linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] mfd: tqmx86: clear GPIO IRQ resource when no IRQ is set

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Date:   Thu, 5 Aug 2021 16:42:42 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] mfd: tqmx86: clear GPIO IRQ resource when no IRQ
 is set

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 4:40 PM Matthias Schiffer
<matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-08-05 at 14:30 +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Jul 2021, Matthias Schiffer wrote:

...

> > Strange - why is this !0 in the first place?
>
> I don't see anything strange here. DEFINE_RES_IRQ() sets flags to
> IORESOURCE_IRQ. We reset it to 0 when there is no IRQ to clear that
> resource entry.
>
> An alternative would be to start with an empty entry and only fill in
> the fields when an IRQ is used, but that seems more cumbersome than the
> current code to me.

Another alternative is to start using the IRQ DISABLED resource flag,
but I'm afraid that OF code is not ready for that.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/ioport.h#L331

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko