On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:17:44AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > On Thu, 09 Mar 2017, Julia Cartwright wrote: > > > The t7l66xb mfd driver currently implements an irq_chip for handling > > interrupts; due to how irq_chip handling is done, it's necessary for the > > irq_chip methods to be invoked from hardirq context, even on a a > > real-time kernel. Because the spinlock_t type becomes a "sleeping" > > spinlock w/ RT kernels, it is not suitable to be used with irq_chips. > > > > A quick audit of the operations under the lock reveal that they do only > > minimal, bounded work, and are therefore safe to do under a raw spinlock. > > > > Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/mfd/t7l66xb.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > Can the 3 MFD patches in this set be applied on their own, or is there > a dependency somewhere else in the set?
All of the patches are completely independent, so may be applied on their own. > NB: It's normally a good idea to send the set to everyone, or at the > very least, the 00/00th patch. Sorry I neglected to CC. I'll be posting a v2 with the patches that haven't yet hit next (as of tomorrow, likely), with a revised version of the coccinelle patch, and will CC you on the coverletter. Thanks! Julia
