On 04/11/2014 05:50 PM, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
>  
> +     /*
> +      * Check to see if we have a PIC.
> +      * Mask all except the cascade and read
> +      * back the value we just wrote. If we don't
> +      * have a PIC, we will read 0xff as opposed to the
> +      * value we wrote.
> +      */
> +     outb(probe_val, PIC_MASTER_IMR);
> +     probe_val = inb(PIC_MASTER_IMR);
> +     if (probe_val == 0xff) {
> +             printk(KERN_INFO "Using NULL legacy PIC\n");
> +             legacy_pic = &null_legacy_pic;
> +             raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags);
> +             return;
> +     }
> +
>       outb(0xff, PIC_MASTER_IMR);     /* mask all of 8259A-1 */
>       outb(0xff, PIC_SLAVE_IMR);      /* mask all of 8259A-2 */
>  

Again, I would do at least the slave masking above the probe.

Also, I would compare to make sure we get the probe_val back and compare
with != instead of comparing with ==.

        -hpa


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