linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/drivers/fttmr010: Be stricter on IRQs

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Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:39:41 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cédric Le Goater <clg@...d.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/drivers/fttmr010: Be stricter on IRQs

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:53 AM Daniel Lezcano
<daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On 25/07/2021 00:44, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > Make sure we check that the right interrupt occurred before
> > calling the event handler for timer 1. Report spurious IRQs
> > as IRQ_NONE.
>
> Does it not mean there is something wrong with the initial setup ?

No it is not occurring. This is just to protect against ordinary
spurious interrupts (return from sleep glitches in electronics,
quantum effects...)

Yours,
Linus Walleij