linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] alpha: Replace setup_irq() by request

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:18:21 +0530
From:   afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>
To:     Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] alpha: Replace setup_irq() by request_irq()

Hi Richard Henderson, Ivan Kokshaysky, Matt Turner, 

On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 06:38:41PM +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>

If this patch is okay, please consider acking it so as to take it via
tglx.

Regards
afzal