Re: [PATCH V9 1/2] ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count restriction

[Christopher Covington]

Hi Sinan,

On 12/09/2015 12:09 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 12/9/2015 11:59 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> +       if (trigger != ACPI_MADT_TRIGGER_LEVEL ||
>>>> +           polarity != ACPI_MADT_POLARITY_ACTIVE_LOW)
>>>> +               penalty = PIRQ_PENALTY_ISA_ALWAYS;
>>>> +       else
>>>> +               penalty = PIRQ_PENALTY_PCI_USING;
>>>> +
>>>> +       acpi_irq_add_penalty(irq, penalty);
>> Why not to change in place? I think a common sense rule is not to
>> change something existing if it doesn't add any significant value.
>>
> Sorry, I didn't understand what you mean. Are you asking why we are
> changing lines like above?
> 
> If yes, acpi_irq_penalty used to be an array of 256 entries. Now,
> acpi_irq_penalty doesn't exist anymore as it was replaced with a linklist.
> 
>> -               acpi_irq_penalty[irq] += PIRQ_PENALTY_PCI_USING;
>> +              acpi_irq_add_penalty(irq, PIRQ_PENALTY_PCI_USING);

I think Andy was suggesting that you make the change without introducing
the penalty variable.

Christopher Covington

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