Re: [Xen-devel] pt_irq_time_out() dropping d->event_lock before calling pirq_guest_eoi()

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 08.04.11 at 12:44, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What is the reason for this? irq_desc's lock nests inside d->event_lock,
> and not having to drop the lock early would not only allow the two loops
> to be folded, but also to call a short cut version of pirq_guest_eoi()
> that already obtained the pirq->irq mapping (likely going to be created
> when splitting the d->nr_pirqs sized arrays I'm working on currently).

Actually, this is the only case where pirq_guest_eoi() gets called without
holding d->event_lock, so it rather smells like a mistake; I'll go forward
folding the second loop into the first, and only undo if there's an actual
reason for how things are currently.

Jan


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