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From: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
To: RAGHAVENDRA GANIGA <ravi23ganiga@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: query regarding not returning error if request_irq fails after rtc registration
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 18:56:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140515185635.617d372b@linux.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5374EF1A.2000609@gmail.com>

On Thu, 15 May 2014 22:15:14 +0530
RAGHAVENDRA GANIGA <ravi23ganiga@gmail.com> wrote:

> my question is that the set_alarm and alarm_irq_enable is still active,
> so should i use some flag in the global private variable of the driver
> so that if the request irq fails, then using this flag the set_alarm
> and alarm_irq_enable can return error since there is no irq handler
> for the rtc interrupt 
> or is there any other solution 
> or let the set_alarm and alarm_irq_enable routine be as it is and will

 you can use a flag (or set the irq to -1)

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


      reply	other threads:[~2014-05-15 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-15 16:45 query regarding not returning error if request_irq fails after rtc registration RAGHAVENDRA GANIGA
2014-05-15 16:56 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]

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