linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] sh: replace setup_irq() by request

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:12:40 +0530
From:   afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>
To:     Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc:     linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sh: replace setup_irq() by request_irq()

Hi Yoshinori Sato,

On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:21:19AM +0530, afzal mohammed 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>
> ---
> Hi sh maintainers,
> 
> if okay w/ this change, please consider taking it thr' your tree, else please
> let me know.

Seems you handle pull requests for sh, if this patch is okay, please
consider it for inclusion in your tree.

Regards
afzal