On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 04:38:44PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> Can anyone answer the question in the Subject: line?  Is it just an 
> historical relic?
> 
> I'm not aware of any completion handlers using the pt_regs argument.  And 
> handlers need not always be called from within an interrupt handler 
> in any case; they can be invoked during a timer callback for instance.
> 
> Given that the pt_regs doesn't contain any useful information, isn't 
> guaranteed to be non-NULL, and isn't used anyway, why does it persist?

The input drivers pass this info on.  They are the ones that need this
information.

thanks,

greg k-h


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