linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k: remove deprecated IRQF

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Date:	Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:32:13 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>, Luis Alves <ljalvs@...il.com>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Michael Opdenacker
<michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> This patch proposes to remove the IRQF_DISABLED flag from m68k architecture
> code. It's a NOOP since 2.6.35 and it will be removed one day.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>

Thanks!

BTW, 2 years ago Yong Zhang sent 3 big versions of series removing
IRQF_DISABLED everywhere.
At that time, I had hoped they would all go in through tglx:

| > But do you expect the individual
| > maintainers to take these patches, or are you just collecting Acks?
|
| Quoted from Thomas's reply to Ralf (MIPS):
| [ We can hold off the "remove the define" patch until 3.2-rc1 and push
| it along with everything which hasn't been merged until then.

but apparently that never happened... oh well...

Anyway, will queue if nothing happens at the global front...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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