[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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