linux-kernel - Re: [git patch] free

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804221616280.2779@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:20:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rmk@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [git patch] free_irq() fixes



On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> (note, for mwave I couldn't use pSettings, since that might fail the ambiguity
> test)

Ok, so using the pointer to inside a specific pSettings field is fine.

But can you also explain to me why that insane driver does this:

	 static irqreturn_t UartInterrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
	 {
	-       int irqno = (int)(unsigned long) dev_id;
	+       unsigned short *irqno = dev_id;
		...
		*irqno, dev_id);

instead of just ignoring "dev_id" entirely, and then just using that "irq" 
argument directly?

		Linus
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