netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: use meaningful names for IRQs

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:26:08 +0000
From:   "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Manlunas, Felix" <Felix.Manlunas@...ium.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Vatsavayi, Raghu" <Raghu.Vatsavayi@...ium.com>,
        "Chickles, Derek" <Derek.Chickles@...ium.com>,
        "Burla, Satananda" <Satananda.Burla@...ium.com>,
        Ricardo Farrington <Ricardo.Farrington@...ium.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: use meaningful names for IRQs

> >     2.  The IRQ name can only be specified at the time it is requested.
> >         It cannot be changed after that.

Is there any inherent difficulty in adding that capability?
I.e., to rename the IRQ's action & kthread.

It would allow drivers to re-name their IRQ names upon NETDEV_CHANGENAME.