Re: [PATCH] Input: ar1021 - use IRQ_NOAUTOEN flags to replace disable_irq

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Sat Jan 02 2021 - 01:06:38 EST


Hi Barry,

On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 05:29:02PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> disable_irq() after request_irq is unsafe as it gives a time gap which
> irq can come before disable_irq(). IRQ_NOAUTOEN is the common way to
> avoid enabling IRQ due to requesting IRQ.

Actually it is OK for the ISR to fire before the input device is
registered, input core allows that.

What I would like to see is to allow passing something like
IRQF_DISABLED to request_irq() so that we would not need neither
irq_set_status_flags() nor disable_irq().

Thanks.

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Dmitry