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Message-ID: <CAK7N6vqxnKbzm=iepjtOq0bZQhkFBjsWe6qhWnqOJtGxgKrT9w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:38:26 +0530
From:	anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com>
To:	"Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
Cc:	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org' (linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org)" 
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genirq: Add the IRQS_ONESHOT support for edge interrupt

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Liu, Chuansheng
<chuansheng.liu@...el.com> wrote:
>> This comment might help.
>> kernel/irq/manage.c
>>
>>     } else if (new->handler == irq_default_primary_handler) {
>>
>>         /*
>>          * The interrupt was requested with handler = NULL, so
>>          * we use the default primary handler for it. But it
>>          * does not have the oneshot flag set. In combination
>>          * with level interrupts this is deadly, because the
>>          * default primary handler just wakes the thread, then
>>          * the irq lines is reenabled, but the device still
>>          * has the level irq asserted. Rinse and repeat....
>>          *
>>          * While this works for edge type interrupts, we play
>>          * it safe and reject unconditionally because we can't
>>          * say for sure which type this interrupt really
>>          * has. The type flags are unreliable as the
>>          * underlying chip implementation can override them.
>>          */
>
> This is not my case. My request_irq is as below:
> request_threaded_irq(drv_data->irq,
>                                           func1,
>                                           func2,
>                                           IRQF_SHARED|IRQS_ONESHOT ,
>                                           "AAAA",
>                                           drv_data);

I hope you are disabling the interrupt in your primary handler and returning
IRQ_WAKE_THREAD.
If yes then someone with experience in this interrupt handling code
can help you.
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