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    xen: handle events as edge-triggered · dffe2e1e
    Jeremy Fitzhardinge authored
    Xen events are logically edge triggered, as Xen only calls the event
    upcall when an event is newly set, but not continuously as it remains set.
    As a result, use handle_edge_irq rather than handle_level_irq.
    
    This has the important side-effect of fixing a long-standing bug of
    events getting lost if:
     - an event's interrupt handler is running
     - the event is migrated to a different vcpu
     - the event is re-triggered
    
    The most noticable symptom of these lost events is occasional lockups
    of blkfront.
    
    Many thanks to Tom Kopec and Daniel Stodden in tracking this down.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
    Cc: Tom Kopec <tek@acm.org>
    Cc: Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@citrix.com>
    Cc: Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org>
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