Re: [PATCH 1/4] regmap: irq: Fix lost interrupts by introducing handle_reread

[Charles Keepax]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 05:36:30PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> At least Motorola CPCAP PMIC needs it's device interrupts re-read
> until there are no more interrupts. Otherwise the PMIC interrupt to
> the SoC will eventually stop toggling.
> 
> Let's allow doing that by introducing a flag for handle_reread
> and by splitting regmap_irq_thread() into two separate functions
> for regmap_read_irq_status() and regmap_irq_handle_pending().
> 

Is this actually a property of this hardware or is this just a
result of connecting a device that generates level IRQs to a host
that is expecting an edge triggered IRQ?

Thanks,
Charles