linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: ocores: use request_any_context

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Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:12:46 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...n.ch>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Peter Korsgaard <peter@...sgaard.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: ocores: use request_any_context_irq() to register
 IRQ handler

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 03:21:32PM +0200, Federico Vaga wrote:
> The i2c-ocores device is an HDL component that get instantiated in FPGA.
> The software stack used to drive an FPGA can be very different, and the
> i2c-ocore ip-core must work in different context. With respect to this
> patch the IRQ controller behind this device, and its driver, can have
> different implementations (nested threads). For this reason, it is safer
> to use `request_any_context_irq()` to avoid errors at probe time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...n.ch>

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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