Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] simulated interrupts

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Aug 16 2017 - 10:44:51 EST


On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

> Some frameworks (e.g. iio, gpiolib) use irq_work to implement simulated
> interrupts that can be 'fired' from process context when needed and
> requested just like normal interrupts. This is useful for testing and
> development purposes.
>
> Currently this code is reimplemented by every user. This series
> proposes to add a new set of functions that can be used by drivers
> that want to simulate interrupts without having to duplicate any
> boilerplate code.
>
> The first patch adds a simple irq simulator framework. The second
> extends it with resource management. The third uses the new
> functionality in the gpio-mockup testing driver.

I merged the irq part (1+2) into a separate branch, which can be consumed
by the gpio folks so the mockup driver patch can be merged as well.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git irq/for-gpio

Thanks,

tglx