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

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Message-Id: <48p3cl2Frdz9sSs@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:06:46 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc: Replace setup_irq() by request_irq()

On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 06:42:55 UTC, 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>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b4f00d5b2098320a0d4c4a6d31099bc0c9a85b02

cheers