linux-kernel - Re: [tip:irq/core] genirq: Add devm_request_any_context

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Message-ID: <20140211071915.GB23646@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:19:15 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:irq/core] genirq: Add devm_request_any_context_irq()


* Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> On 02/09, tip-bot for Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Commit-ID:  0668d3065128d39449c097e62dbdb5707820137d
> > Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0668d3065128d39449c097e62dbdb5707820137d
> > Author:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> > AuthorDate: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:37:32 -0800
> > Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > CommitDate: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 15:27:21 +0100
> > 
> > genirq: Add devm_request_any_context_irq()
> > 
> > Some drivers use request_any_context_irq() but there isn't a
> > devm_* function for it. Add one so that these drivers don't need
> > to explicitly free the irq on driver detach.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1388709460-19222-3-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> Thanks Thomas. Is this going in for 3.14? Or can Dmitry pull a 
> branch from the tip tree into the input tree so that the dependent 
> input driver patches can be applied?

So irq/core would normally be for v3.15 - but the commit provides 
pretty standlone core functionality that cannot possibly break, so if 
Thomas agrees I'd not be against making an exception and moving this 
into v3.14 via irq/urgent.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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