On 13/06/16 12:59, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 13/06/16 12:09, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>
>> On 13/06/16 11:42, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>> On 07/06/16 16:12, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>>> For some devices the IRQ trigger type for a device is read from
>>>> firmware, such as device-tree. The IRQ trigger type is typically read
>>>> when the mapping for IRQ is created, which is before the IRQ is
>>>> requested. Hence, the IRQ trigger type is programmed when mapping the
>>>> IRQ and not when requesting the IRQ.
>>>>
>>>> Although this works for most cases, in order to support IRQ chips which
>>>> require runtime power management, which may not be accessible prior
>>>> to requesting the IRQ, it is desirable to look-up the IRQ trigger type
>>>> when it is requested. Therefore, if the IRQ trigger type is not
>>>> specified when __setup_irq() is called, look-up the saved IRQ trigger
>>>> type. This will allow us to defer the programming of the trigger type
>>>> from when the IRQ is mapped to when it is actually requested.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <[email protected]>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
>>>> ---
>>>>  kernel/irq/manage.c | 7 +++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>>> index ef0bc02c3a70..eaedeb74b49d 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>>> @@ -1117,6 +1117,13 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc 
>>>> *desc, struct irqaction *new)
>>>>    new->irq = irq;
>>>>  
>>>>    /*
>>>> +   * If the trigger type is not specified by the caller,
>>>> +   * then use the default for this interrupt.
>>>> +   */
>>>> +  if (!(new->flags & IRQF_TRIGGER_MASK))
>>>> +          new->flags |= irqd_get_trigger_type(&desc->irq_data);
>>>> +
>>>> +  /*
>>>>     * Check whether the interrupt nests into another interrupt
>>>>     * thread.
>>>>     */
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've added the following patch to the queue, in order to deal with
>>> percpu interrupts that were not handled by this patch:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>> index f8fd1fb..00cfc85 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
>>> @@ -1751,7 +1751,14 @@ void enable_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, unsigned 
>>> int type)
>>>     if (!desc)
>>>             return;
>>>  
>>> +   /*
>>> +    * If the trigger type is not specified by the caller, then
>>> +    * use the default for this interrupt.
>>> +    */
>>>     type &= IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK;
>>> +   if (type == IRQ_TYPE_NONE)
>>> +           type = irqd_get_trigger_type(&desc->irq_data);
>>> +
>>
>> I am wondering if you need this here because now __setup_irq(), called
>> by request_percpu_irq(), will actually look-up the saved type even for a
>> percpu-irq. So shouldn't this already be handled? Or am I missing something?
> 
> You are overlooking the fact that the configuration registers are
> themselves per-CPU, which means that __setup_irq() will only configure
> the interrupt on the CPU it runs on. And you can't even tell which one,
> since you are in a preemptible context.
> 
> Does it make more sense?

Yes it does thanks. I am guessing we don't need to worry about there
being different type configurations for the different CPUs for a given
interrupt?

Cheers
Jon

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