Re: [tip:irq/core] genirq: Add devm_request_any_context_irq()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 11 2014 - 02:19:31 EST



* Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/09, tip-bot for Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Commit-ID: 0668d3065128d39449c097e62dbdb5707820137d
> > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/0668d3065128d39449c097e62dbdb5707820137d
> > Author: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > AuthorDate: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:37:32 -0800
> > Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CommitDate: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 15:27:21 +0100
> >
> > genirq: Add devm_request_any_context_irq()
> >
> > Some drivers use request_any_context_irq() but there isn't a
> > devm_* function for it. Add one so that these drivers don't need
> > to explicitly free the irq on driver detach.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1388709460-19222-3-git-send-email-sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks Thomas. Is this going in for 3.14? Or can Dmitry pull a
> branch from the tip tree into the input tree so that the dependent
> input driver patches can be applied?

So irq/core would normally be for v3.15 - but the commit provides
pretty standlone core functionality that cannot possibly break, so if
Thomas agrees I'd not be against making an exception and moving this
into v3.14 via irq/urgent.

Thanks,

Ingo
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