On Thursday 10 May 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "disable_irq_wake call must be symmetric with enable_irq_wake". hmm, OK,
> I'll take your word for it.
In the same way that enable_irq() and disable_irq() must be matched,
and for the same reasons: when the IRQ is shared between drivers,
they can't all treat enable/disable status as boolean. Those calls
mask refcountig.
> Does the present code actually fail in some manner, or what?
Yes ... runtime warnings flagging various misbehaviors associated
with refcount mismatches.
- Dave
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