[PATCH 1/3] driver-core: platform: Add platform_irq_count()

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Jan 7 02:32:51 PST 2016


On Wednesday 06 January 2016 17:12:47 Stephen Boyd wrote:
> A recent patch added calls to of_irq_count() in the qcom pinctrl
> drivers and that caused module build failures because
> of_irq_count() is not an exported symbol. We shouldn't export
> of_irq_count() to modules because it's an internal OF API that
> shouldn't be used by drivers. Platform drivers should use
> platform device APIs instead. Therefore, add a platform_irq_count()
> API that mirrors the of_irq_count() API so that platform drivers
> can stay DT agnostic.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Andy Gross <andy.gross at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
> 

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

I think there are a couple of other drivers that can use this too.

	Arnd



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