linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: hosts: mark pcie/pci (msi) irq cascade handler as IRQF_NO

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:49:24 +0530
From:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
To:	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
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	<tony@...mide.com>, <nsekhar@...com>,
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	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
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	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
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	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: hosts: mark pcie/pci (msi) irq cascade handler as
 IRQF_NO_THREAD

Hi,

On Thursday 14 January 2016 12:18 AM, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> On 01/13/2016 07:50 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 02:39:04PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>>> * Bjorn Helgaas | 2016-01-06 16:18:27 [-0600]:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bjorn,
>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
>>>>> index 8c36880..0415192 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
>>>>> @@ -301,8 +301,19 @@ static int __init dra7xx_add_pcie_port(struct
>>>>> dra7xx_pcie *dra7xx,
>>>>>           return -EINVAL;
>>>>>       }
>>>>>
>>>>> +    /*
>>>>> +     * Mark dra7xx_pcie_msi IRQ as IRQF_NO_THREAD
>>>>> +     * On -RT and if kernel is booting with "threadirqs" cmd line parameter
>>>>> +     * the dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler() will be forced threaded but,
>>>>> +     * in the same time, it's IRQ dispatcher and calls generic_handle_irq(),
>>>>> +     * which, in turn, will be resolved to handle_simple_irq() call.
>>>>> +     * The handle_simple_irq() expected to be called with IRQ disabled, as
>>>>> +     * result kernle will display warning:
>>>>> +     * "irq XXX handler YYY+0x0/0x14 enabled interrupts".
>>>>> +     */
>>>
>>> could you _please_ remove this coment? This kind of comment (if at all)
>>> should be part of the commit message (which is the case more or less).
>>
>> IIRC, Grygorii specifically wanted to keep this comment in dra7xx, but
> 
> True.
> 
>> I do agree that this level of detail is more appropriate for a changelog.
>>
>> If Grygorii and Kishon don't object, I can update the patch to remove it.
> 
> But no objections from my side. Thanks a lot.

I don't have any objections.

Thanks
Kishon