IRQF_DISABLED is not needed because the first thing that ide_intr() (IDE IRQ handler) does is calling spin_lock_irqsave() which disables local IRQs (IRQ unmasking is later handled by drive->unmask). kernel/irq/handle.c: irqreturn_t handle_IRQ_event(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action) ... if (!(action->flags & IRQF_DISABLED)) local_irq_enable_in_hardirq(); do { ret = action->handler(irq, action->dev_id); if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED) status |= action->flags; retval |= ret; action = action->next; } while (action); ... drivers/ide/ide-io.c: irqreturn_t ide_intr (int irq, void *dev_id) ... spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags); ... spin_unlock(&ide_lock); ... if (drive->unmask) local_irq_enable_in_hardirq(); ... Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c @@ -974,11 +974,6 @@ static int ide_init_queue(ide_drive_t *d * Much of the code is for correctly detecting/handling irq sharing * and irq serialization situations. This is somewhat complex because * it handles static as well as dynamic (PCMCIA) IDE interfaces. - * - * The IRQF_DISABLED in sa_flags means ide_intr() is always entered with - * interrupts completely disabled. This can be bad for interrupt latency, - * but anything else has led to problems on some machines. We re-enable - * interrupts as much as we can safely do in most places. */ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif) { @@ -1061,17 +1056,13 @@ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif) * Allocate the irq, if not already obtained for another hwif */ if (!match || match->irq != hwif->irq) { - int sa = IRQF_DISABLED; + int sa = 0; #if defined(__mc68000__) || defined(CONFIG_APUS) sa = IRQF_SHARED; #endif /* __mc68000__ || CONFIG_APUS */ - if (IDE_CHIPSET_IS_PCI(hwif->chipset)) { + if (IDE_CHIPSET_IS_PCI(hwif->chipset)) sa = IRQF_SHARED; -#ifndef CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ - sa |= IRQF_DISABLED; -#endif /* CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ */ - } if (hwif->io_ports[IDE_CONTROL_OFFSET]) /* clear nIEN */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html