[Xen-devel] Re: [GIT PULL] x86: unify some of kernel/irq*.c

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>]

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These changes factor out the differences between 32 and 64-bit do_IRQ  
> and unify the rest. Unfortunately there are still quite a few other  
> differences (like interrupt stack handling) which preclude further easy  
> unification.
>
> Thanks,
>    J
>
> The following changes since commit f21daa4d04885a34d1972afa9f82a8aebb6152bb:
>  Ingo Molnar (1):
>        Merge branch 'out-of-tree'
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git 
> jsgf/x86/unify-irq
>
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge (2):
>      x86: add handle_irq() to allow interrupt injection

Why doesnt Xen use a special irqchip, instead of this private hook/layer
in the lowlevel x86 arch level?

irqchip is at least well-specified and widely used. do_IRQ() internals
on the other hand will become a Xen special quickly. Also, adding a
needless function call there obviously does not help native performance.

        Ingo

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