linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] gic: dont disable INT in ack callback

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Message-Id: <1264620749-24527-5-git-send-email-adharmap@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:32:28 -0800
From:	adharmap@...eaurora.org
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@....fi>, Jean Pihet <jpihet@...sta.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Colin Tuckley <colin.tuckley@....com>,
	Philby John <pjohn@...mvista.com>,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...pv.it>,
	Andrea Gallo <andrea.gallo@...ricsson.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@...cinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] gic: dont disable INT in ack callback

From: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@...cinc.com>

Unless gic_ack_irq is called from __do_IRQ, interrupt should not
be disabled in the ack function. Disabling the interrupt causes
handle_edge_irq to never enable it again.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@...cinc.com>
---
 arch/arm/common/gic.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/common/gic.c b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
index 709cf53..d47a1d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/gic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
@@ -67,25 +67,30 @@ static inline unsigned int gic_irq(unsigned int irq)
 
 /*
  * Routines to acknowledge, disable and enable interrupts
- *
- * Linux assumes that when we're done with an interrupt we need to
- * unmask it, in the same way we need to unmask an interrupt when
- * we first enable it.
- *
- * The GIC has a separate notion of "end of interrupt" to re-enable
- * an interrupt after handling, in order to support hardware
- * prioritisation.
- *
- * We can make the GIC behave in the way that Linux expects by making
- * our "acknowledge" routine disable the interrupt, then mark it as
- * complete.
  */
 static void gic_ack_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	u32 mask = 1 << (irq % 32);
 
 	spin_lock(&irq_controller_lock);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ
+
+	 /*
+	  * Linux assumes that when we're done with an interrupt we need to
+	  * unmask it, in the same way we need to unmask an interrupt when
+	  * we first enable it.
+	  *
+	  * The GIC has a separate notion of "end of interrupt" to re-enable
+	  * an interrupt after handling, in order to support hardware
+	  * prioritisation.
+	  *
+	  * We can make the GIC behave in the way that Linux expects by making
+	  * our "acknowledge" routine disable the interrupt, then mark it as
+	  * complete.
+	  */
 	writel(mask, gic_dist_base(irq) + GIC_DIST_ENABLE_CLEAR + (gic_irq(irq) / 32) * 4);
+#endif
 	writel(gic_irq(irq), gic_cpu_base(irq) + GIC_CPU_EOI);
 	spin_unlock(&irq_controller_lock);
 }
-- 
1.5.6.3

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