Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] twl4030 threaded_irq support

[Felipe Balbi]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:06:55AM +0100, ext David Brownell wrote:
> On Monday 14 December 2009, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > move twl4030 children to threaded irq.
> >
> > Felipe Balbi (4):
> >   input: keyboard: twl4030: move to request_threaded_irq
> >   input: misc: twl4030: move to request_threaded_irq
> >   rtc: twl4030: move to request_threaded_irq
> >   usb: otg: twl4030: move to request_threaded_irq
>
> But nothing in drivers/mfd ... the entry to the whole stack?
>
> Did the threaded IRQ stuff ever get set up so that the top
> level IRQ thread didn't have to hand off to another thread
> each time?  (That's how the current stuff works.  One thread
> calling out to each handler.)
>
> If so, I'd like to see that be used here, rather than needlessly
> spend all those pages on mostly-unused stacks.

correct, that's still missing. I tried to play with it for a while, but 
had to give up due to other musb tasks. So if someone wants to step up 
and code that part, I'd be glad

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balbi
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