From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: lockdep and threaded IRQs Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:19:53 -0800 Message-ID: <200902281219.54200.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <1235762883-20870-1-git-send-email-me@felipebalbi.com> <200902272046.50572.david-b@pacbell.net> <49A92487.3020108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp123.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([69.147.64.96]:22198 "HELO smtp123.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753229AbZB1UT5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:19:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <49A92487.3020108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Stefan Richter Cc: Andrew Morton , me@felipebalbi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, felipe.balbi@nokia.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, sameo@openedhand.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, tglx@linutronix.de On Saturday 28 February 2009, Stefan Richter wrote: > Ah, so there /is/ a threaded IRQ handler implementation in > the mainline, down in some driver framework... One that's a bit more powerful than the recent patch proposal, I'd say, since it chains. > Why don't these drivers simply use ? Most do. In fact, that one *does* ... what's your point? If I hadn't know that more generic threaded IRQ support was already on the way, I might have done more with that particular driver than just massive cleanup. I stopped short of some changes that it seemed genirq should obviate before too long. As always, more cleanup *could* be done. - Dave