linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] irqchip: Replace setup_irq() by request

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Message-ID: <20200308134453.32ab0fea@why>
Date:   Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:44:53 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] irqchip: Replace setup_irq() by request_irq()

On Wed,  4 Mar 2020 06:18:38 +0530
afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com> wrote:

> request_irq() is preferred over setup_irq(). Invocations of setup_irq()
> occur after memory allocators are ready.
> 
> Per tglx[1], setup_irq() existed in olden days when allocators were not
> ready by the time early interrupts were initialized.
> 
> Hence replace setup_irq() by request_irq().
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1710191609480.1971@nanos
> 
> Signed-off-by: afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>

I've queued this for 5.7.

Thanks,

	M.
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