# Re: \[RFC PATCH v3 08/12\] powerpc: Introduce new mask bit for soft\_enabled

- From: Madhavan Srinivasan \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-08-26 01:27:54 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2016/08/9492303
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2016/08/9492280/t.md

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On Thursday 25 August 2016 12:35 PM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:59:59 +0530
> Madhavan Srinivasan [ref] wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
>> index c19169ac1fbb..e457438c6fdf 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
>> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>>    */
>>   #define IRQ_DISABLE_MASK_NONE		0
>>   #define IRQ_DISABLE_MASK_LINUX		1
>> +#define IRQ_DISABLE_MASK_PMU		2
>>   
>>   #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
> This bit belongs in patch 10, I think?
Yes. I had that in Patch 10, but then since this patch talks abt making the soft_enabled
as a mask, having the third value here made sense. But I can move back to patch 10.

Maddy

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