Re: [PATCH] Remove "cpu" arg to cpu_raise_softirq().

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> I didn't change the name, but I dislike the layering:

Agreed. Change the name too, since you're changing the calling convention.

> Better would be:
> 	raise_softirq(int nr): completely general
> 	__raise_softirq(int nr): must have interrupts off
> 	__raise_softirq_noksoftirqd(int nr): doesn't wake ksoftirqd

Actually, why not just make the irq thing more explicit, and use the "__" 
naming convention for the "internal use" version), ie more along the lines 
of

	raise_softirq(int nr): completely general
	raise_softirq_irqoff(int nr): interrupts off
	__raise_softirq_irqoff(int nr): interrupts off, don't wake

instead..

		Linus