linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/3] irq: Privatize irq_common_data::state_use

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:56:25 +0800
From:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/3] irq: Privatize irq_common_data::state_use_accessors

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 04:59:45PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > Probably something like this(untested, only run "make kernel/irq/")?
> > 
> > Subject: [RFC v2 3/3] irq: Privatize irq_common_data::state_use_accessors
> > 
> > According to Peter Zijlstra, irq_common_data::state_use_accessors is not
> > designed for public use. Therefore make it private so that people who
> > write code accessing it directly will get blamed by sparse.
> > 
> > Also macro __irqd_to_state() is for _designed_ accesses to irq_data's
> > state only, it's better to limit its scope, therefore put all its
> > callers together and #undef it after use.
> 
> That exposes the set/clr functions to the global header file, while
> today those are restricted to the core internals header. There is a
> reason why I did not make them public ....
> 

Oops, I wasn't aware of that... then I guess we should define and undef
__irqd_to_state twice, in include/linux/irq.h and in
kernel/irq/internals.h, right?

Regards,
Boqun

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