Re: [PATCH 3/3] IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >but pt_regs is alot less frequently used than irq - and where it's 
> >used they arent "drivers" but mostly arch level code like hw-timer 
> >handlers.
> 
> Nonetheless the -vast majority- of drivers don't use the argument at 
> all, and the minority that do use it are not modern drivers.

i'm all for changing that too :)

	Ingo
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