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> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c index 90e5af2..006c44f 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c @@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static void i40iw_disable_irq(struct i40iw_sc_dev *dev, i40iw_wr32(dev->hw, I40E_PFINT_DYN_CTLN(msix_vec->idx - 1), 0); else i40iw_wr32(dev->hw, I40E_VFINT_DYN_CTLN1(msix_vec->idx - 1), 0); - synchronize_irq(msix_vec->irq); free_irq(msix_vec->irq, dev_id); } -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
