linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 02/10] genirq: Define irq_ack() and irq

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Message-ID: <87sg21g9uy.mognet@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:25:25 +0100
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 02/10] genirq: Define irq_ack() and irq_eoi() helpers

On 27/05/21 11:58, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2021 11:55:50 +0100,
> Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 25 May 2021 18:32:47 +0100,
>> Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com> wrote:
>> > diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
>> > index b6c1cceddec0..090bd7868845 100644
>> > --- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
>> > +++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
>> > @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ extern void irq_enable(struct irq_desc *desc);
>> >  extern void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc);
>> >  extern void irq_percpu_enable(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu);
>> >  extern void irq_percpu_disable(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu);
>> > +extern void irq_ack(struct irq_desc *desc);
>> > +extern void irq_eoi(struct irq_desc *desc);
>>
>> Nit: we have {un,}mask_irq, but you add irq_{ack,eoi}. It'd be good to
>> have some naming consistency (yes, this may/will clash with existing
>> code, but we can fix that as well).
>
> Actually, the helpers do have the right naming, but the internal
> declarations are the ones that are wrong...
>

Doh!

>       M.
>
> --
> Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.