* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2013, tip-bot for David Cohen wrote: > > > Commit-ID: 8c956b1b935ec98decb470a6abff8c1f8b28e9f0 > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8c956b1b935ec98decb470a6abff8c1f8b28e9f0 > > Author: David Cohen <david.a.cohen@xxxxxxxxx> > > AuthorDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:20:15 -0700 > > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> > > CommitDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 12:01:29 +0200 > > > > irq/x86/io_apic: Fix number of pre-allocated irqs > > > > arch_probe_nr_irqs() has a typo when returning number of > > preallocated irqs. Instead of returning the calculated value, it > > returns a constant number NR_IRQ_LEGACY. > > That's not a typo. That's on purpose. > > We don't want to allocate a gazillion of interrupt descriptors for > nothing. The only ones which must be pre-allocated are the legacy > ones. > > > This patch makes sure the calculated value is returned intead. > > And therefor defeats the whole purpose of sparse irqs. > > I'll zap that commit. Oops, I had a sneaking suspicion about this change but did not read the code far enough - thanks for correcting my brainfart! Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html