lists.openwall.net | lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC | |
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
| ||
|
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:13:17 -0600 From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca> To: Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" <devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "thomas.abraham@...aro.org" <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>, "jamie@...ieiles.com" <jamie@...ieiles.com>, "b-cousson@...com" <b-cousson@...com>, "shawn.guo@...aro.org" <shawn.guo@...aro.org>, Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: gic: add OF based initialization On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 01:51:42PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On 09/14/2011 01:34 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > > > On 14/09/11 18:57, Rob Herring wrote: > >> Marc, > >> > >> On 09/14/2011 12:46 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > >>> On 14/09/11 17:31, Rob Herring wrote: > >>>> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com> > >>>> > >>>> This adds gic initialization using device tree data. The initialization > >>>> functions are intended to be called by a generic OF interrupt > >>>> controller parsing function once the right pieces are in place. > >>>> > >>>> PPIs are handled using 3rd cell of interrupts properties to specify the cpu > >>>> mask the PPI is assigned to. > >>>> > >>>> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com> > >>>> --- > >>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>>> arch/arm/common/gic.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- > >>>> arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h | 10 +++++ > >>>> 3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > >>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > >>>> > >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > >>>> new file mode 100644 > >>>> index 0000000..6c513de > >>>> --- /dev/null > >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt > >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ > >>>> +* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller > >>>> + > >>>> +ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor > >>>> +interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software > >>>> +generated interrupts (SGI). > >>>> + > >>>> +Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs. > >>>> +Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not > >>>> +have PPIs or SGIs. > >>>> + > >>>> +Main node required properties: > >>>> + > >>>> +- compatible : should be one of: > >>>> + "arm,cortex-a9-gic" > >>>> + "arm,arm11mp-gic" > >>>> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller > >>>> +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an > >>>> + interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3. > >>>> + > >>>> + The 1st cell is the interrupt number. 0-15 are reserved for SGIs. 16-31 are > >>>> + for PPIs. > >>>> + > >>>> + The 2nd cell is the level-sense information, encoded as follows: > >>>> + 1 = low-to-high edge triggered > >>>> + 2 = high-to-low edge triggered > >>>> + 4 = active high level-sensitive > >>>> + 8 = active low level-sensitive > >>>> + > >>>> + Only values of 1 and 4 are valid for GIC 1.0 spec. > >>>> + > >>>> + The 3rd cell contains the mask of the cpu number for the interrupt source. > >>>> + The cpu mask is only valid for PPIs and shall be 0 for SPIs. This value shall > >>>> + be 0 for PPIs. > >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >>> > >>> Typo here ? The way I understand it, it should read "For PPIs, this > >>> value shall be the mask of the possible CPU numbers for the interrupt > >>> source" (or something to similar effect...). > >>> > >> > >> Cut and paste error. This sentence goes in the previous paragraph. What > >> I meant is the 2nd cell should contain 0 for PPIs as you cannot set the > >> edge/level on PPIs (that is always true, right?). I probably should also > >> add 0 in the list of values. > > > > Ah, right. It makes sense indeed. You're correct about PPIs polarity, > > this is defined by the hardware and cannot be configured. But it may be > > interesting to have the DT to reflect the way the hardware is actually > > configured (on the Cortex-A9, some PPIs are configured active-low, and > > others are rising-edge). > > So we should allow specifying what it is as the OS may need to know that. If it is a difference between level & edge, then the OS absolutely needs to know about it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists