kernel_optimize_test/arch/i386/kernel
Ingo Molnar d1bef4ed5f [PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chip
This patch-queue improves the generic IRQ layer to be truly generic, by adding
various abstractions and features to it, without impacting existing
functionality.

While the queue can be best described as "fix and improve everything in the
generic IRQ layer that we could think of", and thus it consists of many
smaller features and lots of cleanups, the one feature that stands out most is
the new 'irq chip' abstraction.

The irq-chip abstraction is about describing and coding and IRQ controller
driver by mapping its raw hardware capabilities [and quirks, if needed] in a
straightforward way, without having to think about "IRQ flow"
(level/edge/etc.) type of details.

This stands in contrast with the current 'irq-type' model of genirq
architectures, which 'mixes' raw hardware capabilities with 'flow' details.
The patchset supports both types of irq controller designs at once, and
converts i386 and x86_64 to the new irq-chip design.

As a bonus side-effect of the irq-chip approach, chained interrupt controllers
(master/slave PIC constructs, etc.) are now supported by design as well.

The end result of this patchset intends to be simpler architecture-level code
and more consolidation between architectures.

We reused many bits of code and many concepts from Russell King's ARM IRQ
layer, the merging of which was one of the motivations for this patchset.

This patch:

rename desc->handler to desc->chip.

Originally i did not want to do this, because it's a big patch.  But having
both "desc->handler", "desc->handle_irq" and "action->handler" caused a
large degree of confusion and made the code appear alot less clean than it
truly is.

I have also attempted a dual approach as well by introducing a
desc->chip alias - but that just wasnt robust enough and broke
frequently.

So lets get over with this quickly.  The conversion was done automatically
via scripts and converts all the code in the kernel.

This renaming patch is the first one amongst the patches, so that the
remaining patches can stay flexible and can be merged and split up
without having some big monolithic patch act as a merge barrier.

[akpm@osdl.org: build fix]
[akpm@osdl.org: another build fix]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-29 10:26:21 -07:00
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acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2006-06-23 07:52:36 -07:00
cpu [PATCH] cpu hotplug: make cpu_notifier related notifier blocks __cpuinit only 2006-06-27 17:32:41 -07:00
.gitignore [PATCH] x86: gitignore some autogenerated files for i386 2006-02-14 16:09:35 -08:00
alternative.c [PATCH] x86_64: x86_64 version of the smp alternative patch. 2006-06-26 10:48:14 -07:00
apic.c [PATCH] x86_64: fix apic error on bootup 2006-06-26 10:48:22 -07:00
apm.c [PATCH] i386/x86-64/ia64: Move polling flag into thread_info_status 2006-06-26 10:48:21 -07:00
asm-offsets.c [PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vma 2006-06-27 17:32:38 -07:00
bootflag.c
cpuid.c [PATCH] cpu hotplug: make cpu_notifier related notifier blocks __cpuinit only 2006-06-27 17:32:41 -07:00
crash_dump.c
crash.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial 2006-06-26 13:33:14 -07:00
doublefault.c [PATCH] i386: cpu_relax() in crash.c and doublefault.c 2006-06-25 10:00:55 -07:00
early_printk.c
efi_stub.S
efi.c [PATCH] fix array overrun in efi.c 2006-03-26 08:56:57 -08:00
entry.S [PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vma 2006-06-27 17:32:38 -07:00
head.S [PATCH] i386: cleanup after cpu_gdt_descr conversion to per-cpu data 2006-03-23 07:38:06 -08:00
hpet.c [PATCH] generic-time: add macro to simplify/hide mask constants 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
i386_ksyms.c [PATCH] No arch-specific strpbrk implementations 2006-04-11 06:18:40 -07:00
i387.c [PATCH] x86: make i387 mxcsr_feature_mask __read_mostly 2006-06-23 07:42:57 -07:00
i8237.c
i8253.c [PATCH] time: fix time going backward w/ clock=pit 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
i8259.c [PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chip 2006-06-29 10:26:21 -07:00
init_task.c
io_apic.c [PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chip 2006-06-29 10:26:21 -07:00
ioport.c
irq.c [PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chip 2006-06-29 10:26:21 -07:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] Kprobe: multi kprobe posthandler for booster 2006-06-26 09:58:22 -07:00
ldt.c
machine_kexec.c Storage class should be first 2006-06-26 18:57:34 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-64' 2006-06-26 10:51:09 -07:00
mca.c
microcode.c [PATCH] fix x86 microcode driver handling of multiple matching revisions 2006-06-23 07:42:56 -07:00
module.c [PATCH] x86: SMP alternatives 2006-03-23 07:38:04 -08:00
mpparse.c [PATCH] x86_64: avoid IRQ0 ioapic pin collision 2006-05-08 09:34:56 -07:00
msr.c [PATCH] cpu hotplug: make cpu_notifier related notifier blocks __cpuinit only 2006-06-27 17:32:41 -07:00
nmi.c [PATCH] x86_64: i386/x86-64 Add nmi watchdog support for new Intel CPUs 2006-06-26 10:48:22 -07:00
numaq.c [PATCH] Time: i386 Conversion - part 2: Rework TSC Support 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
pci-dma.c
process.c [PATCH] i386/x86-64/ia64: Move polling flag into thread_info_status 2006-06-26 10:48:21 -07:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] drop task argument of audit_syscall_{entry,exit} 2006-05-01 06:06:18 -04:00
quirks.c
reboot_fixups.c [PATCH] i386: Remove printk about reboot fixups at reboot 2006-04-09 11:53:53 -07:00
reboot.c
relocate_kernel.S
scx200.c [PATCH] chardev: GPIO for SCx200 & PC-8736x: replace spinlocks w mutexes 2006-06-27 17:32:43 -07:00
semaphore.c [PATCH] x86: SMP alternatives 2006-03-23 07:38:04 -08:00
setup.c [PATCH] Time: i386 Conversion - part 2: Rework TSC Support 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
sigframe.h
signal.c [PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vma 2006-06-27 17:32:38 -07:00
smp.c [PATCH] x86_64: Standardize i386/x86_64 handling of NMI_VECTOR 2006-06-26 10:48:22 -07:00
smpboot.c [PATCH] sched: mc/smt power savings sched policy 2006-06-27 17:32:45 -07:00
srat.c [PATCH] Unify pxm_to_node() and node_to_pxm() 2006-06-23 07:42:48 -07:00
summit.c
sys_i386.c [PATCH] Uninline sys_mmap common code (reduce binary size) 2006-03-22 07:54:02 -08:00
syscall_table.S [PATCH] sys_move_pages: 32bit support (i386, x86_64) 2006-06-23 07:42:53 -07:00
sysenter.c [PATCH] small fix for not releasing the mmap semaphore in i386/arch_setup_additional_pages 2006-06-28 12:05:50 -07:00
time_hpet.c
time.c [PATCH] Time: i386 Clocksource Drivers 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
topology.c [PATCH] node hotplug: register cpu: remove node struct 2006-06-27 17:32:37 -07:00
trampoline.S
traps.c [PATCH] i386/x86-64: fall back to old-style call trace if no unwinding 2006-06-26 10:48:18 -07:00
tsc.c [PATCH] generic-time: add macro to simplify/hide mask constants 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
vm86.c [PATCH] drop task argument of audit_syscall_{entry,exit} 2006-05-01 06:06:18 -04:00
vmlinux.lds.S [PATCH] i386: reliable stack trace support (i386) 2006-06-26 10:48:17 -07:00
vsyscall-int80.S
vsyscall-note.S
vsyscall-sigreturn.S [PATCH] Mark unwind info for signal trampolines in vDSOs 2006-03-31 12:18:52 -08:00
vsyscall-sysenter.S [PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vma 2006-06-27 17:32:38 -07:00
vsyscall.lds.S [PATCH] vdso: randomize the i386 vDSO by moving it into a vma 2006-06-27 17:32:38 -07:00
vsyscall.S