Re: [PATCH] irqchip/renesas-irqc: Use platform_get_irq_optional() to get the interrupt

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:49 AM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:24 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:10 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:02 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 10:57 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:45 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > > > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 9:49 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > > > > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 1:59 AM Lad, Prabhakar
> > > > > > > <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > > When will this patch be merged for the new api, so that I can base my
> > > > > > > > patches on top of it to avoid more changes?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You can simply imply that, I dunno when it gets merged (from my point
> > > > > > > of view the users should be fixed first, and since you are adding
> > > > > > > users, the burden is increasing).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not only users (drivers), but also providers (architecture-specific code).
> > > > > > IRQ zero is still valid on some architectures, e.g. on SH[1].
> > > > >
> > > > > Are we talking about vIRQ?
> > > > > And users are fine with a big warning?
> > > >
> > > > The warning is only seen when a driver uses platorm_get_irq{,_optional}().
> > > > There are several other ways to obtain interrupts, avoiding the
> > > > big warning.
> > >
> > > Forgot to comment on this, then why is it a problem to allow
> > > platfiorm_get_irq_optional() use 0 for no IRQ?
> > > So, it seems you gave me a good justification for my way :-)
> >
> > In se that is not a problem, assumed by now everybody should have
> > seen the warning, right?  Unfortunately that assumption is probably
> > not true, as people may not upgrade their kernel, cfr. my SH Ethernet
> > example.
> >
> > Apart from that, any new conversion to platfiorm_get_irq_optional()
> > might cause a regression on an obscure platform still using IRQ0.
>
> What architectures?
> Are there any examples besides ethernet drivers on SH?

Sorry, I don't know.

> Let's start  a list:
> SH: only few cases related to smc911 Ethernet driver

Time to get rid of SH ;-)

> x86: Legacy APIC 1:1 mapping, where 0 is used by timer which doesn't
> involve platform API

Time to get rid of x86 ;-)

> ...???...
>
> And what about "getting IRQ without big warning"? What did you have in
> mind when you put it?

If the driver uses platform_get_resource(..., IORESOURCE_IRQ, ...) to
get the IRQ number, the warning in platform_get_irq_optional()
doesn't trigger, as the latter is not called?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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