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Date:	Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:39:10 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set_irq_noprobe shouldn't be __init

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:38:42 +0100
Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:

> Non-__init functions need to call set_irq_noprobe() so this function
> shouldn't be marked __init. Also remove __init from set_irq_probe()
> for consistency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  kernel/irq/chip.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.33-rc2.orig/kernel/irq/chip.c	2009-12-18 08:34:52.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.33-rc2/kernel/irq/chip.c	2010-01-05 17:21:38.000000000 +0100
> @@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(unsigned i
>  	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0, name);
>  }
>  
> -void __init set_irq_noprobe(unsigned int irq)
> +void set_irq_noprobe(unsigned int irq)
>  {
>  	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ void __init set_irq_noprobe(unsigned int
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
>  }
>  
> -void __init set_irq_probe(unsigned int irq)
> +void set_irq_probe(unsigned int irq)
>  {
>  	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
>  	unsigned long flags;

These non-__init callers will instantly crash, surely?  Are there any
reports of such crashes?

If you're talking about new code then what is the status of that code?

Right now I don't know if this patch is needed in 2.6.34, 2.6.33 or
2.6.32.x and earlier.

IOW: the changelog sucks :)

Thanks.

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