request_irq() is preferred over setup_irq(). Invocations of setup_irq()
occur after memory allocators are ready.
Per tglx[1], setup_irq() existed in olden days when allocators were not
ready by the time early interrupts were initialized.
Hence replace setup_irq() by request_irq().
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.
1710191609480.1971@nanos
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200327124406.4123-1-afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static struct irqaction spear_timer_irq = {
-       .name = "timer",
-       .flags = IRQF_TIMER,
-       .handler = spear_timer_interrupt
-};
-
 static void __init spear_clockevent_init(int irq)
 {
        u32 tick_rate;
 
        clockevents_config_and_register(&clkevt, tick_rate, 3, 0xfff0);
 
-       setup_irq(irq, &spear_timer_irq);
+       if (request_irq(irq, spear_timer_interrupt, IRQF_TIMER, "timer", NULL))
+               pr_err("Failed to request irq %d (timer)\n", irq);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id timer_of_match[] __initconst = {