Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] irq/irq_sim: try to improve the API

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 08:57:43 +0100
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> wt., 11 lut 2020 o 14:12 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> >
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This is my second take at improving the interrupt simulator interface.
> > I marked it as v2 but it actually takes a completely different approach.
> >
> > The interrupt simulator API exposes a lot of custom data structures and
> > functions and doesn't reuse the interfaces already exposed by the irq
> > subsystem. This series tries to address it.
> >
> > First, we make irq_domain_reset_irq_data() available to non-V2 domain API
> > users - that'll be used in the subsequent patch. Next we overhaul the
> > public interfaces - we hide all specific data structures and instead
> > rely on the irq_domain struct and virtual interrupt numberspace.
> >
> > Next four patches simplify the interface even more, but since the change
> > may be a bit more controversial due to modification of the irq_domain
> > I decided to split them out of the second patch.
> >
> > In patch 3/6 we're adding a new callback to irq_domain_ops that is called
> > right before all the other code in irq_domain_remove(). Next we use it to
> > remove the simulator-specific cleanup function from irq_sim.h - users now
> > can simply use the regular irq_domain_remove().
> >
> > Last two patches show that the new callback isn't limited to the interrupt
> > simulator and can be used to shrink code in real driver too. We introduce
> > a new helper for a common use case of disposing of all mappings before
> > removing the irq_domain and use it in the keystone irqchip driver.
> >
> > The end effect is that we limit the interrupt simulator API to two
> > functions (plus one device managed variant) and zero new structures.
> >
> > v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/12/558
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > - instead of just making the new data structures opaque for users, remove
> >   them entirely in favor of irq_domain
> > - call irq_set_handler() & irq_domain_reset_irq_data() when unmapping
> >   the simulated interrupt
> > - fix a memory leak in error path
> > - make it possible to use irq_find_matching_fwnode() with the simulator
> >   domain
> > - correctly use irq_create_mapping() and irq_find_mapping(): only use the
> >   former at init-time and the latter at interrupt-time
> >  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> it's been three weeks, so gentle ping on that.
> 
> Or should I resend the entire series with a more elaborate commit
> message for patch 1/6?

I'd resend it now if nothing has happened that I missed.  Merge window
having just closed, it's the perfect time for a rebase on rc1.

thanks,

Jonathan

> 
> Bartosz