linux-kernel - Re: [RFCv2 PATCH 1/8] irqdomain: Introduce irq_domain_ops.init_alloc

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1507202326450.18576@nanos>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:28:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>
cc:	marc.zyngier@....com, lorenzo.pieralisi@....com,
	hanjun.guo@...aro.org, tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org,
	rjw@...ysocki.net, al.stone@...aro.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
	will.deacon@....com, msalter@...hat.com, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	leo.duran@....com, sherry.hurwitz@....com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 PATCH 1/8] irqdomain: Introduce
 irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:

> Currently, when calling irq_domain_alloc_irqs() on ARM64, it uses
> struct of_phandle_args to pass irq information. However, this is not
> appropriate for ACPI since of_phandle_args is specific to DT.
> 
> Therefore, this patch introduces a new function pointer,
> irq_domain_ops.init_alloc_info, which can be used by irqchips to provide
> a way to initialize irqchip-specific data-structure for allocating IRQ.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>
> ---
> NOTE:
> Similarly, x86 is currently using struct irq_alloc_info
> (see arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h) and each irq_domain has different
> way of initializing this structure.

And why don't you use the same mechanism on ARM and have a private
irq_alloc_info implementation which can carry either DT or ACPI
information?
 
Thanks,

	tglx
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