[RFC PATCH 1/2] arm64: run softirqs on the per-CPU IRQ stack

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Jul 7 06:53:20 PDT 2022


On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 3:43 PM Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch at bytedance.com> wrote:
> On 2022/7/7 20:58, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 1:05 PM Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch at bytedance.com> wrote:
> > Are there any architectures left that use IRQ stacks but don't
> > set HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK? If not, we could
> > also consider removing the Kconfig symbol and just requiring
> > it to be done this way (for non-PREEMPT_RT).
>
> I haven't taken a close look at other architectures than x86 and arm,
> but I think it's a good idea.

I had another look in the meantime, and I think it's only mips and loongarch
now that don't use HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK. Not sure about
arch/um/, which is a bit different from the rest.

       Arnd



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