From: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <lisa.parratt@imgtec.com>, <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
<ralf@linux-mips.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>, <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
<linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, Qais Yousef <qsyousef@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] genirq: Add error code reporting to irq_{reserve,destroy}_ipi
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:48:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160422154816.GA10886@mredfearn-linux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1604221735250.3941@nanos>
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:35:46PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Matt Redfearn wrote:
>
> > Make these functions return appropriate error codes when something goes
> > wrong.
>
> And the reason for this change is?
Hi Thomas,
Mainly for irq_destroy_ipi, where the first patch in the set makes
it possible for the request to fail. But in general with both of these
functions it is possible for them to silently fail without giving the
caller any idication if inapropriate arguments are passed.
Thanks,
Matt
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-22 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-22 15:26 [PATCH 1/2] genirq: Make irq_destroy_ipi take a cpumask of IPIs to destroy Matt Redfearn
2016-04-22 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] genirq: Add error code reporting to irq_{reserve,destroy}_ipi Matt Redfearn
2016-04-22 15:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-04-22 15:48 ` Matt Redfearn [this message]
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