linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] genirq: return the irq name from free

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Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:53:19 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] genirq: return the irq name from free_irq

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 07:28:42PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Apr 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > 
> > > This allows callers to get back at them instead of having to store
> > > it in another variable.
> > 
> > Alternatively you tell the irq code to free it for you. Patch below.
> 
> Yes, this should work to.  But I think having the same layer free
> something they allocated again is a tad cleaner in terms of layering.

Fair enough. Was just a thought.

Bjorn, please route it through PCI alltogether.

For the whole series:

    Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Thanks,

	tglx