Re: [PATCH 01/22] powerpc: convert idle_loop to use hard_irq_disable()

On Tuesday 21 November 2006 01:53, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

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+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0/*
+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 * We need to hard disable interrupts, but we also =

need to mark them

+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 * hard disabled in the PACA so that the local_irq_=

enable() done by

+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 * our caller upon return propertly hard enables.
+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 */
+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0hard_irq_disable();
+=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0get_paca()->hard_enabled =3D 0;
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Yes, this looks good. Paul, please use this patch instead of mine.
Do we need to do the same thing for any of the other power_save functions?
IIRC, all new CPUs are supposed to use the same mechanism based on the
0x100 vector.

	Arnd <><