Re: [PATCH] ACPI / GED: unregister interrupts during shutdown

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rafael,
>
> On 12/7/2017 8:00 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> Just don't use devm_request_threaded_irq()?  :)
>>>
>>> Seriously, those are just "helper" functions if your code happens to
>>> follow the pattern they provide, if not, then don't use them, it's not
>>> that hard to provide the correct code to unwind things properly by "open
>>> coding" this logic as needed.
>>>
>>> The devm_*irq() functions are known for not being able to be used all of
>>> the time for lots of shutdown and cleanup issues, this isn't the first
>>> time it has happened, which is why we are very careful when taking
>>> "cleanup" patches that use those functions.
>> I see, thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> OK, we'll need to rework the driver somewhat, then.
>
> Even if we got rid of devm_*irq() functions, I see that the free_irq() function
> requires dev_id argument.
>
>          * There can be multiple actions per IRQ descriptor, find the right
>          * one based on the dev_id:
>
> I still need to keep track of the dev_ids attached to request_irq() functions.

Right.

> My take away from the discussion is:
> 1. don't use devm family of functions for IRQ registration/free
> 2. still keep track of the events
> 3. call free_irq on shutdown.

Yes.  And on remove too.

Thanks,
Rafael