linux/include
Eric W. Biederman 3a16d71362 [PATCH] genirq: irq: add a dynamic irq creation API
With the msi support comes a new concept in irq handling, irqs that are
created dynamically at run time.

Currently the msi code allocates irqs backwards.  First it allocates a
platform dependent routing value for an interrupt the ``vector'' and then it
figures out from the vector which irq you are on.

This msi backwards allocator suffers from two basic problems.  The allocator
suffers because it is trying to do something that is architecture specific in
a generic way making it brittle, inflexible, and tied to tightly to the
architecture implementation.  The alloctor also suffers from it's very
backwards nature as it has tied things together that should have no
dependencies.

To solve the basic dynamic irq allocation problem two new architecture
specific functions are added: create_irq and destroy_irq.

create_irq takes no input and returns an unused irq number, that won't be
reused until it is returned to the free poll with destroy_irq.  The irq then
can be used for any purpose although the only initial consumer is the msi
code.

destroy_irq takes an irq number allocated with create_irq and returns it to
the free pool.

Making this functionality per architecture increases the simplicity of the irq
allocation code and increases it's flexibility.

dynamic_irq_init() and dynamic_irq_cleanup() are added to automate the
irq_desc initializtion that should happen for dynamic irqs.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Rajesh Shah <rajesh.shah@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: "Protasevich, Natalie" <Natalie.Protasevich@UNISYS.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-04 07:55:27 -07:00
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acpi Pull acpi_os_allocate into test branch 2006-07-10 02:39:47 -04:00
asm-alpha [PATCH] rename the provided execve functions to kernel_execve 2006-10-02 07:57:23 -07:00
asm-arm fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-arm26 fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-avr32 [PATCH] AVR32: Implement kernel_execve 2006-10-02 07:57:24 -07:00
asm-cris [PATCH] remove remaining errno and __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ references 2006-10-02 07:57:23 -07:00
asm-frv fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-generic fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-h8300 [PATCH] remove remaining errno and __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ references 2006-10-02 07:57:23 -07:00
asm-i386 [PATCH] genirq: convert the i386 architecture to irq-chips 2006-10-04 07:55:25 -07:00
asm-ia64 [PATCH] sched: introduce child field in sched_domain 2006-10-03 08:04:06 -07:00
asm-m32r fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-m68k fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-m68knommu fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-mips Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial 2006-10-03 16:35:11 -07:00
asm-parisc fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-powerpc fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-ppc fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-s390 fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-sh fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-sh64 fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-sparc fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
asm-sparc64 [SPARC64]: Do not include compat.h from asm-sparc64/signal.h any more. 2006-10-02 14:30:45 -07:00
asm-um [PATCH] rename the provided execve functions to kernel_execve 2006-10-02 07:57:23 -07:00
asm-v850 [PATCH] remove remaining errno and __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ references 2006-10-02 07:57:23 -07:00
asm-x86_64 [PATCH] genirq: convert the x86_64 architecture to irq-chips 2006-10-04 07:55:25 -07:00
asm-xtensa fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
crypto [CRYPTO] digest: Added user API for new hash type 2006-09-21 11:46:17 +10:00
keys [PATCH] keys: discard the contents of a key on revocation 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
linux [PATCH] genirq: irq: add a dynamic irq creation API 2006-10-04 07:55:27 -07:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (4666): Ensure the WM8775 driver is loaded generically for any board. 2006-10-03 15:13:48 -03:00
mtd Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-10-01 17:55:53 +01:00
net [PATCH] Add genetlink utilities for payload length calculation 2006-10-01 00:39:29 -07:00
pcmcia
rdma IB/sa: fix ib_sa_selector names 2006-09-22 15:22:55 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi [PATCH] scsi: device_reprobe() can fail 2006-09-30 19:33:43 -07:00
sound [PATCH] maximum latency tracking: ALSA support 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
video fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
Kbuild [HEADERS] One line per header in Kbuild files to reduce conflicts 2006-09-19 12:43:58 +01:00