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-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/include/asm/hardirq.h3
-rw-r--r--arch/cris/include/asm/hardirq.h12
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/include/asm/hardirq.h16
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/include/asm/hardirq.h11
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_32.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_64.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/include/asm/hardirq.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/preempt_mask.h30
9 files changed, 8 insertions, 71 deletions
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/hardirq.h
index c078dd78d998..58b54a6d5a16 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
extern void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq);
#define ack_bad_irq ack_bad_irq
-/* Define until common code gets sane defaults */
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 9
-
#include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
#endif
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 17bb12d760b2..04126f7bfab2 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@
#define __ASM_HARDIRQ_H
#include <asm/irq.h>
-
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-
-/*
- * The hardirq mask has to be large enough to have
- * space for potentially all IRQ sources in the system
- * nesting on a single CPU:
- */
-#if (1 << HARDIRQ_BITS) < NR_IRQS
-# error HARDIRQ_BITS is too low!
-#endif
-
#include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
#endif /* __ASM_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 4c31c0ae215e..5f2ac4f64ddf 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -3,22 +3,6 @@
#define __ASM_HARDIRQ_H
#include <asm/irq.h>
-
-#if NR_IRQS > 256
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 9
-#else
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-#endif
-
-/*
- * The hardirq mask has to be large enough to have
- * space for potentially all IRQ sources in the system
- * nesting on a single CPU:
- */
-#if (1 << HARDIRQ_BITS) < NR_IRQS
-# error HARDIRQ_BITS is too low!
-#endif
-
#include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
#endif /* __ASM_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/hardirq.h
index db30ed276878..6c618529d9b9 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
#include <linux/cache.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-
-/*
- * The hardirq mask has to be large enough to have
- * space for potentially all IRQ sources in the system
- * nesting on a single CPU:
- */
-#if (1 << HARDIRQ_BITS) < NR_IRQS
-# error HARDIRQ_BITS is too low!
-#endif
-
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
static inline void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
index a908d2941c5d..b7eabaaeffbd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
#define __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ
#define __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-
static inline void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
{
printk(KERN_CRIT "unexpected IRQ trap at vector %02x\n", irq);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_32.h
index 162007643cdc..ee93923b7f82 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_32.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
#ifndef __SPARC_HARDIRQ_H
#define __SPARC_HARDIRQ_H
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
#include <asm-generic/hardirq.h>
#endif /* __SPARC_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_64.h
index 7c29fd1a87aa..f478ff1ddd02 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/hardirq_64.h
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@
void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq);
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-
#endif /* !(__SPARC64_HARDIRQ_H) */
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 822390f9a154..54110af23985 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(irq_cpustat_t, irq_stat);
#include <linux/irq_cpustat.h> /* Standard mappings for irq_cpustat_t above */
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 8
-
#endif /* _ASM_TILE_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/preempt_mask.h b/include/linux/preempt_mask.h
index 931bc616219f..810d7e386f20 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt_mask.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt_mask.h
@@ -11,36 +11,22 @@
* - bits 0-7 are the preemption count (max preemption depth: 256)
* - bits 8-15 are the softirq count (max # of softirqs: 256)
*
- * The hardirq count can in theory reach the same as NR_IRQS.
- * In reality, the number of nested IRQS is limited to the stack
- * size as well. For archs with over 1000 IRQS it is not practical
- * to expect that they will all nest. We give a max of 10 bits for
- * hardirq nesting. An arch may choose to give less than 10 bits.
- * m68k expects it to be 8.
- *
- * - bits 16-25 are the hardirq count (max # of nested hardirqs: 1024)
- * - bit 26 is the NMI_MASK
- * - bit 27 is the PREEMPT_ACTIVE flag
+ * The hardirq count could in theory be the same as the number of
+ * interrupts in the system, but we run all interrupt handlers with
+ * interrupts disabled, so we cannot have nesting interrupts. Though
+ * there are a few palaeontologic drivers which reenable interrupts in
+ * the handler, so we need more than one bit here.
*
* PREEMPT_MASK: 0x000000ff
* SOFTIRQ_MASK: 0x0000ff00
- * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x03ff0000
- * NMI_MASK: 0x04000000
+ * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x000f0000
+ * NMI_MASK: 0x00100000
*/
#define PREEMPT_BITS 8
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
+#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
#define NMI_BITS 1
-#define MAX_HARDIRQ_BITS 10
-
-#ifndef HARDIRQ_BITS
-# define HARDIRQ_BITS MAX_HARDIRQ_BITS
-#endif
-
-#if HARDIRQ_BITS > MAX_HARDIRQ_BITS
-#error HARDIRQ_BITS too high!
-#endif
-
#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
#define HARDIRQ_SHIFT (SOFTIRQ_SHIFT + SOFTIRQ_BITS)