[PATCH] x86: increase interrupt vector range

Remove the limit of 256 interrupt vectors by changing the value stored in
orig_{e,r}ax to be the complemented interrupt vector.  The orig_{e,r}ax
needs to be < 0 to allow the signal code to distinguish between return from
interrupt and return from syscall.  With this change applied, NR_IRQS can
be > 256.

Xen extends the IRQ numbering space to include room for dynamically
allocated virtual interrupts (in the range 256-511), which requires a more
permissive interface to do_IRQ.

Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: "Protasevich, Natalie" <Natalie.Protasevich@UNISYS.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smp.c
index acee4bc3f6fa..5a1c0a3bf872 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ asmlinkage void smp_invalidate_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         cpu = smp_processor_id();
         /*
-         * orig_rax contains the interrupt vector - 256.
+         * orig_rax contains the negated interrupt vector.
          * Use that to determine where the sender put the data.
          */
-        sender = regs->orig_rax + 256 - INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR_START;
+        sender = ~regs->orig_rax - INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR_START;
         f = &per_cpu(flush_state, sender);
 
         if (!cpu_isset(cpu, f->flush_cpumask))