linux-kernel - Re: [patch 04/12] MIPS/pci-rt3883: Consolidate chained IRQ handler install/remove

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1507132304050.20072@nanos>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:07:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch 04/12] MIPS/pci-rt3883: Consolidate chained IRQ handler
 install/remove

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> > Chained irq handlers usually set up handler data as well. We now have
> > a function to set both under irq_desc->lock. Replace the two calls
> > with one.
> 
> Are the original calls remaining?  If so, should there be a semantic patch
> in the kernel to check for this, in case people ut the two calls in teh
> future.

irq_set_handler_data() can be used in a different context as well.

irq_set_chained_handler() has to stay for now, but we probably can
replace it with irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(irq, handler, NULL).
Have not yet done the analysis.

But yes, a semantic check for this would be nice.

Thanks,

	tglx
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