Re: [PATCH 0/9] Remove 'irq' argument from all irq handlers

[Posted October 23, 2007 by corbet]

From:		Thomas Gleixner <tglx-AT-linutronix.de>
To:		Jeff Garzik <jeff-AT-garzik.org>
Subject:		Re: [PATCH 0/9] Remove 'irq' argument from all irq handlers
Date:		Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:53:22 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID:		<alpine.LFD.0.9999.0710191649120.22770@localhost.localdomain>
Cc:		LKML <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>, Eric Biederman <ebiederm-AT-xmission.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo-AT-elte.hu>
Archive‑link:		Article

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> WARNING NOT FOR MERGE WARNING NOT FOR MERGE WARNING NOT FOR MERGE
> 
> This posting is just to demonstrate something that I have been keeping
> alive in the background.  I have no urge to push it upstream anytime
> soon.
> 
> The overwhelming majority of drivers do not ever bother with the 'irq'
> argument that is passed to each driver's irq handler.
> 
> Of the minority of drivers that do use the arg, the majority of those
> have the irq number stored in their private-info structure somewhere.
> 
> There are a tiny few -- a couple Mac drivers -- which do weird things
> with that argument, but that's it.

Jeff,

thanks for doing this.

Full ACK.

We should do this right at the edge of -rc1. And let's do this right
now in .24 and not drag it out for no good reason.

Thanks,

	tglx