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Re: [patch 39/41] x86/idt: Simplify alloc_intr_gate

From	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [patch 39/41] x86/idt: Simplify alloc_intr_gate
Date	2017-08-25 13:20 +0200
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On 25/08/17 12:31, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The only users of alloc_intr_gate() are hypervisors, which both check the
> used_vectors bitmap whether they have allocated the gate already. Move that
> check into alloc_intr_gate() and simplify the users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


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[patch 39/41] x86/idt: Simplify alloc_intr_gate Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-25 13:00 +0200
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