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Re: [PATCH for-4.21 04/10] x86/HPET: ignore "stale" IRQs


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:13:49 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 11:57:28AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 17.10.2025 11:19, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 09:32:29AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> Following hpet_detach_channel(), IRQs may still occur: Ones may already
> >> be in flight (both from before and after the last IRQ migration, i.e. on
> >> possibly two distinct vectors targeting two different CPUs), and new ones
> >> may still be raised as long as the channel is enabled.
> > 
> > Description would need to be adjusted if nothing else, as it speaks
> > about two distinct vectors which is no longer possible after patch 3.
> 
> Oh, right - dropping the parenthesized part.
> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > With the above adjusted:
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks, but as per the RFC remark: Do you then think this is actually
> worthwhile despite what patch 3 does?

I don't think it will hurt, but I also think this can possibly wait
after the code freeze, I don't see much win from doing it, and there's
a risk we might get it wrong.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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