Re: [patch V2 11/13] usb: gadget: udc: Remove in_interrupt()/in_irq() from comments

From: Alan Stern
Date: Mon Oct 19 2020 - 12:28:38 EST


On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:06:40PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The usage of in_irq()/in_interrupt() in drivers is phased out for various
> reasons.
>
> The context description for usb_gadget_giveback_request() is misleading as
> in_interupt() means: hard interrupt or soft interrupt or bottom half
> disabled regions. But it's also invoked from task context when endpoints
> are torn down. Remove it as it's more confusing than helpful.
>
> Replace also the in_irq() comment with plain text.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ---
> drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 2 --
> drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c | 6 ++++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
> @@ -894,8 +894,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_gadget_unmap_reque
> * @ep: the endpoint to be used with with the request
> * @req: the request being given back
> *
> - * Context: in_interrupt()
> - *
> * This is called by device controller drivers in order to return the
> * completed request back to the gadget layer.
> */
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
> @@ -1754,8 +1754,10 @@ static int handle_control_request(struct
> return ret_val;
> }
>
> -/* drive both sides of the transfers; looks like irq handlers to
> - * both drivers except the callbacks aren't in_irq().
> +/*
> + * Drive both sides of the transfers; looks like irq handlers to both
> + * drivers except that the callbacks are invoked from soft interrupt
> + * context.
> */
> static void dummy_timer(struct timer_list *t)
> {

For dummy-hcd.c:

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>