[PATCH 0/3] video: Remove in_interrupt() usage.

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Feb 16 08:43:02 UTC 2021


On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 09:35:00AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2021-02-08 23:38:07 [+0100], To linux-fbdev at vger.kernel.org wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > in the discussion about preempt count consistency across kernel
> > configurations:
> > 
> >  https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914204209.256266093@linutronix.de/
> > 
> > it was concluded that the usage of in_interrupt() and related context
> > checks should be removed from non-core code.
> > 
> > In the long run, usage of 'preemptible, in_*irq etc.' should be banned from
> > driver code completely.
> > 
> > This series targets the video subsystem. The omap patches are a repost
> > of [0], the amba-clcd is new after I received no feedback on my analysis
> > [1].
> > 
> > [0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210127172902.145335-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
> > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210127174408.ududpwfrbg3dhyxj@linutronix.de
> 
> Could someone please apply the series? Video seems unmaintained.

It's the merge window, no one can apply the series...

Please resend once 5.12-rc1 is out.

thanks,

greg k-h


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