request_irq in I2C driver causes kernel to freeze during probe, but if done later - no problem!

[Ben Dooks]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 01:41:52AM +0100, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> Ulf Samuelsson skrev:
> > Russell King - ARM Linux skrev:
> >> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:16:58AM +0100, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> >>> If the interrupt is executing, then we would see some I2C communication
> >>> as a result, but we do not see this, before the kernel freezes.
> >>>
> >>> The interrupt is (and should be) called on the falling edge of the
> >>> interrupt.
> >>>
> >>> I am currently scratching my head, and need help with ideas...
> >> Do you always return IRQ_HANDLED from this handler, or do you return
> >> IRQ_NONE if it does no work?
> >>
> >> If you always return IRQ_HANDLED even if no work was done, it could be
> >> that you're spinning on this interrupt, and because you're returning
> >> IRQ_HANDLED, the core interrupt handling code thinks progress is being
> >> made.
> >>
> >> If you return IRQ_NONE, then the "bad IRQ" detection code will kick in
> >> and disable the IRQ, which should result in some further progress.
> >>
> > 
> > Thanks for fast reply.
> > 
> > This is my interrupt routine, which always return IRQ_HANDLED.
> > sysfs shows that "mxt->invalid_irq_counter" is never incremented
> > even after I successfully enable the interrupt in sysfs.
> > 
> > mxt->dwork will always access the I2C bus but we dont see that.
> > 
> > static irqreturn_t mxt_irq_handler(int irq, void *_mxt)
> > {
> > 	struct	mxt_data *mxt = _mxt;
> > 	unsigned long	flags;
> > 	mxt->irq_counter++;
> > 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mxt->lock, flags);
> > 
> > 	if (mxt_valid_interrupt()) {
> > 		/* Macro, always returning 1  on these boards */
> > 		cancel_delayed_work(&mxt->dwork);
> > 		schedule_delayed_work(&mxt->dwork, 0);
> > 		mxt->valid_irq_counter++;
> > 	} else {
> > 		mxt->invalid_irq_counter++;
> > 	}
> > 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mxt->lock, flags);
> > 
> > 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > }
> > 
> 
> I tried doing an I2C transfer inside the interrupt routine
> (this is my only way of logging)
> and then the I2C probe routine locked up already when
> doing the request_irq.

i2c transfers can sleep, thus you need somet thread or work-queue to
process them. 

> The interrupt line will, after asserted low, remain low
> until a status register is read over the I2C bus,
> and the interrupt is triggered by falling edge
> so I assume that the interrupt should only be called once.

are you sure the controller is setting the proper irq mode? have
you tried adding a disable_irq_nosync() to the handler?

> If the interrupt is enabled by the register_irq, and it does
> occur during the probe, and not afterwards,
> can this affect the mxt_worker routine?
> 
> The probe does a significant amount of i2c communication
> after the register_irq, and if the interrupt has been asserted
> already, the interrupt will be deasserted before the probe exits.
> 
> Somehow I have a feeling that the freeze occurs because
> the kernel wants to process the delayed work, sometimes
> after the probe exits.
> 
> Maybe the i2c communication should occur before the register irq?
> 
> BR
> Ulf Samuelsson
> 
> 
> > 
> > I do
> > 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mxt->dwork, mxt_worker);
> > 	spin_lock_init(&mxt->lock);
> > 
> > before I request the irq
> > 
> > 
> > BR
> > Ulf Samuelsson.
> > 
> > 
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