linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] simulated interrupts

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vf3HonXDDhN3sbGW2hP-kyRzPjfsSLbDDOj+aQSMjmafA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:28:53 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Documentation List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] simulated interrupts

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2017, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> wrote:

>> > echo 1 >/proc/irq/9/trigger
>> > (or the corresponding /sys/kernel/debug/irq/irqs/ interface if we want to make sure that this
>> > is really not for production use...).
>>
>> or /sys/kernel/irq as a successor of /proc/irq
>
> /sys/kernel/debug/irq/irqs/ is already there and it's DEBUG and not
> something which is in the regular sysfs maze.

Yep. My point was "not to extend /proc/irq interface". From the
description of the series it indeed looks suitable rather for debug.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko