[rtc-linux] [PATCH 1/2] rtc: rtc-lpc32xx: Introduce RTC driver for the LPC32XX SoC

[w.sang@pengutronix.de (Wolfram Sang)]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 02:00:55PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> Hi Wolfram,
> 
> > > +	retval = request_irq(rtc->irq, lpc32xx_rtc_alarm_interrupt,
> > > +		IRQF_DISABLED, "rtcalarm", rtc);
> > > +	if (retval < 0) {
> > > +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't request interrupt\n");
> > > +		goto err_free_irq;
> > > +	}
> > 
> > I saw that a number of rtc-drivers register their irq after they
> > register the device. I wonder if this is OK here? Couldn't it happen
> > that after rtc_device_register() there is a preemption and another
> > process could set the alarm? Then there is a race between interrupts
> > already enabled and no handler available, no?
> If you do it the other way around the irq might trigger and the handler
> reports an irq for a device that doesn't exist yet.

Well, I was assuming that you initially have all interrupts disabled...

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