linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irqdomain: document the simple domain first

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Message-Id: <20130114135020.BEF873E232D@localhost>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:50:20 +0000
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Anmar Oueja <anmar.oueja@...aro.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irqdomain: document the simple domain first_irq

On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:18:32 +0100, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com> wrote:
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> The first_irq needs to be zero to get a linear domain and that
> comes with special semantics. We want to simplify this going
> forward but some documentation never hurts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Applied, thanks.

g.

> ---
>  kernel/irq/irqdomain.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> index 96f3a1d..059a280 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ static unsigned int irq_domain_legacy_revmap(struct irq_domain *domain,
>   * irq_domain_add_simple() - Allocate and register a simple irq_domain.
>   * @of_node: pointer to interrupt controller's device tree node.
>   * @size: total number of irqs in mapping
> - * @first_irq: first number of irq block assigned to the domain
> + * @first_irq: first number of irq block assigned to the domain,
> + *	pass zero to assign irqs on-the-fly. This will result in a
> + *	linear IRQ domain so it is important to use irq_create_mapping()
> + *	for each used IRQ, especially when SPARSE_IRQ is enabled.
>   * @ops: map/unmap domain callbacks
>   * @host_data: Controller private data pointer
>   *
> -- 
> 1.7.11.3
> 

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc, P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd.
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