[PATCH v4 07/12] powerpc: Add support to take additional parameter in MASKABLE_* macro

[Madhavan Srinivasan]

On Tuesday 20 December 2016 08:06 AM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:37:03 +0530
> Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> To support addition of "bitmask" to MASKABLE_* macros,
>> factor out the EXCPETION_PROLOG_1 macro.
>>
>> Currently soft_enabled is used as the flag to determine
>> the interrupt state. Patch extends the soft_enabled
>> to be used as a mask instead of a flag.
> This is really the core part of the patch -- after reversing the
> soft_enable logic to be a disable boolean, now it's being extended
> to be a disable mask. The exception macro changes just allow an
> interrupt type bit to be passed in later.
>
> I should have picked it up earlier, but if you do end up submitting
> another version, perhaps consider splitting the disable mask change
> and putting it after patch 5.
Yes will do that. Make sense.

Maddy

>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>