* [PATCH 10/17] cpumask: remove unused mask field from struct irqaction.
@ 2009-06-12 13:01 Rusty Russell
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From: Rusty Russell @ 2009-06-12 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
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.
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;
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