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For hosts not supporting MMC_CAP2_SDIO_IRQ_NOTHREAD but MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ,
the SDIO IRQs are processed from a dedicated kernel thread. For these
cases, the host calls mmc_signal_sdio_irq() from its ISR to signal a new
SDIO IRQ.

Signaling an SDIO IRQ makes the host's ->enable_sdio_irq() callback to be
invoked to temporary disable the IRQs, before the kernel thread is woken up
to process it. When processing of the IRQs are completed, they are
re-enabled by the kernel thread, again via invoking the host's
->enable_sdio_irq().

The observation from this, is that the execution path is being unnecessary
complex, as the host driver already knows that it needs to temporary
disable the IRQs before signaling a new one. Moreover, replacing the kernel
thread with a work/workqueue would not only greatly simplify the code, but
also make it more robust.

To address the above problems, let's continue to build upon the support for
MMC_CAP2_SDIO_IRQ_NOTHREAD, as it al...