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From: Radu Rendec <radu@rendec.net>
To: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Remove unnecessary NULL check of the kstat_irqs field
Date: Sun,  5 Jul 2026 17:09:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260705210951.2717741-1-radu@rendec.net> (raw)

The kstat_irqs field of struct irq_desc is used to store a per-cpu count
of interrupt events. It is initialized in init_desc(), along with all
the other fields in struct irq_desc that need explicit initialization,
and therefore it's always available (non-NULL) for any valid interrupt
descriptor.

This series removes the unnecessary NULL check of the kstat_irqs field.
The first patch addresses the generic IRQ code, and the second patch
addresses one isolated occurrence in the parisc code. The first patch
also includes a more detailed description of why removing the NULL check
is safe.

Radu Rendec (2):
  genirq: Remove unnecessary NULL check of the kstat_irqs field
  parisc: Remove unnecessary NULL check of the kstat_irqs field

 arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c |  2 +-
 include/linux/irqdesc.h  |  2 +-
 kernel/irq/irqdesc.c     | 11 ++++-------
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

-- 
2.54.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-05 21:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-05 21:09 Radu Rendec [this message]
2026-07-05 21:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] genirq: Remove unnecessary NULL check of the kstat_irqs field Radu Rendec
2026-07-05 21:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] parisc: " Radu Rendec

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