On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 11:21:48AM +0100, Kevin Bube wrote: > Greg KH <[email protected]> writes: > > On Sat, Jan 03, 2026 at 09:06:29PM +0100, Kevin Bube wrote: > >> Add an optional threaded IRQ handler to the generic UIO driver. This allows > >> driver developers to keep the fast IRQ handler small and move tasks to the > >> IRQ > >> thread. We also update the documentation accordingly. > >> > >> Kevin Bube (2): > >> UIO: Add optional IRQ thread callback > >> Documentation: Document threaded IRQ handler for UIO > >> > >> Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst | 8 ++++++++ > >> drivers/uio/uio.c | 6 +++++- > >> include/linux/uio_driver.h | 2 ++ > >> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > But as no in-kernel driver now uses this, it will just be removed again > > :( > > > > Please always provide real users for api changes, otherwise we can't > > determine if they are actually working or not. > > I see. Thanks for taking a look.
How was this tested if you don't have an actual user for it? Why add it if you don't have a user for it? confused, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
