netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Provide and use generic_handle_irq

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:36:01 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Rui Miguel Silva <rmfrfs@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Provide and use generic_handle_irq_safe() where
 appropriate.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> handler/ interrupt controller entry). It is low level code and the
> function expects that interrupts are disabled at entry point.
> 
> This isn't the case for invocations from tasklets, workqueues or the
> primary interrupt handler on PREEMPT_RT. Once this gets noticed a
> "local_irq_disable|safe()" is added. To avoid further confusion this
> series adds generic_handle_irq_safe() which can be used from any context
> and adds a few user.
> 
> v2…v4:
>   - Correct kernel doc for generic_handle_irq_safe() as per Wolfram Sang.
>   - Use "misc" instead of "mfd" for the hi6421-spmi-pmic driver.
> 
> v2…v1:
>  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220131123404.175438-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de/
>  - Redo kernel-doc for generic_handle_irq_safe() in #1.
>  - Use generic_handle_irq_safe() instead of generic_handle_irq() in the
>    patch description where I accidently used the wrong one.
> v1:
>  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220127113303.3012207-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de/

Please use the official cover-letter format (--cover-letter).

It would have been nice to at least find a diff stat here.

...

Do we really need to coordinate this series cross-subsystem?

Can we first apply the API, then have each of the subsystems adapted
separately?  Does the change-over all need to happen concurrently?

If the latter is the case, is this set bisectable?

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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