Re: [PATCH] fix a Sparse warning in the arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c file

2013-08-13 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:09:34 +0530 anish singh wrote: > > Instead, it calls irq_work() to do the event within a normal interrupt > > context. Some architectures have the ability to trigger an interrupt on > > irq_work processes event in normal interrupt context as you said but > why interrupt c

Re: [PATCH] fix a Sparse warning in the arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c file

2013-08-13 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 08:29:09PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > The patch looks good. Let me give you a bit more information and > background on that function. Just your FYI. Well, if anything else doesn't pan out, you can always get a job teaching kernel development! I wish I had JFYIs like tha

Re: [PATCH] fix a Sparse warning in the arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c file

2013-08-12 Thread anish singh
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:18:16 -0700 > Shailaja Neelam wrote: > >> I am a high school student trying to become familiar with the >> opensource process and linux kernel. This is my first submission to >> the ITC mailing list. > > Hi Shailaja,

Re: [PATCH] fix a Sparse warning in the arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c file

2013-08-12 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:18:16 -0700 Shailaja Neelam wrote: > I am a high school student trying to become familiar with the > opensource process and linux kernel. This is my first submission to > the ITC mailing list. Hi Shailaja, Welcome to Linux kernel development :-) > > My patch is for the