linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] gpiolib: add irq_not_threaded flag to gpio

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:54:51 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, johan@...nel.org,
	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>,
	laurentiu.palcu@...el.com,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] gpiolib: add irq_not_threaded flag to gpio_chip

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Octavian Purdila
<octavian.purdila@...el.com> wrote:

> Some GPIO chips (e.g. the DLN2 USB adapter) have blocking get/set
> operation but do not need a threaded irq handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>

Usually I don't apply patches adding interfaces with no users, but
this seems very useful, so patch applied. I guess your driver will
appear on v3.19+ so then you can rely on this having been merged
for v3.18.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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