linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] irq fixes for .39.rc

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1103301845020.22418@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] irq fixes for .39.rc

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > which just makes me go "Somebody is really really confused".
> > 
> > The whole thing may mean that both handler_data and chip_data contains
> > the right thing, but it still makes me go "WTF?".
> > 
> > Which way should I resolve it?
> 
> get_irq_desc_data() maps to irq_desc_get_handler_data() so Richards
> resolution is correct even if the other might work as well.

Older code which was not using any accessors has:

      desc->handler_data

But yeah, the init stuff is confusing as hell.

Thanks,

	tglx
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