[PATCH] ARM: imx: drop support for irq priorisation

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Nov 4 03:41:29 EST 2013


On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:17:02AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The code for irq priorisation support doesn't have any in-tree users and
> the Kconfig description does wrong promises because nowadays irq
> handlers are called with irqs disabled, so no high prioritized irq can
> interrupt a lower prioritized handler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>

Acked-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Sascha

> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig      | 10 ----------
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c       | 25 -------------------------
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/irq-common.h |  1 -
>  3 files changed, 36 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> index 15c9ae3..9431729 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
> @@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ config ARCH_MXC
>  menu "Freescale i.MX support"
>  	depends on ARCH_MXC
>  
> -config MXC_IRQ_PRIOR
> -	bool "Use IRQ priority"
> -	help
> -	  Select this if you want to use prioritized IRQ handling.
> -	  This feature prevents higher priority ISR to be interrupted
> -	  by lower priority IRQ.
> -	  This may be useful in embedded applications, where are strong
> -	  requirements for timing.
> -	  Say N here, unless you have a specialized requirement.
> -
>  config MXC_TZIC
>  	bool
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
> index e163ec7..8d1df2e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
> @@ -54,28 +54,6 @@
>  static void __iomem *avic_base;
>  static struct irq_domain *domain;
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MXC_IRQ_PRIOR
> -static int avic_irq_set_priority(unsigned char irq, unsigned char prio)
> -{
> -	struct irq_data *d = irq_get_irq_data(irq);
> -	unsigned int temp;
> -	unsigned int mask = 0x0F << irq % 8 * 4;
> -
> -	irq = d->hwirq;
> -
> -	if (irq >= AVIC_NUM_IRQS)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
> -	temp = __raw_readl(avic_base + AVIC_NIPRIORITY(irq / 8));
> -	temp &= ~mask;
> -	temp |= prio & mask;
> -
> -	__raw_writel(temp, avic_base + AVIC_NIPRIORITY(irq / 8));
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FIQ
>  static int avic_set_irq_fiq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type)
>  {
> @@ -102,9 +80,6 @@ static int avic_set_irq_fiq(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type)
>  
>  
>  static struct mxc_extra_irq avic_extra_irq = {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MXC_IRQ_PRIOR
> -	.set_priority = avic_irq_set_priority,
> -#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FIQ
>  	.set_irq_fiq = avic_set_irq_fiq,
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/irq-common.h b/arch/arm/mach-imx/irq-common.h
> index 5b2dabb..6e3175d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/irq-common.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/irq-common.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
>  
>  struct mxc_extra_irq
>  {
> -	int (*set_priority)(unsigned char irq, unsigned char prio);
>  	int (*set_irq_fiq)(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type);
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.4.rc3
> 
> 

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