[RFC 18/18] power: supply: max17040: Do not enforce (incorrect) interrupt trigger type

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 05:44:26PM +0200, Iskren Chernev wrote:
> 
> On 12/11/20 9:47 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:25:34PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> Interrupt line can be configured on different hardware in different way,
> >> even inverted.  Therefore driver should not enforce specific trigger
> >> type - edge falling - but instead rely on Devicetree to configure it.
> >>
> >> The Maxim 14577/77836 datasheets describe the interrupt line as active
> >> low with a requirement of acknowledge from the CPU therefore the edge
> >> falling is not correct.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> This patch should wait till DTS changes are merged, as it relies on
> >> proper Devicetree.
> >> ---
> >> .../devicetree/bindings/power/supply/max17040_battery.txt       | 2 +-
> >> drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c                         | 2 +-
> >>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git
> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/max17040_battery.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/max17040_battery.txt
> >> index c802f664b508..194eb9fe574d 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/max17040_battery.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/max17040_battery.txt
> >> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Example:
> >>          reg = <0x36>;
> >>          maxim,alert-low-soc-level = <10>;
> >>          interrupt-parent = <&gpio7>;
> >> -        interrupts = <2 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
> >> +        interrupts = <2 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> >>          wakeup-source;
> >>      };
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> >> index d956c67d5155..f737de0470de 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> >> @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int max17040_enable_alert_irq(struct
> max17040_chip *chip)
> >>
> >>      flags = IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING | IRQF_ONESHOT;
> >
> > This has to be removed. I will fix it in v2.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof
> 
> I removed the IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING, tweaked the DT as per the DT patch, and
> it worked on the samsung klte.
> 
> I don't understand how the DT irq flag ends up being used by the kernel. It
> is never explicitly read from DT or passed to interrupt API, only i2c->irq,
> which is a pure int.

The core __setup_irq() calls irqd_get_trigger_type() on IRQ data
matching the IRQ.

Best regards,
Krzysztof