linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] genirq: Allocate IRQ descriptors at boot time for !SPARSEIRQ

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Message-ID: <87a61pwz0e.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:28:17 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@...dia.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] genirq: Allocate IRQ descriptors at boot time for
 !SPARSEIRQ

On Tue, Jan 31 2023 at 10:41, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
> On 1/31/23 03:16, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> That's not what I meant. I was pondering to remove !SPARSEIRQ
>> completely.
>> 
> It's touching many files to drop CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ=n support. Worried
> about removing !SPARSEIRQ without testing on legacy platforms.

This needs some thought.

> Can work on this after moving it to maple tree?

Yup. Just drop this patch.

Thanks,

        tglx