[PATCH 1/3] genirq: Add support for priority-drop/deactivate interrupt controllers

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 25/10/14 21:27, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Oct 2014, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> >> +{
> >> +	struct irq_chip *chip = desc->irq_data.chip;
> >> +
> >> +	/* If we can do priority drop, then masking comes for free */
> >> +	if (chip->irq_priority_drop)
> >> +		irq_state_set_masked(desc);
> >> +	else
> >> +		mask_irq(desc);
> >> +}
> > 
> >>  void unmask_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
> >>  {
> >> -	if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask) {
> >> -		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(&desc->irq_data);
> >> +	struct irq_chip *chip = desc->irq_data.chip;
> >> +
> >> +	if (chip->irq_unmask && !chip->irq_priority_drop)
> >> +		chip->irq_unmask(&desc->irq_data);
> > 
> > I have a hard time to understand that logic. Assume the interrupt
> > being masked at the hardware level after boot. Now at request_irq()
> > time what is going to unmask that very interrupt? Ditto for masking
> > after disable_irq(). Probably not what you really want.
> 
> Peering at the code (and assuming I'm finally awake), request_irq() uses
> irq_startup() -> irq_enable() -> chip->irq_unmask().

Right. That's the default implementation.

> But you're perfectly right, it breaks an independent use of
> unmask_irq(), which is pretty bad.

Indeed.
 
> >> +static void eoi_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irq_chip *chip)
> >> +{
> >> +	if (chip->irq_priority_drop)
> >> +		chip->irq_priority_drop(&desc->irq_data);
> >> +	if (chip->irq_eoi)
> >> +		chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
> >> +}
> > 
> > So if you are using that priority drop stuff, you need both calls even
> > for the non threaded case?
> 
> Yes. This is a global property (all interrupt lines for this irqchip are
> affected), so even the non-threaded case has to issue both calls.

Ok.
 
> > Can you please explain detailed how this "priority drop" mode
> > works? 
> 
> The basics of this mode are pretty simple:
> - Interrupt signalled, CPU enter the GIC code
> - Read the IAR register, interrupt becomes active:
>   -> no other interrupt can be taken
> - Run whatever interrupt handler
> - Write to the EOI register:
>   -> interrupt is still active, and cannot be taken again, but other
> interrupts can now be taken
> - Write to the DIR register:
>   -> interrupt is now inactive, and can be taken again.
> 
> A few interesting things here:
> - EOI (which causes priority drop) acts as a mask
> - DIR (which causes deactivate) acts as unmask+EOI

Let me make a few assumptions and correct me if I'm wrong as usual.

1) The startup/shutdown procedure for such an interrupt is the
   expensive mask/unmask which you want to avoid for the actual
   handling case

2) In case of an actual interrupt the flow (ignoring locking) is:

   handle_xxx_irq()

	mask_irq();	/* chip->irq_mask() maps to EOI */

	if (!action || irq_disabled())
	   return;

	handle_actions();

	if (irq_threads_active() || irq_disabled())
	   return;

	unmask_irq();	/* chip->irq_unmask() maps to DIR */

  So that is handle_level_irq() with the chip callbacks being:

   irq_startup  = gic_unmask
   irq_shutdown = gic_mask
   irq_unmask	= gic_dir
   irq_mask	= gic_eoi

3) In the threaded case as seen above finalize_oneshot() will call
   chip->unmask_irq() which maps to the DIR write and gets things
   going again.

4) In the lazy irq disable case if the interrupt fires mask_irq()
   [EOI] is good enough to silence it.

   Though in the enable_irq() case you cannot rely on the automatic
   resend of the interrupt when you unmask [DIR]. So we need to make
   sure that even in the level case (dunno whether that's supported in
   that mode) we end up calling the irq_retrigger() callback. But
   that's rather simple to achieve with a new chip flag.

You might have to look at the suspend/resume implications, but if I
did not miss anything crucial that should be fine as well.

Thanks,

	tglx