linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Improve type handling in interrupt handlers

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:11:14 +1100
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ash Willis <ashwillis@...grammer.net>,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Improve type handling in interrupt handlers

On Saturday 19 January 2008 07:41:41 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> You should be using irq_handler_t for all these.

Well, these are your drivers, but for mine I dislike the obfuscation.

It's not like you can declare the function itself to be an irq_handler_t, so 
it's a strange turd to drop in a driver.

> (Coincedentally, doing so makes it easier for me to later on remove the 
> almost-never-used 'irq' argument from all irq handlers)

Slightly, but the compiler would tell you if you miss one, so I don't think 
this is real.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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