Re: [PATCH 02/18] ARM: replace setup_irq() by request_irq()

Viresh Kumar
2020-02-12T08:10:49Z

On 12-02-20, 13:32, afzal mohammed wrote:
> request_irq() is preferred over setup_irq(). Existing callers of
> setup_irq() reached mostly via 'init_IRQ()' & 'time_init()', while
> memory allocators are ready by 'mm_init()'.
>
> Per tglx[1], setup_irq() existed in olden days when allocators were not
> ready by the time early interrupts were initialized.
>
> Hence replace setup_irq() by request_irq().
>
> Seldom remove_irq() usage has been observed coupled with setup_irq(),
> wherever that has been found, it too has been replaced by free_irq().
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1710191609480.1971@nanos
>
> Signed-off-by: afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c | 9 ++-------
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
> index 289e036c9c30..92b2850eeb4f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
> @@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ static irqreturn_t spear_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> return IRQ_HANDLED;
> }
>
> -static struct irqaction spear_timer_irq = {
> - .name = "timer",
> - .flags = IRQF_TIMER,
> - .handler = spear_timer_interrupt
> -};
> -
> static void __init spear_clockevent_init(int irq)
> {
> u32 tick_rate;
> @@ -201,7 +195,8 @@ static void __init spear_clockevent_init(int irq)
>
> clockevents_config_and_register(&clkevt, tick_rate, 3, 0xfff0);
>
> - setup_irq(irq, &spear_timer_irq);
> + if (request_irq(irq, spear_timer_interrupt, IRQF_TIMER, "timer", NULL))
> + pr_err("request_irq() on %s failed\n", "timer");
> }

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

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