Re: [PATCH 2/2] regulator: max20339: add Maxim MAX20339 regulator driver

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 17/09/2024 10:15, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> +	irq_flags |= irqd_get_trigger_type(irq_get_irq_data(client->irq));
>>>> +
>>>> +	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&client->dev, client->irq,
>>>
>>> Shared interrupts should not be devm. It leads to tricky cases during
>>> removal. If you investigated the code and you are 100% sure there is no
>>> issue, please write a short comment in the code confirming that. Or just
>>> don't use devm.
>>
>> I wasn't aware of this, thanks. I'll drop the shared and somebody can
>> revisit it in the future if required. BTW, a naive grep returned +400
>> drivers that use shared together with devm.
> 
> Yeah, I was once thinking to check them, because there is an easy hint
> problems are possible: if driver has remove() callback which does
> anything with resources. However even if driver code looks unsafe, it
> requires quite some time to figure out if the issue is real - need to
> find other driver who will trigger the interrupt afterwards.
> 
> You can BTW test it with CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ + bind/unbind.
> 
> Maybe we need some more explicit documentation around devm() or IRQF_SHARED.

Also discussion here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220929050426.955139-1-dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx/

Best regards,
Krzysztof





[Index of Archives]     [Device Tree Compilter]     [Device Tree Spec]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux PCI Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Yosemite Backpacking]


  Powered by Linux