Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2 02/15] sh: Eliminate unused irq_reg_{readl,writel} accessors | Date | Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:48:18 +0100 |
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On Thursday 30 October 2014 11:43:00 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 October 2014 19:17:55 Kevin Cernekee wrote: > > > Defining these macros way down in arch/sh/.../irq.c doesn't cause > > > kernel/irq/generic-chip.c to use them. As far as I can tell this code > > > has no effect. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> > > > > Actually it overrides the 32-bit accessors with 16-bit accessors, > > which does seem intentional and certainly has an effect. > > Not really. Neither arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7343/irq.c nor > arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7722/irq.c actually use > irq_reg_readl/writel. They simply define it.
Ah, that makes things easier. I looked at the commits that introduced them, and even then they were unused. Probably an artifact from an earlier version of the patch which did not get merged.
Arnd
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