Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ide/Falcon: Remove in_interrupt() usage.

[Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:24:20 +0100 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> falconide_get_lock() is called by ide_lock_host() and its caller
> (ide_issue_rq()) has already a might_sleep() check.
> 
> stdma_lock() has wait_event() which also has a might_sleep() check.
> 
> Remove the in_interrupt() check.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/drivers/ide/falconide.c
> +++ b/drivers/ide/falconide.c
> @@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ static void falconide_release_lock(void)
>  static void falconide_get_lock(irq_handler_t handler, void *data)
>  {
>  	if (falconide_intr_lock == 0) {
> -		if (in_interrupt() > 0)
> -			panic("Falcon IDE hasn't ST-DMA lock in interrupt");
>  		stdma_lock(handler, data);
>  		falconide_intr_lock = 1;
>  	}

The current mainline falconide_get_lock() is very different:

static void falconide_release_lock(void)
{
	if (falconide_intr_lock == 0) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bug\n", __func__);
		return;
	}
	falconide_intr_lock = 0;
	stdma_release();
}