linux-kernel - Re: [git patch] free

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:05:29 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rmk@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [git patch] free_irq() fixes

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:52:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Since the #irq-remove project involves removal of the 'irq' argument
> > > from interrupt handlers (unused 99.8% of the time),
> > [...]
> > 
> > After going over every irq handler (read: almost every driver in the kernel,
> > plus arch code), my #irq-remove branch has confirmed what my gut already knew
> > -- the 'irq' argument is completely unused for almost every driver.  So I was
> > taking that line of thought as far as it went.
> 
> Ok, that's just not going to happen.
> 
> What's the upside? Really?
> 
> I can tell you the downsides:
>  - tons of huge patches with ugly churn
>...

If it goes like the regs removal in one big patch around -rc1 into your 
tree this shouldn't be a problem.

> 		Linus

cu
Adrian

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