linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma: misc: remove deprecated IRQF

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Date:	Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:51:19 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	dan.j.williams@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma: misc: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 05:33:55AM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
> 
> On 10/13/2013 04:54 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 07:10:51AM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> >> This patch proposes to remove the use of the IRQF_DISABLED flag
> >>
> >> It's a NOOP since 2.6.35 and it will be removed one day.
> > Applied, thanks. Title shouldnt have misc as it doesnt convey anything.
> Thanks!
> 
> Indeed, I sent separate patches for files which had different
> maintainers, and grouped the patches for files which shared the same
> maintainer information.
> 
> I put "misc" to avoid suggesting that the patch is for everything under
> drivers/dma/, which is not the case. Wouldn't it have been confusing
> otherwise?
dmaengine: convert drivers to ....

would have been right too as you are taregtting a subsystem as a whole...

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~Vinod
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