[PATCH] gic: increase the arch_timer priority to avoid hardlockup

[Marc Zyngier]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:47:33 +0100,
Yifan Wu <wuyifan50 at huawei.com> wrote:
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> From: Qinxin Xia <xiaqinxin at huawei.com>
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> On HIP12, when GIC receives multiple interrupts of the same priority and
> different types, the interrupts are selected in the following sequence:
> SPI > LPI > SGI > PPI. This scheduling rule may cause PPI starvation.
> To prevent starvation from triggering system watchdog hardlockup, the
> interrupt priority is explicitly increased in the arch_timer driver.

No. This breaks pseudo NMIs, and is way too invasive. Also, how about
the other PPIs? Frankly, if your GIC is not able to do some form of
fair delivery, then it probably isn't fit for purpose.

I don't think this sort of change is acceptable.

	M.

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