Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 into merge

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index 343acecae629..d82142be8dd2 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ irqreturn_t no_action(int cpl, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_NONE;
 }
 
+static void warn_no_thread(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(IRQTF_WARNED, &action->thread_flags))
+		return;
+
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "IRQ %d device %s returned IRQ_WAKE_THREAD "
+	       "but no thread function available.", irq, action->name);
+}
+
 DEFINE_TRACE(irq_handler_entry);
 DEFINE_TRACE(irq_handler_exit);
 
@@ -363,8 +372,47 @@ irqreturn_t handle_IRQ_event(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
 		trace_irq_handler_entry(irq, action);
 		ret = action->handler(irq, action->dev_id);
 		trace_irq_handler_exit(irq, action, ret);
-		if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED)
+
+		switch (ret) {
+		case IRQ_WAKE_THREAD:
+			/*
+			 * Set result to handled so the spurious check
+			 * does not trigger.
+			 */
+			ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+
+			/*
+			 * Catch drivers which return WAKE_THREAD but
+			 * did not set up a thread function
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(!action->thread_fn)) {
+				warn_no_thread(irq, action);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Wake up the handler thread for this
+			 * action. In case the thread crashed and was
+			 * killed we just pretend that we handled the
+			 * interrupt. The hardirq handler above has
+			 * disabled the device interrupt, so no irq
+			 * storm is lurking.
+			 */
+			if (likely(!test_bit(IRQTF_DIED,
+					     &action->thread_flags))) {
+				set_bit(IRQTF_RUNTHREAD, &action->thread_flags);
+				wake_up_process(action->thread);
+			}
+
+			/* Fall through to add to randomness */
+		case IRQ_HANDLED:
 			status |= action->flags;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
 		retval |= ret;
 		action = action->next;
 	} while (action);