[PATCH V6 2/3] ACPI: Add support for ResourceSource/IRQ domain mapping

[Hanjun Guo]

On 11/12/2016 11:01 AM, agustinv at codeaurora.org wrote:
> Hey Lorenzo, Hanjun,
>
> On 2016-11-11 08:33, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>> Hi Lorenzo,
>>
>> On 11/11/2016 01:58 AM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:02:35AM -0500, agustinv at codeaurora.org wrote:
>>>> Hey Hanjun,
>>>>
>>>> On 2016-11-09 21:36, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marc, Rafael, Lorenzo,
>>>>>
>>>>> Since we agreed to add a probe deferral if we failed to get irq
>>>>> resources which mirroring the DT does (patch 1 in this patch set),
>>>>> I think the last blocker to make things work both for Agustin and
>>>>> me [1] is this patch, which makes the interrupt producer and consumer
>>>>> work in ACPI, we have two different solution for one thing, we'd happy
>>>>> to work together for one solution, could you give some suggestions
>>>>> please?
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]:
>>>>> https://mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1257419.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Agustin, I have some comments below.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2016/10/29 4:48, Agustin Vega-Frias wrote:
>>>>>> This allows irqchip drivers to associate an ACPI DSDT device to
>>>>>> an IRQ domain and provides support for using the ResourceSource
>>>>>> in Extended IRQ Resources to find the domain and map the IRQs
>>>>>> specified on that domain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Agustin Vega-Frias <agustinv at codeaurora.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> drivers/acpi/Makefile    |   1 +
>>>>>> drivers/acpi/irqdomain.c | 119
>>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>
>>>>> Could we just reuse the gsi.c and not introduce a new
>>>>> file, probably we can change the gsi.c to irqdomain.c
>>>>> or something similar, then reuse the code in gsi.c.
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking just that after we chatted off-list.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's a fair point.
>>>
>>>> I might revisit and see what I come up with given that we already have
>>>> a device argument and we could pass the IRQ source there.
>>>
>>> I agree with the approach taken by this patch, I do not like much
>>> passing around struct acpi_resource_source *source (in particular
>>> the dummy struct) I do not think it is needed, I will comment on
>>> the code.
>>
>> thanks for your time to have a look:)
>>
>>>
>>> Hopefully there is not any buggy FW out there that does use the
>>> resource source inappropriately otherwise we will notice on x86/ia64
>>> (ie you can't blame FW if it breaks the kernel) but I suspect the
>>> only way to find out is by trying, the patch has to go through Rafael's
>>> review anyway before getting there so it is fine.
>>
>> I think we can avoid that by not touching the logic that x86/ia64
>> already used, but only adding interrupt producer/consumer function.
>
> I looked at this more today and implemented a new patch that I plan to
> test over the weekend, but I wanted to let you know the approach I am
> pursuing.
>
> On the new patch use of ResourceSource when parsing ACPI Extended IRQ
> Resources is conditional on CONFIG_ACPI_GENERIC_GSI. The reason for this
> is two fold:
>
> 1. Since we wanted to reduce duplication and place the new APIs on the
>     same source file as acpi_register_gsi, which is already under that
>     config flag.
> 2. So the patch does not have effect on platforms not using the generic
>     GSI support, including x86/ia64.
>
> If support for this is needed outside platforms using the generic GSI
> implementation, we can move these APIs out to their own source file
> and eliminate the CONFIG_ACPI_GENERIC_GSI conditionality.

I think is fine because ACPI_GENERIC_GSI is not for x86 at now, please
send out the patch then we can discuss.

Thanks
Hanjun

>
> I'll send the new patch, hopefully some time tomorrow, but please let
> me know if you have concerns with this approach.
>
> Thanks,
> Agustin
>