genirq: Add IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED flag

irq_chips, which require to mask the chip before changing the trigger
type should set this flag. So the core takes care of it and the
requirement for looking into desc->status in the chip goes away.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index aefb30bbcf0e..ef6b66dc9d03 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ struct irq_chip {
 #endif
 };
 
+/*
+ * irq_chip specific flags
+ *
+ * IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED:             Mask before calling chip.irq_set_type()
+ */
+enum {
+        IRQCHIP_SET_TYPE_MASKED         = (1 <<  0),
+};
+
 /* This include will go away once we isolated irq_desc usage to core code */
 #include <linux/irqdesc.h>