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Re: irq_work_run called from armv8pmu_handle_irq

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 12:15:01PM -0800, Sodagudi Prasad wrote:
> we would like to understand why irq_work_run() is getting called from
> armv8pmu_handle_irq() irq handler for arm SoC.
> 
> Is this irq_work frame work designed to run works from ARMPMU irq handlers?
> If there are no of drivers using the IRQ WORK frame work,  we may see that
> ARMPMU irq handler taking long time, right?

The perf_event_overflow callback can schedule IRQ work to e.g. disable the
PMU and want to make sure this runs before we EOI the PMU IRQ.

Will

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irq_work_run called from armv8pmu_handle_irq Sodagudi Prasad <psodagud@codeaurora.org> - 2017-02-01 21:20 +0100
  Re: irq_work_run called from armv8pmu_handle_irq Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-02-02 13:50 +0100

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