linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] rust: irq: add support for non-threaded IRQs and handlers

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Message-ID: <aF7yaGPIxTDhAtlj@pollux>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:35:04 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Krzysztof Wilczyński <kwilczynski@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] rust: irq: add support for non-threaded IRQs and
 handlers

On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 01:21:05PM -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> +/// Callbacks for an IRQ handler.
> +pub trait Handler: Sync {
> +    /// The actual handler function. As usual, sleeps are not allowed in IRQ
> +    /// context.

What about:

	/// The hard IRQ handler.
	///
	/// This is executed in interrupt context, hence all corresponding
	/// limitations do apply.
	///
	/// All work that does not necessarily need to be executed from
	/// interrupt context, should be deferred to a threaded handler.
	/// See also [`ThreadedRegistration`].

> +    fn handle(&self) -> IrqReturn;
> +}