NAME¶

request_threaded_irq - allocate an interrupt line

SYNOPSIS¶

int request_threaded_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler, irq_handler_t thread_fn, unsigned long irqflags, const char * devname, void * dev_id);

ARGUMENTS¶

irq

handler

thread_fn

irqflags

devname

dev_id

DESCRIPTION¶

This call allocates interrupt resources and enables the interrupt line and IRQ handling. From the point this call is made your handler function may be invoked. Since your handler function must clear any interrupt the board raises, you must take care both to initialise your hardware and to set up the interrupt handler in the right order.

If you want to set up a threaded irq handler for your device then you need to supply handler and thread_fn. handler is still called in hard interrupt context and has to check whether the interrupt originates from the device. If yes it needs to disable the interrupt on the device and return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD which will wake up the handler thread and run thread_fn. This split handler design is necessary to support shared interrupts.

Dev_id must be globally unique. Normally the address of the device data structure is used as the cookie. Since the handler receives this value it makes sense to use it.

If your interrupt is shared you must pass a non NULL dev_id as this is required when freeing the interrupt.

FLAGS¶

IRQF_SHARED Interrupt is shared IRQF_TRIGGER_* Specify active edge(s) or level

AUTHORS¶

Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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