linux-kernel - Re: [V4, 1/3] ACPI, PCI, IRQ: assign ISA IRQ directly during early boot stages

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Date:   Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:48:58 +1100
From:   Jonathan Liu <net147@...il.com>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, ravikanth.nalla@....com,
        linux@...nbow-software.org, timur@...eaurora.org,
        cov@...eaurora.org, jcm@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, wim@....tudelft.nl,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [V4, 1/3] ACPI, PCI, IRQ: assign ISA IRQ directly during early
 boot stages

On 20 October 2016 at 09:21, Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> The penalty determination of ISA IRQ goes through 4 paths.
> 1. assign PCI_USING during power up via acpi_irq_penalty_init.
> 2. update the penalty with acpi_penalize_isa_irq function based on the
> active parameter.
> 3. kernel command line penalty update via acpi_irq_penalty_update function.
> 4. increment the penalty as USING right after the IRQ is assign to PCI.
>
> acpi_penalize_isa_irq and acpi_irq_penalty_update functions get called
> before the ACPI subsystem is started.
>
> These API need to bypass the acpi_irq_get_penalty function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> index c983bf7..4f37938 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static int __init acpi_irq_penalty_update(char *str, int used)
>                         continue;
>
>                 if (used)
> -                       new_penalty = acpi_irq_get_penalty(irq) +
> +                       new_penalty = acpi_isa_irq_penalty[irq] +
>                                         PIRQ_PENALTY_ISA_USED;
>                 else
>                         new_penalty = 0;
> @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static int __init acpi_irq_penalty_update(char *str, int used)
>  void acpi_penalize_isa_irq(int irq, int active)
>  {
>         if ((irq >= 0) && (irq < ARRAY_SIZE(acpi_isa_irq_penalty)))
> -               acpi_isa_irq_penalty[irq] = acpi_irq_get_penalty(irq) +
> +               acpi_isa_irq_penalty[irq] = acpi_isa_irq_penalty[irq] +
>                   (active ? PIRQ_PENALTY_ISA_USED : PIRQ_PENALTY_PCI_USING);
>  }
>

This series fixes one or more network adapters not working in Linux
32-bit x86 guest running inside VirtualBox if I have 4 network
adapters enabled. The following message no longer appears in the
kernel log:
ACPI: No IRQ available for PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD]. Try pci=noacpi or acpi=off

Tested-by: Jonathan Liu <net147@...il.com>