Re: lockdep and threaded IRQs (was: ...)

Andrew Morton
2009-02-28T02:40:47Z

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:30:36 -0800 David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:

> > ah, OK, twl4030_i2c_read_u8() does i2c I/O.
> >
> > Can't do that.
>
> Threaded IRQ handlers *can* do that. That's the point.
>
> Now, if you were to say "keep waiting a few more years
> until some threaded IRQ framework finally merges" ...
> the question comes up, "What to do in the meanwhile".
> (Ditto, "well, we've been waiting a long time now to
> see those threaded IRQs, what's up with them?")

I don't have a clue what you're talking about. Where is this "threaded
irq handler" implementation of which you speak? File and line?