RE: [PATCH v8 01/33] x86/traps: let common_interrupt() handle IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR

From: Li, Xin3
Date: Mon Jun 19 2023 - 14:47:27 EST


> > To me it's better to keep the changes in one patch, thus the
> > differences are more obvious.
>
> The rename to vector_schedule_cleanup() can be obviously done first.

Okay, it's a bit wired to me to rename before any actual code logic change.

>
> > We need a second patch to do vector cleanup in lapic_offline() in case
> > the vector cleanup timer has not expired.
>
> Right. I was lazy and just put a WARN_ON() there under the assumption that you
> will figure it out.

I see that, as your changes to lapic_offline() are completely new.

> But a second patch?
>
> We don't switch things over into a broken state first and then fix it up afterwards.

Make sense!