linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 02/13] serial: omap: always return IRQ

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:54:27 +0300
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM Kernel Mailing List 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 02/13] serial: omap: always return IRQ_HANDLED

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:50:05PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:15:44 +0300
> Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> wrote:
> 
> > Even if we enter our IRQ handler just to notice
> > that the our device didn't generate the IRQ,
> > that still means "handling" and IRQ, so let's
> > return IRQ_HANDLED.
> 
> That looks wrong - you'll defeat the stuck IRQ protection. If we didn't
> cause the IRQ then we are IRQ_NONE ?

that's true. I'll drop this patch from the list. My bad.

-- 
balbi

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