Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kexec: Prevent redundant IRQ masking by checking state before shutdown

e: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git next patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241128201027.10396-3-farbere%40amazon.com patch subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] kexec: Prevent redundant IRQ masking by checking state before shutdown config: x86_64-rhel-9.4 (https://download.01.o

[PATCH v3 2/2] kexec: Prevent redundant IRQ masking by checking state before shutdown

During machine kexec, the function machine_kexec_mask_interrupts() is responsible for disabling or masking all interrupts. While the irq_disable hook ensures that an already-disabled IRQ is not disabled again, the current implementation unconditionally invokes the irq_mask() function for every inte