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Message-Id: <20071026143525.b9218ed7.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:35:25 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com>
Cc: jeff@...zik.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] irq-remove: scsi driver trivial
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:00:23 -0400
"Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com> wrote:
> ACK with comment ...
Please don't top-post and then include 65 kbytes of unneeded goop.
> This API changed in 2.4.23 switching to irqreturn_t, and 2.6.19 dropping
> the struct_pt_regs argument, this is yet another API change in the same
> function. The last one came with no clues to differentiate except kernel
> version (for those of us that are required to produce updated
> back-ported driver modules once this patch becomes a legacy). I am
> *praying* that this API change is clean across 2.6.24 and add my voice
> to all to ACK this clearly!
>
That was a goofup. I proposed that we should add a #define
TWO_ARG_IRQ_HANDLERS (or whatever) and I think I actually wrote the patch,
but it got lost.
I agree it would be a kind thing to do in this case.
Not that I ever want to see these patches again ;)
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