[RFC PATCH 6/8] ARM: smp: Use generic API for ipi

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Mon Jun 18 07:54:35 EDT 2012


On 06/18/2012 01:36 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:30:09PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>> Support dynamic IPI allocation. It supports cases
>> where user wants to use IPI for communication among cpus
>> and setup own handler for it.
>>
>> New functions set_ipi_handler/clear_ipi_handler are used
>> for dynamic allocation.
>
> For what purpose?

Please look at my reaction in 4/8. It is the part of dynamic IPI allocation.

Thanks,
Michal


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