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    genirq: Provide disable_hardirq() · 02cea395
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    
    
    For things like netpoll there is a need to disable an interrupt from
    atomic context. Currently netpoll uses disable_irq() which will
    sleep-wait on threaded handlers and thus forced_irqthreads breaks
    things.
    
    Provide disable_hardirq(), which uses synchronize_hardirq() to only wait
    for active hardirq handlers; also change synchronize_hardirq() to
    return the status of threaded handlers.
    
    This will allow one to try-disable an interrupt from atomic context, or
    in case of request_threaded_irq() to only wait for the hardirq part.
    
    Suggested-by: default avatarSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Cc: Eyal Perry <eyalpe@mellanox.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@gmail.com>
    Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
    Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150205130623.GH5029@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
    
    
    [ Fixed typos and such. ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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