Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:49:13 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/10] irqchip: irq-mips-gic: export gic_send_ipi |
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, Qais Yousef wrote:
> Some drivers might require to send ipi to other cores. So export it.
Which IPIs do you need to send from a driver which are not exposed by the SMP functions already?
> This will be used later by AXD driver.
That smells fishy and it wants a proper explanation WHY and not just a sloppy statement that it will be used later. I can figure that out myself as exporting a function without using it does not make any sense.
Thanks,
tglx
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