From 64fdf3c56f85d05aaa02b51bafe85d4438122a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:27 +0100 Subject: genirq: Allow disabling of softirq processing in irq thread context The processing of softirqs in irq thread context is a performance gain for the non-rt workloads of a system, but it's counterproductive for interrupts which are explicitely related to the realtime workload. Allow such interrupts to prevent softirq processing in their thread context. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable-rt@vger.kernel.org --- kernel/irq/manage.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/irq/manage.c') diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c index b3e622849807..87dc0539cebb 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c @@ -742,7 +742,15 @@ irq_forced_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) local_bh_disable(); ret = action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id); irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action, false); - local_bh_enable(); + /* + * Interrupts which have real time requirements can be set up + * to avoid softirq processing in the thread handler. This is + * safe as these interrupts do not raise soft interrupts. + */ + if (irq_settings_no_softirq_call(desc)) + _local_bh_enable(); + else + local_bh_enable(); return ret; } @@ -1072,6 +1080,9 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new) irqd_set(&desc->irq_data, IRQD_NO_BALANCING); } + if (new->flags & IRQF_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL) + irq_settings_set_no_softirq_call(desc); + /* Set default affinity mask once everything is setup */ setup_affinity(irq, desc, mask); -- cgit v1.2.3