linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/72] Blackfin: document __ipipe_call

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:07:16 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Philippe Gerum <rpm@...omai.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/72] Blackfin: document __ipipe_call_irqtail

From: Philippe Gerum <rpm@...omai.org>

Signed-off-by: Philippe Gerum <rpm@...omai.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
---
 arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
index 29fbf67..c754ff7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
@@ -261,6 +261,31 @@ ENTRY(_evt_system_call)
 ENDPROC(_evt_system_call)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPIPE
+/*
+ * __ipipe_call_irqtail: lowers the current priority level to EVT15
+ * before running a user-defined routine, then raises the priority
+ * level to EVT14 to prepare the caller for a normal interrupt
+ * return through RTI.
+ *
+ * We currently use this facility in two occasions:
+ *
+ * - to branch to __ipipe_irq_tail_hook as requested by a high
+ *   priority domain after the pipeline delivered an interrupt,
+ *   e.g. such as Xenomai, in order to start its rescheduling
+ *   procedure, since we may not switch tasks when IRQ levels are
+ *   nested on the Blackfin, so we have to fake an interrupt return
+ *   so that we may reschedule immediately.
+ *
+ * - to branch to sync_root_irqs, in order to play any interrupt
+ *   pending for the root domain (i.e. the Linux kernel). This lowers
+ *   the core priority level enough so that Linux IRQ handlers may
+ *   never delay interrupts handled by high priority domains; we defer
+ *   those handlers until this point instead. This is a substitute
+ *   to using a threaded interrupt model for the Linux kernel.
+ *
+ * r0: address of user-defined routine
+ * context: caller must have preempted EVT15, hw interrupts must be off.
+ */
 ENTRY(___ipipe_call_irqtail)
 	p0 = r0;
 	r0.l = 1f;
-- 
1.6.4.2

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