linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux/interrupt.h: allow "guard" notation to disable and reenable IRQ

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 13:55:34 -0700
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/interrupt.h: allow "guard" notation to disable and
 reenable IRQ

On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 08:51:06PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, May 30 2024 at 11:07, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Drivers often need to first disable an interrupt, carry out some
> > action, and then reenable the interrupt. Introduce support for the
> > "guard" notation for this so that the following is possible:
> >
> > 	...
> >
> > 	scoped_cond_guard(mutex_intr, return -EINTR, &data->sysfs_mutex) {
> > 		guard(disable_irq)(&client->irq);
> >
> > 		error = elan_acquire_baseline(data);
> > 		if (error)
> > 			return error;
> > 	}
> >
> > 	...
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> 
> I assume you want to carry this through the input tree, so you can
> modify the drivers.
> 
> If so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Thanks Thomas. I'll stick this patch into an immutable branch off v6.9
in case you (or someone else) wants to pull it in and start using it.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry