From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C6CC4338F for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 529C760FC0 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:52:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 529C760FC0 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ravnborg.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9706E4C1; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.smtp.larsendata.com (mx2.smtp.larsendata.com [91.221.196.228]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9ECB6E3FC for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail01.mxhotel.dk (mail01.mxhotel.dk [91.221.196.236]) by mx2.smtp.larsendata.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id c39853f0-ef0b-11eb-8d1a-0050568cd888; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ravnborg.org (80-162-45-141-cable.dk.customer.tdc.net [80.162.45.141]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: sam@ravnborg.org) by mail01.mxhotel.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E468194BB3; Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:52:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:51:54 +0200 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@mxhotel.dk From: Sam Ravnborg To: Thomas Zimmermann Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] drm: Make DRM's IRQ helpers legacy Message-ID: References: <20210727182721.17981-1-tzimmermann@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210727182721.17981-1-tzimmermann@suse.de> X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: airlied@linux.ie, liviu.dudau@arm.com, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, anitha.chrisanthus@intel.com, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, freedreno@lists.freedesktop.org, edmund.j.dea@intel.com, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, alison.wang@nxp.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, sean@poorly.run, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, tomba@kernel.org, bbrezillon@kernel.org, jyri.sarha@iki.fi, nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, christian.koenig@amd.com, kernel@pengutronix.de, alexander.deucher@amd.com, shawnguo@kernel.org Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" Hi Thomas, On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 08:27:07PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > DRM's IRQ helpers are only helpful for old, non-KMS drivers. Move > the code behind CONFIG_DRM_LEGACY. Convert KMS drivers to Linux > IRQ interfaces. > > DRM provides IRQ helpers for setting up, receiving and removing IRQ > handlers. It's an abstraction over plain Linux functions. The code > is mid-layerish with several callbacks to hook into the rsp drivers. > Old UMS driver have their interrupts enabled via ioctl, so these > abstractions makes some sense. Modern KMS manage all their interrupts > internally. Using the DRM helpers adds indirection without benefits. > > Most KMs drivers already use Linux IRQ functions instead of DRM's > abstraction layer. Patches 1 to 12 convert the remaining ones. > The patches also resolve a bug for devices without assigned interrupt > number. DRM helpers don't test for IRQ_NOTCONNECTED, so drivers do > not detect if the device has no interrupt assigned. Before diving into a review of these.. Any specific reason devm_request_irq is not used? Sam