linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/31] arm64: IRQ handling

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:22:50 +0300
From:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/31] arm64: IRQ handling

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 06:52:12PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> +void handle_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
> +
> +	irq_enter();
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Some hardware gives randomly wrong interrupts.  Rather
> +	 * than crashing, do something sensible.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(irq >= nr_irqs)) {
> +		if (printk_ratelimit())
> +			pr_warning("Bad IRQ%u\n", irq);

I guess pr_warn_ratelimited() should be used for new code.

(See include/linux/printk.h, "Please don't use printk_ratelimit()...")

A.
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