Re: [PATCH 1/2] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Remove unnecessary synchronize_irq() before free_irq()

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 12:09:47PM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> Calling synchronize_irq() right before free_irq() is quite useless. On one
> hand the IRQ can easily fire again before free_irq() is entered, on the
> other hand free_irq() itself calls synchronize_irq() internally (in a race
> condition free way), before any state associated with the IRQ is freed.
> 
> Patch was generated using the following semantic patch:
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression irq;
> @@
> -synchronize_irq(irq);
>  free_irq(irq, ...);
> // </smpl>

Applied, both

Thanks
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~Vinod
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