linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irq/irq_domain: Quit ignoring error returns from irq_alloc_desc

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Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:52:27 -0700
From:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
CC:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irq/irq_domain: Quit ignoring error returns from irq_alloc_desc_from().

On 04/06/2012 04:56 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:37:49 -0700, David Daney<ddaney.cavm@...il.com>  wrote:
>> On 04/05/2012 08:37 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On 04/05/2012 06:52 PM, David Daney wrote:
>>>> From: David Daney<david.daney@...ium.com>
>>>> @@ -380,14 +381,14 @@ unsigned int irq_create_mapping(struct irq_domain *domain,
>>>>    	hint = hwirq % irq_virq_count;
>>>>    	if (hint == 0)
>>>>    		hint++;
>>>> -	virq = irq_alloc_desc_from(hint, 0);
>>>
>>> You are not looking at mainline. hint was removed in later versions, and
>>> the referenced commit ids don't exist.
>>
>> Please look at Linus' tree before making incorrect statements about
>> whether or not code exists on the 'mainline'
>
> Rob is indeed mistaken here, but please let's keep things civil.

Sorry about that.  You are correct that it is not acceptable.

David Daney
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