[PATCH 08/23] ARM: entry: no need to check parent IRQ mask in IRQ handler return
Russell King - ARM Linux
linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Wed Jun 29 05:21:34 EDT 2011
There's no point checking to see whether IRQs were masked in the parent
context when returning from IRQ handling - the fact that we're handling
an IRQ means that the parent context must have had IRQs unmasked.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
---
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 1e5f387..fd42e66 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ __irq_svc:
#endif
ldr r4, [sp, #S_PSR] @ irqs are already disabled
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- tst r4, #PSR_I_BIT
- bleq trace_hardirqs_on
+ @ The parent context IRQs must have been enabled to get here in
+ @ the first place, so there's no point checking the PSR I bit.
+ bl trace_hardirqs_on
#endif
svc_exit r4 @ return from exception
UNWIND(.fnend )
--
1.7.4.4
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