linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] staging: comedi: addi_apci_1564: miscellaneous fixes and cleanups

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2014 21:06:16 -0500
From:	Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
Cc:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	hsweeten@...ionengravers.com,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] staging: comedi: addi_apci_1564: miscellaneous fixes
 and cleanups

Hi all,

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:25 AM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk> wrote:
> On 2014-06-28 05:47, Chase Southwood wrote:
>>
>> This patchset moves a misplaced include to the proper file, swaps out an
>> overly
>> aggressive placement of apci1564_reset(), and cleans up
>> apci1564_interrupt().
>>
>> Chase Southwood (3):
>>    staging: comedi: addi_apci_1564: move addi_watchdog.h include to
>>      addi_apci_1564.c
>>    staging: comedi: addi_apci_1564: fix use of apci1564_reset() to
>>      disable DI interrupts
>>    staging: comedi: addi_apci_1564: clean up apci1564_interrupt()
>>
>
> It's okay, but I think you can simplify the interrupt handling a bit more by
> not bothering to check for interrupts from unknown sources.   If a source
> hasn't been enabled, it shouldn't generate interrupts, right? Besides, since
> the does nothing to stop further interrupts from unknown sources, it would
> just keep getting further interrupts repeatedly in that case.
>
> Then you can get rid of the ui_DO, ui_DI, ui_Timer, and counters[] variables
> and just check the registers directly (e.g. replace 'if (ui_Timer == 1)'
> with 'if (inl(devpriv->amcc_iobase + APCI1564_TIMER_IRQ_REG) & 0x01)').

I received some more good comments about the interrupt function, and
looks like Greg is on vacation this week anyway, so I think I will
just redo patch 3 and send out a v2 patchset.

Thanks,
Chase
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