[PATCH] perf: arm_pmu_acpi: Get rid of the edge-triggered interrupt oddity

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Sun Aug 2 05:12:26 PDT 2026


On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:26:27 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> The ACPI spec bizarrely indicates that the PMU interrupt can be
> edge-triggered, which contradicts the very basics of the PMU
> architecture (SW is required to clear the interrupt condition for
> the level to drop).
> 
> Remove the code parsing this flag and always flag the interrupt
> as level triggered, no matter what firmware says.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/perf), thanks!

[1/1] perf: arm_pmu_acpi: Get rid of the edge-triggered interrupt oddity
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/e445816a488a

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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