Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] irq_work: Provide irq_work_queue_remote()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Oct 28 2020 - 17:43:23 EST


On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 02:40:46PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:07:12PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > While the traditional irq_work relies on the ability to self-IPI, it
> > makes sense to provide an unconditional irq_work_queue_remote()
> > interface.
>
> We may need a reason as well here.

Rewrote it like so.
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While the traditional irq_work relies on the ability to self-IPI, the
remote irq_work only requires generic SMP bits and can thus be made
available unconditionally.