netdev - Re: [PATCH] net:ethernet:korina.c Removed IRQF

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Date:	Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:59:54 +0900
From:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
To:	'David Miller' <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, kumargauravgupta3@...il.com,
	emilio@...pez.com.ar, mugunthanvnm@...com,
	hsweeten@...ionengravers.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net:ethernet:korina.c Removed IRQF_DISABLED

On Friday, August 09, 2013 6:21 AM, David Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 00:09:18 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 12:50:49AM +0530, Kumar Gaurav wrote:
> >> Removed IRQF_DISABLED as it's no-op and should be removed
> >>
> >
> > What?  No, that doesn't sound right.
> 
> The IRQ layer completely ignores the flag for several releases
> now, it's a complete no-op as his commit message so adequately
> states.

Yes, you're right. :-)

Currently, 'IRQF_DISABLED' is deprecated as below.
(include/linux/interrupt.h)
* IRQF_DISABLED - keep irqs disabled when calling the action handler.
*                 DEPRECATED. This flag is a NOOP and scheduled to be removed

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

> 
> So what's the problem again? :-)

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