From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E69C43441 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:37:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 173CA206B2 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:37:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 173CA206B2 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=atomide.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2440590AbeKXDWm (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2018 22:22:42 -0500 Received: from muru.com ([72.249.23.125]:54834 "EHLO muru.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728627AbeKXDWm (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2018 22:22:42 -0500 Received: from atomide.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muru.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B6A580D4; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:37:42 -0800 From: Tony Lindgren To: Roger Quadros Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, bcousson@baylibre.com, ssantosh@kernel.org, ohad@wizery.com, bjorn.andersson@linaro.org, s-anna@ti.com, nsekhar@ti.com, t-kristo@ti.com, nsaulnier@ti.com, jreeder@ti.com, m-karicheri2@ti.com, woods.technical@gmail.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] soc: ti: pruss: Add a PRUSS irqchip driver for PRUSS interrupts Message-ID: <20181123163742.GC53235@atomide.com> References: <1542886753-17625-1-git-send-email-rogerq@ti.com> <1542886753-17625-9-git-send-email-rogerq@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1542886753-17625-9-git-send-email-rogerq@ti.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Roger Quadros [181122 11:39]: > The PRUSS INTC module is reference counted during the interrupt > setup phase through the irqchip's irq_request_resources() and > irq_release_resources() ops. This restricts the module from being > removed as long as there are active interrupt users. So are there any reasons why this could not be just a regular drivers/irqchip driver nowadays? Regards, Tony