RE: [PATCH v2] genirq: add IRQF_NO_AUTOEN for request_irq

[Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 7:58 AM
> To: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; maz@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Dmitry Torokhov
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] genirq: add IRQF_NO_AUTOEN for request_irq
> 
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 03:14:11PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> > Many drivers don't want interrupts enabled automatically due to
> > request_irq(). So they are handling this issue by either way of
> > the below two:
> > (1)
> > irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
> > request_irq(dev, irq...);
> > (2)
> > request_irq(dev, irq...);
> > disable_irq(irq);
> >
> > The code in the second way is silly and unsafe. In the small time
> > gap between request_irq() and disable_irq(), interrupts can still
> > come.
> > The code in the first way is safe though we might be able to do it
> > in the generic irq code.
> >
> > With this patch, drivers can request_irq with IRQF_NO_AUTOEN flag.
> > They will need neither irq_set_status_flags() nor disable_irq().
> > Hundreds of drivers with this problem will be handled afterwards.
> >
> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Can you also convert some in-kernel drivers to this new api so that we
> can see how this works?

Sure. As the discussion got started from input, so I'll take some
input drivers as examples before moving to other folders.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Thanks
Barry