 1.1.83, the primitive human tribes used struct sigaction for
interrupts. The sa_mask field was overloaded to hold a pointer to the
name.
When someone created the new "struct irqaction" they carried across
the "mask" field as a kind of ancestor worship: the fact that it was
unused makes clear its spiritual significance.
As long as we avoid all other bad omens, I'm sure the Gods will
forgive us.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
---
include/linux/interrupt.h | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ struct irqaction {
struct irqaction {
irq_handler_t handler;
unsigned long flags;
- cpumask_t mask;
const char *name;
void *dev_id;
struct irqaction *next;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-13 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-13 2:08 [PATCH 1/2] cpumask: remove references to struct irqaction's mask field Rusty Russell
2009-02-13 2:09 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2009-03-03 16:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
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