Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] genirq: Do not test disabled IRQs with DEBUG_SHIRQ

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 06:40:12 EST


On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:11:17PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 01:08:44PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:07:19AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > Testing events during freeing of disabled shared interrupts
> > > (CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ) leads to false positives. The driver disabled
> > > interrupts on purpose to be sure that they will not fire during device
> > > removal.

> > Surely the whole issue with shared IRQs that's being tested for here is
> > that when the interrupt is shared some other device connected to the
> > same interrupt line may trigger an interrupt regardless of what's going
> > on with this device?

> Yes. However if that device disabled the interrupt, it should not be
> fired for other users. In such case the testing does not point to a
> real issue.

To be honest I'd say that if you're disabling a shared interrupt that's
a bit of an issue regardless of anything else that's going on, it'll
disrupt other devices connected to it.

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