linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/17] drivers/input/serio/i8042.c: irq handler clean

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:36:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] drivers/input/serio/i8042.c: irq handler clean

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> On Sunday 21 October 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> commit bdf311215ef8dbae0254c092deaed1d5928b013e
>> Author: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
>> Date:   Fri Oct 19 19:28:54 2007 -0400
>>
>>     drivers/input/serio/i8042.c: irq handler clean
>>     
>>     * remove unnecessary prototype
>>     
>>     * distinguish between polled and irq-driven event handling
>>     
>>     * don't bother worrying about 'irq' function arg
> 
> I don't like these 2 changes. When I ask for debug data I really
> want to know what interrupt (1 or 12) was raised in response to
> a command. Your changes remove this visibility.

So noted...


>>     * dev_id passed to irq handlers is unused, to change the request_irq()
>>       argument to NULL
>>     
> 
> Does this really matter?

Does it has any effect on the computer?  No.

Does it has any effect on the human reviewer?  IMO yes :)

But it is a trivial matter.

	Jeff



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