netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/6] net: phy: Use threaded IRQ, to allow IRQ from sleeping devices

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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:38:03 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/6] net: phy: Use threaded IRQ, to allow IRQ from
 sleeping devices

Hello.

On 9/28/2016 11:32 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> The interrupt lines from PHYs maybe connected to I2C bus expanders, or
> from switches on MDIO busses. Such interrupts are sourced from devices
> which sleep, so use threaded interrupts. Threaded interrupts require
> that the interrupt requester also uses the threaded API. Change the
> phylib to use the threaded API, which is backwards compatible with
> none-threaded IRQs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index c6f66832a1a6..5c29ed72f721 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -722,10 +722,9 @@ phy_err:
>  int phy_start_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  {
>  	atomic_set(&phydev->irq_disable, 0);
> -	if (request_irq(phydev->irq, phy_interrupt,
> -				IRQF_SHARED,
> -				"phy_interrupt",
> -				phydev) < 0) {
> +	if (request_threaded_irq(phydev->irq, NULL, phy_interrupt,
> +				 IRQF_ONESHOT, "phy_interrupt",

    What about IRQF_SHARED?

> +				 phydev) < 0) {
>  		pr_warn("%s: Can't get IRQ %d (PHY)\n",
>  			phydev->mdio.bus->name, phydev->irq);
>  		phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;

MBR, Sergei