[RFC PATCH 4/4] ARM: gic: use a private mapping for CPU target interfaces

Nicolas Pitre nicolas.pitre at linaro.org
Tue Nov 6 17:59:35 EST 2012


On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Will Deacon wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:21:48PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org>
> > 
> > The GIC interface numbering does not necessarily follow the logical
> > CPU numbering, especially for complex topologies such as multi-cluster
> > systems.
> > 
> > Fortunately we can easily probe the GIC to create a mapping as the
> > Interrupt Processor Targets Registers for the first 32 interrupts are
> > read-only, and each field returns a value that always corresponds to
> > the processor reading the register.
> > 
> > Initially all mappings target all CPUs in case an IPI is required to
> > boot secondary CPUs.  It is refined as those CPUs discover what their
> > actual mapping is.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>
> 
> This is a really neat idea!
> 
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/common/gic.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/common/gic.c b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
> > index aa52699..1338a55 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/common/gic.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
> > @@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ struct gic_chip_data {
> >  static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(irq_controller_lock);
> >  
> >  /*
> > + * The GIC mapping of CPU interfaces does not necessarily match
> > + * the logical CPU numbering.  Let's use a mapping as returned
> > + * by the GIC itself.
> > + */
> > +static u8 gic_cpu_map[8] __read_mostly;
> 
> Can we have a #define for the number CPUs supported by the GIC? It gets
> used a fair amount in this patch for loop bounds etc.

Sure.  I'll respin the patch.

> 
> > +/*
> >   * Supported arch specific GIC irq extension.
> >   * Default make them NULL.
> >   */
> > @@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ static int gic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d, const struct cpumask *mask_val,
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  
> >  	mask = 0xff << shift;
> > -	bit = 1 << (cpu_logical_map(cpu) + shift);
> > +	bit = gic_cpu_map[cpu] << shift;
> >  
> >  	raw_spin_lock(&irq_controller_lock);
> >  	val = readl_relaxed(reg) & ~mask;
> > @@ -349,11 +356,6 @@ static void __init gic_dist_init(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
> >  	u32 cpumask;
> >  	unsigned int gic_irqs = gic->gic_irqs;
> >  	void __iomem *base = gic_data_dist_base(gic);
> > -	u32 cpu = cpu_logical_map(smp_processor_id());
> > -
> > -	cpumask = 1 << cpu;
> > -	cpumask |= cpumask << 8;
> > -	cpumask |= cpumask << 16;
> >  
> >  	writel_relaxed(0, base + GIC_DIST_CTRL);
> >  
> > @@ -366,6 +368,7 @@ static void __init gic_dist_init(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Set all global interrupts to this CPU only.
> >  	 */
> > +	cpumask = readl_relaxed(base + GIC_DIST_TARGET + 0);
> >  	for (i = 32; i < gic_irqs; i += 4)
> >  		writel_relaxed(cpumask, base + GIC_DIST_TARGET + i * 4 / 4);
> >  
> > @@ -389,9 +392,25 @@ static void __cpuinit gic_cpu_init(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
> >  {
> >  	void __iomem *dist_base = gic_data_dist_base(gic);
> >  	void __iomem *base = gic_data_cpu_base(gic);
> > +	unsigned int cpu_mask, cpu = smp_processor_id();
> >  	int i;
> >  
> >  	/*
> > +	 * Get what the GIC says our CPU mask is.
> > +	 */
> > +	BUG_ON(cpu >= 8);
> > +	cpu_mask = readl_relaxed(dist_base + GIC_DIST_TARGET + 0);
> 
> Making the mask a u8 and using readb_relaxed here makes this bit of code
> clearer to me (and the GIC apparently allows such an access to this
> register).

Not always.  At least RTSM throws an exception if you do so.
Been there.

> > +	gic_cpu_map[cpu] = cpu_mask;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Clear our mask from the other map entries in case they're
> > +	 * still undefined.
> > +	 */
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
> > +		if (i != cpu)
> > +			gic_cpu_map[i] &= ~cpu_mask;
> > +
> > +	/*
> >  	 * Deal with the banked PPI and SGI interrupts - disable all
> >  	 * PPI interrupts, ensure all SGI interrupts are enabled.
> >  	 */
> > @@ -646,7 +665,7 @@ void __init gic_init_bases(unsigned int gic_nr, int irq_start,
> >  {
> >  	irq_hw_number_t hwirq_base;
> >  	struct gic_chip_data *gic;
> > -	int gic_irqs, irq_base;
> > +	int gic_irqs, irq_base, i;
> >  
> >  	BUG_ON(gic_nr >= MAX_GIC_NR);
> >  
> > @@ -683,6 +702,13 @@ void __init gic_init_bases(unsigned int gic_nr, int irq_start,
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	/*
> > +	 * Initialize the CPU interface map to all CPUs.
> > +	 * It will be refined as each CPU probes its ID.
> > +	 */
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
> > +		gic_cpu_map[i] = 0xff;
> > +
> > +	/*
> >  	 * For primary GICs, skip over SGIs.
> >  	 * For secondary GICs, skip over PPIs, too.
> >  	 */
> > @@ -737,7 +763,7 @@ void gic_raise_softirq(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int irq)
> >  
> >  	/* Convert our logical CPU mask into a physical one. */
> >  	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)
> > -		map |= 1 << cpu_logical_map(cpu);
> > +		map |= gic_cpu_map[cpu];
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Ensure that stores to Normal memory are visible to the
> 
> With those changes:
> 
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> 
> Will
> 



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