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

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 06:11:35 EST


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.

Anyway, this patch is not necessary with my v3 approach to SPI shared
interrupts issue.

Best regards,
Krzysztof