Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754413Ab1CAEqB (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:46:01 -0500 Received: from devils.ext.ti.com ([198.47.26.153]:55278 "EHLO devils.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754151Ab1CAEqA convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:46:00 -0500 From: "TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar" To: "Hans J. Koch" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "gregkh@suse.de" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "sshtylyov@mvista.com" , "arnd@arndb.de" , "Chatterjee, Amit" , "davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:15:27 +0530 Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support Thread-Topic: [PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support Thread-Index: AcvXjlUD82p26xnYSRyGgeDQRmX72gAPG1oQ Message-ID: References: <1298926895-5294-1-git-send-email-pratheesh@ti.com> <1298926895-5294-2-git-send-email-pratheesh@ti.com> <20110228212638.GB16806@local> In-Reply-To: <20110228212638.GB16806@local> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1380 Lines: 42 Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans J. Koch [mailto:hjk@hansjkoch.de] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:57 AM > To: TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; hjk@hansjkoch.de; gregkh@suse.de; > tglx@linutronix.de; sshtylyov@mvista.com; arnd@arndb.de; Chatterjee, Amit; > davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com; linux-arm- > kernel@lists.infradead.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 02:31:35AM +0530, Pratheesh Gangadhar wrote: > > + > > + /* Register PRUSS IRQ lines */ > > + p->irq = IRQ_DA8XX_EVTOUT0 + cnt; > > + p->handler = pruss_handler; > > + > > + ret = uio_register_device(&dev->dev, p); > > + > > + if (ret < 0) > > + goto out_free; > > + } > > + > > + spin_lock_init(&lock); > > That's too late. uio_register_device() enables the irq, and your spin_lock > is not ready at that time. This is ok in this context as "modprobe uio_pruss" is pre-requisite for running PRUSS firmware and without firmware running PRUSS won't generate interrupts. Actually PRUSS INTC is not setup till we start user application. Thanks, Pratheesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/