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[Edward Donovan <855199@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  In all kernels since 2.6.39, the "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" options are no
  longer taking effect.  I have several machines that need to boot with
  one of these options, and I see reports of this regression from multiple
  other users.
  
  The interrupts now generate the same errors seen without these kernel
  options, e.g.:
  
    irq 19: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
  
  even though irqpoll, or irqfixup, is used.
  
  The Linux irq code was reworked during the 2.6.39 cycle.  I have gone
  through the patches, and this is the commit where the regression
  arrives:
  
    commit d05c65fff0ef672be75429266751f0e015b54d94
  
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=d05c65fff0ef672be75429266751f0e015b54d94
  
- I have a fix that works as far as i can test it, and I've now submitted
- a patch.
+ I have a patch that fixes most of my machones, and the maintainer has
+ accepted it:
  
- The problem commit added a test to the bad-irq routines, checking
- whether they were already running. One of these tests had an "=="
- operator, where it seems to need "!=", not equal. Making that one change
- in kernel/irq/spurious.c fixes the regression for me. I've tested it
- successfully it on various kernels, including the current Oneiric
- source.
+   https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/2/260
  
- The submitted patch is attached. And here it is on LKML:
+ I wish I could say that's the end of it, but one of my machines still
+ has a bad irq uncaught, even with my patch, in any kernel from .39 on.
+ .38 handles it.  So I may have to dig some more.
  
-   https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/1/267
- 
- Any testing is very welcome.
+ Any testing of the current patch would be great.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855199

Title:
  "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" broken since 2.6.39

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Confirmed
Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In all kernels since 2.6.39, the "irqfixup" and "irqpoll" options are
  no longer taking effect.  I have several machines that need to boot
  with one of these options, and I see reports of this regression from
  multiple other users.

  The interrupts now generate the same errors seen without these kernel
  options, e.g.:

    irq 19: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)

  even though irqpoll, or irqfixup, is used.

  The Linux irq code was reworked during the 2.6.39 cycle.  I have gone
  through the patches, and this is the commit where the regression
  arrives:

    commit d05c65fff0ef672be75429266751f0e015b54d94

  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=d05c65fff0ef672be75429266751f0e015b54d94

  I have a patch that fixes most of my machones, and the maintainer has
  accepted it:

    https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/2/260

  I wish I could say that's the end of it, but one of my machines still
  has a bad irq uncaught, even with my patch, in any kernel from .39 on.
  .38 handles it.  So I may have to dig some more.

  Any testing of the current patch would be great.

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