linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] genirq: remove redundant ->handle

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:09:33 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
cc:     Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genirq: remove redundant ->handle_irq assignment

On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> This function has "desc->handle_irq = handle;" a few lines above.
> The second assignment is redundant.

It's not as redundant as you might think. You missed to read the comment
above that. See also commit 1e12c4a9393b7.

Thanks,

	tglx