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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:09:42 +0100
From:	walter harms <wharms@....de>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
CC:	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c: eliminated unneeded free_irq



Am 15.03.2012 09:01, schrieb Julia Lawall:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> The device remains functional if the second request_irq fails, so the first
> one should not be freed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
> index ae441bc..6184ff2 100644
> --- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
> +++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/dma.c
> @@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ int __init puv3_init_dma(void)
>  
>  	ret = request_irq(IRQ_DMAERR, dma_err_handler, 0, "DMAERR", NULL);
>  	if (ret) {
> +		/* the device remains function if this fails, so don't free
> +		   the previously allocated irq */
>  		printk(KERN_CRIT "Can't register IRQ for DMAERR\n");
> -		free_irq(IRQ_DMA, "DMA");
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  

obviously we had the same idea ... i did not see that her it came in the moment i send my reply
sorry for the noise,
re,
 wh

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