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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	akpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] synchronize_irq needs a barrier
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:37:52 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071020033752.GA20760@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200710200402.43106.maximlevitsky@gmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 02:02:42AM +0000, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>
> Thus I now understand that .suspend() should do:
> 
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ1, 0);
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ2, 0);
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_MAIN_CTRL, 0);
> 
> 	dev->insuspend = 1;
> 	smp_wmb();

If we patch synchronize_irq() as discussed here then you can
use it in place of smp_wmb() and remove the smp_rmb from the
interrupt handler (the latter is the path that matters).

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-20  3:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-18  1:25 Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18  1:45 ` Andrew Morton
2007-10-18  1:55   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18  2:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  2:40   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18  2:57     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18 14:56       ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-18 22:05         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18 22:52           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18 23:17             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-18 23:39               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18 23:52                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-19  2:32                 ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  2:52                   ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-19  3:28                     ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  4:49                       ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-19  2:55                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-19  3:26                     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-19  4:11                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-19  4:26                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-19  5:53                           ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  4:20                       ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  4:29                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-19  4:35                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-19  4:48                         ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  4:58                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-21 21:10                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-23  3:26                               ` [IRQ]: Fix synchronize_irq races with IRQ handler Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  5:36                         ` [NET]: Fix possible dev_deactivate race condition Herbert Xu
2007-10-19  5:38                           ` David Miller
2007-10-19  7:35                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-19  9:29                             ` Herbert Xu
2007-10-18 14:35     ` [PATCH] synchronize_irq needs a barrier Herbert Xu
2007-10-18 21:35       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  2:02 ` Maxim Levitsky
2007-10-20  2:25   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-20  3:10     ` Maxim Levitsky
2007-10-20  4:06       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  4:04     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  4:09       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  3:37   ` Herbert Xu [this message]
2007-10-20  3:56   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  4:24     ` Maxim Levitsky
2007-10-20  5:04       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  5:36         ` Maxim Levitsky
2007-10-20  5:46           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-10-20  6:06             ` Maxim Levitsky
2007-10-20  6:13               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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