> _without_ IRQF_ENABLED: where an IRQ handler can take a long > time to execute, the handler can be converted to a threaded IRQ > handler - where it's fine to enable IRQs as there are no stack > nesting issues. Only if you can mask the interrupt on the APIC without losing it or having the APIC throw a fit. > So there's no real technical problem here. In the long term no - but forcing people to make sudden changes to critical I/O drivers isn't the right way to do it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html