该例子来源于《操作系统原理。技术与编程》一书的p214
free_irq()
该函数将已经使用完的IRQ线释放掉,以便其他设备使用,源代码如下:
void free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
{
struct irqaction *action, **p;//遍历链表时要用的变量
unsigned long flags;
if(irq >=NR_IRQS )
return;//安全检查
spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_controller_lock, flags);//自旋锁
for(p = &irq_desc[irq].action; (action = *p) != NULL; p = &action->next)
{
if(action->dev_id != dev_id)//遍历操作链表,找到要释放的设备ID
continue;
*p = action->next; //用下一个链表项覆盖当前链表项从而删除这个元素
if(!irq_desc[irq].action)
{
irq_desc[irq].states |= IRQDISABLE;
irq_desc[irq].handler->shutdown(irq);
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_controller_lock, flags);
while(irq_desc[irq].status & IRQ_INPROGRESS)
barrier();
kfree(action);//释放所占用的内存
return;
}
printk("Trying to free IRQ %d/n",irq);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ire_controller_lock, flags);
}