patch "VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets" added to char-misc-linus

index aa7b05de97dd..4f8d962bb5b2 100644
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ struct vmci_guest_device {
 
 	bool exclusive_vectors;
 
-	struct tasklet_struct datagram_tasklet;
-	struct tasklet_struct bm_tasklet;
 	struct wait_queue_head inout_wq;
 
 	void *data_buffer;

@@ -304,9 +302,8 @@ static int vmci_check_host_caps(struct pci_dev *pdev)
  * This function assumes that it has exclusive access to the data
  * in register(s) for the duration of the call.
  */
-static void vmci_dispatch_dgs(unsigned long data)
+static void vmci_dispatch_dgs(struct vmci_guest_device *vmci_dev)
 {
-	struct vmci_guest_device *vmci_dev = (struct vmci_guest_device *)data;
 	u8 *dg_in_buffer = vmci_dev->data_buffer;
 	struct vmci_datagram *dg;
 	size_t dg_in_buffer_size = VMCI_MAX_DG_SIZE;

@@ -465,10 +462,8 @@ static void vmci_dispatch_dgs(unsigned long data)
  * Scans the notification bitmap for raised flags, clears them
  * and handles the notifications.
  */
-static void vmci_process_bitmap(unsigned long data)
+static void vmci_process_bitmap(struct vmci_guest_device *dev)
 {
-	struct vmci_guest_device *dev = (struct vmci_guest_device *)data;
-
 	if (!dev->notification_bitmap) {
 		dev_dbg(dev->dev, "No bitmap present in %s\n", __func__);
 		return;

@@ -486,13 +481,13 @@ static irqreturn_t vmci_interrupt(int irq, void *_dev)
 	struct vmci_guest_device *dev = _dev;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are using MSI-X with exclusive vectors then we simply schedule
-	 * the datagram tasklet, since we know the interrupt was meant for us.
+	 * If we are using MSI-X with exclusive vectors then we simply call
+	 * vmci_dispatch_dgs(), since we know the interrupt was meant for us.
 	 * Otherwise we must read the ICR to determine what to do.
 	 */
 
 	if (dev->exclusive_vectors) {
-		tasklet_schedule(&dev->datagram_tasklet);
+		vmci_dispatch_dgs(dev);
 	} else {
 		unsigned int icr;
 

@@ -502,12 +497,12 @@ static irqreturn_t vmci_interrupt(int irq, void *_dev)
 			return IRQ_NONE;
 
 		if (icr & VMCI_ICR_DATAGRAM) {
-			tasklet_schedule(&dev->datagram_tasklet);
+			vmci_dispatch_dgs(dev);
 			icr &= ~VMCI_ICR_DATAGRAM;
 		}
 
 		if (icr & VMCI_ICR_NOTIFICATION) {
-			tasklet_schedule(&dev->bm_tasklet);
+			vmci_process_bitmap(dev);
 			icr &= ~VMCI_ICR_NOTIFICATION;
 		}
 

@@ -536,7 +531,7 @@ static irqreturn_t vmci_interrupt_bm(int irq, void *_dev)
 	struct vmci_guest_device *dev = _dev;
 
 	/* For MSI-X we can just assume it was meant for us. */
-	tasklet_schedule(&dev->bm_tasklet);
+	vmci_process_bitmap(dev);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }

@@ -638,10 +633,6 @@ static int vmci_guest_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	vmci_dev->iobase = iobase;
 	vmci_dev->mmio_base = mmio_base;
 
-	tasklet_init(&vmci_dev->datagram_tasklet,
-		     vmci_dispatch_dgs, (unsigned long)vmci_dev);
-	tasklet_init(&vmci_dev->bm_tasklet,
-		     vmci_process_bitmap, (unsigned long)vmci_dev);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&vmci_dev->inout_wq);
 
 	if (mmio_base != NULL) {

@@ -808,8 +799,9 @@ static int vmci_guest_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 * Request IRQ for legacy or MSI interrupts, or for first
 	 * MSI-X vector.
 	 */
-	error = request_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), vmci_interrupt,
-			    IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME, vmci_dev);
+	error = request_threaded_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), NULL,
+				     vmci_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
+				     KBUILD_MODNAME, vmci_dev);
 	if (error) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Irq %u in use: %d\n",
 			pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), error);

@@ -823,9 +815,9 @@ static int vmci_guest_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 * between the vectors.
 	 */
 	if (vmci_dev->exclusive_vectors) {
-		error = request_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 1),
-				    vmci_interrupt_bm, 0, KBUILD_MODNAME,
-				    vmci_dev);
+		error = request_threaded_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 1), NULL,
+					     vmci_interrupt_bm, 0,
+					     KBUILD_MODNAME, vmci_dev);
 		if (error) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 				"Failed to allocate irq %u: %d\n",

@@ -833,9 +825,11 @@ static int vmci_guest_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			goto err_free_irq;
 		}
 		if (caps_in_use & VMCI_CAPS_DMA_DATAGRAM) {
-			error = request_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 2),
-					    vmci_interrupt_dma_datagram,
-					    0, KBUILD_MODNAME, vmci_dev);
+			error = request_threaded_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 2),
+						     NULL,
+						    vmci_interrupt_dma_datagram,
+						     0, KBUILD_MODNAME,
+						     vmci_dev);
 			if (error) {
 				dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 					"Failed to allocate irq %u: %d\n",

@@ -871,8 +865,6 @@ static int vmci_guest_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 err_free_irq:
 	free_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), vmci_dev);
-	tasklet_kill(&vmci_dev->datagram_tasklet);
-	tasklet_kill(&vmci_dev->bm_tasklet);
 
 err_disable_msi:
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);

@@ -943,9 +935,6 @@ static void vmci_guest_remove_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	free_irq(pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0), vmci_dev);
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 
-	tasklet_kill(&vmci_dev->datagram_tasklet);
-	tasklet_kill(&vmci_dev->bm_tasklet);
-
 	if (vmci_dev->notification_bitmap) {
 		/*
 		 * The device reset above cleared the bitmap state of the