On Fri, Dec 04 2020 at 18:43, Jerry Snitselaar wrote: > Now that kstat_irqs is exported, get rid of count_interrupts in > i915_pmu.c > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.c > @@ -423,22 +423,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart i915_sample(struct hrtimer *hrtimer) > return HRTIMER_RESTART; > } > > -static u64 count_interrupts(struct drm_i915_private *i915) > -{ > - /* open-coded kstat_irqs() */ > - struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(i915->drm.pdev->irq); > - u64 sum = 0; > - int cpu; > - > - if (!desc || !desc->kstat_irqs) > - return 0; > - > - for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) > - sum += *per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu); > - > - return sum; > -} May I ask why this has been merged in the first place? Nothing in a driver has ever to fiddle with the internals of an irq descriptor. We have functions for properly accessing them. Just because C allows to fiddle with everything is not a justification. If the required function is not exported then adding the export with a proper explanation is not asked too much. Also this lacks protection or at least a comment why this can be called safely and is not subject to a concurrent removal of the irq descriptor. The same problem exists when calling kstat_irqs(). It's even documented at the top of the function. Thanks, tglx