Re: lockdep and threaded IRQs

Stefan Richter
2009-02-28T21:11:14Z

David Brownell wrote:
>> Why don't these drivers simply use <linux/workqueue.h>?
>
> Most do. In fact, that one *does* ... what's your point?

Workqueue jobs are rarely seen doing
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
local_irq_enable();
#endif

> 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.

OK, makes sense.
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Stefan Richter
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