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From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: simplify adding threaded interrupts
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:20:42 +0100
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Am Donnerstag, 24. November 2016, 13:38:53 schrieb Linus Walleij:
> This tries to simplify the use of CONFIG_GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP when
> using threaded interrupts: add a new call
> gpiochip_irqchip_add_nested() to indicate that we're dealing
> with a nested rather than a chained irqchip, then create a
> separate gpiochip_set_nested_irqchip() to mirror
> the gpiochip_set_chained_irqchip() call to connect the
> parent and child interrupts.
> 
> In the nested case gpiochip_set_nested_irqchip() does nothing
> more than call irq_set_parent() on each valid child interrupt,
> which has little semantic effect in the kernel, but this is
> probably still formally correct.
> 
> Update all drivers using nested interrupts to use
> gpiochip_irqchip_add_nested() so we can now see clearly
> which these users are.
> 
> The DLN2 driver can drop its specific hack with
> .irq_not_threaded as we now recognize whether a chip is
> threaded or not from its use of gpiochip_irqchip_add_nested()
> signature rather than from inspecting .can_sleep.
> 
> We rename the .irq_parent to .irq_chained_parent since this
> parent IRQ is only really kept around for the chained
> interrupt handlers.

I've tested this on a board using both gpio-mcp23s08.c and gpio-pca953x.c and 
coulnd't detect any change/regression in dmesg. Is this to be expected?
If so
Tested-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>

Best regards,
Alexander