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STIMER0 interrupts are most naturally modeled as per-cpu IRQs. But because x86/x64 doesn't have per-cpu IRQs, the core STIMER0 interrupt handling machinery is done in code under arch/x86 and Linux IRQs are not used. Adding support for ARM64 means adding equivalent code using per-cpu IRQs under arch/arm64. A better model is to treat per-cpu IRQs as the normal path (which it is for modern architectures), and the x86/x64 path as the exception. Do this by incorporating standard Linux per-cpu IRQ allocation into the main SITMER0 driver code, and bypass it in the x86/x64 exception case. For x86/x64, special case code is retained under arch/x86, but no STIMER0 interrupt handling code is needed under arch/arm64. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1614721102-2241-11-git-send-email-mikelley@microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.