netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ks8851: convert to threaded IRQ

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:02:20 +0200
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
CC:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<mjr@...wisc.edu>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ks8851: convert to threaded IRQ

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:53:08AM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 01/28/13 23:16, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > just as it should have been. It also helps
> > removing the, now unnecessary, workqueue.
> 
> Tested-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
> > ---
> > @@ -1505,8 +1485,9 @@ static int ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> >  	ks8851_read_selftest(ks);
> >  	ks8851_init_mac(ks);
> >  
> > -	ret = request_irq(spi->irq, ks8851_irq, IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW,
> > -			  ndev->name, ks);
> > +	ret = request_threaded_irq(spi->irq, NULL, ks8851_irq,
> > +				   IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW | IRQF_ONESHOT,
> > +				   ndev->name, ks);
> 
> I did notice one thing here. The name of the thread is irq/378-eth%d
> (where 378 is the irq number). It seems that ndev->name is not fully
> formed until register_netdev() is called and so when the thread is
> created, the malformed name is used for the thread name.

that would be a problem even before the conversion to threaded irq, the
only difference is that 378- would be omitted.

-- 
balbi

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