[PATCH 0/2] UIO: Optional custom threaded IRQ handler
Greg KH
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sun Jan 4 03:41:47 EST 2026
On Sat, Jan 03, 2026 at 09:06:29PM +0100, Kevin Bube wrote:
> Add an optional threaded IRQ handler to the generic UIO driver. This allows
> driver developers to keep the fast IRQ handler small and move tasks to the IRQ
> thread. We also update the documentation accordingly.
>
> Kevin Bube (2):
> UIO: Add optional IRQ thread callback
> Documentation: Document threaded IRQ handler for UIO
>
> Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst | 8 ++++++++
> drivers/uio/uio.c | 6 +++++-
> include/linux/uio_driver.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
But as no in-kernel driver now uses this, it will just be removed again
:(
Please always provide real users for api changes, otherwise we can't
determine if they are actually working or not.
thanks,
greg k-h
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