request_irq() is preferred over setup_irq(). Invocations of setup_irq()
occur after memory allocators are ready.
Per tglx[1], setup_irq() existed in olden days when allocators were not
ready by the time early interrupts were initialized.
Hence replace setup_irq() by request_irq().
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1710191609480.1971@nanos
Signed-off-by: afzal mohammed <[email protected]>
---
Hi sub-arch maintainers,
If the patch is okay, please take it thr' your tree.
Regards
afzal
v3:
* Split out from series, also split out from ARM patch to subarch level
as Thomas suggested to take it thr' respective maintainers
* Modify string displayed in case of error as suggested by Thomas
* Re-arrange code as required to improve readability
* Remove irrelevant parts from commit message & improve
v2:
* Replace pr_err("request_irq() on %s failed" by
pr_err("%s: request_irq() failed"
* Commit message massage
arch/arm/mach-rpc/time.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/time.c
index 1d750152b160..da85cac761ba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/time.c
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ ioc_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
-static struct irqaction ioc_timer_irq = {
- .name = "timer",
- .handler = ioc_timer_interrupt
-};
-
/*
* Set up timer interrupt.
*/
@@ -97,5 +92,6 @@ void __init ioc_timer_init(void)
{
WARN_ON(clocksource_register_hz(&ioctime_clocksource, RPC_CLOCK_FREQ));
ioctime_init();
- setup_irq(IRQ_TIMER0, &ioc_timer_irq);
+ if (request_irq(IRQ_TIMER0, ioc_timer_interrupt, 0, "timer", NULL))
+ pr_err("Failed to request irq %d (timer)\n", IRQ_TIMER0);
}
--
2.25.1