Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:13:40 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.18-rc1] genirq: {en,dis}able_irq_wake() need refcounting too |
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:58:49AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > It's not just "normal" mode operation that needs refcounting for the > > {en,dis}able_irq() calls ... "wakeup" mode calls need it too, for the > > very same reasons. > > > > This patch adds that refcounting. I expect that some ARM drivers will > > be triggering the new warning, but this call isn't yet widely used. > > (Which is probably why the bug has lingered this long...) > > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > we should also add disable_irq_wake() / enable_irq_wake() APIs and start > migrating most ARM users over to the new APIs, agreed? That makes the > APIs more symmetric and the code more readable too.
That _is_ the API anyway. set_irq_wake() was never intended to be called directly from drivers.
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