Re: [RFC PATCH] pci_request_irq (was [-mm patch] aic7xxx: check irq validity)

[Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@free.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:15:22PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 08:00:48PM +0000, Frederik Deweerdt wrote:
> >  /**
> > + * pci_request_irq - Reserve an IRQ for a PCI device
> > + * @pdev: The PCI device whose irq is to be reserved
> > + * handler: The interrupt handler function,
> 
> > + * pci_get_drvdata(pdev) shall be passed as an argument to that function
> 
> I don't think you can (or should) do this.  Move it to the body of the
> comment below.
OK, thanks for pointing this, will do.
> 
> > + * @flags: The flags to be passed to request_irq()
> > + * @name: The name of the device to be associated with the irq
> > + *
> > + * Returns 0 on success, or a negative value on error.  A warning
> > + * message is also printed on failure.
> > + */
> > +int pci_request_irq(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> > +		    irqreturn_t (*handler)(int, void *, struct pt_regs *),
> > +		    unsigned long flags, const char *name)
> > +{
> > +	int rc;
> > +	const char *actual_name = name;
> > +
> > +	rc = is_irq_valid(pdev->irq);
> > +	if (!rc) {
> > +		dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &pdev->dev, "invalid irq #%d\n", pdev->irq);
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> 
> Why is that more readable than
> 
> 	if (!is_irq_valid(pdev->irq)) {
> 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid irq #%d\n", pdev->irq);
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 	}
> 
Better too.
> > +	if (!actual_name)
> > +		actual_name = pci_name(pdev);
> > +
> > +	return request_irq(pdev->irq, handler, flags | IRQF_SHARED,
> > +			   actual_name, pci_get_drvdata(pdev));
> 
> The driver name is a far more common usage than the pci_name.
> 
> 	return request_irq(pdev->irq, handler, flags | IRQF_SHARED,
> 			name ? name : pdev->driver->name,
> 			pci_get_drvdata(pdev));
OK, thanks for the feedback,
Frederik
> 
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