linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] DRIVERS: IRQCHIP: Add crossbar irqchip driver

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Date:	Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:12:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
cc:	Sricharan R <r.sricharan@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linus.walleij@...aro.org, santosh.shilimkar@...com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, tony@...mide.com, rnayak@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] DRIVERS: IRQCHIP: Add crossbar irqchip driver

On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 09:09:08PM +0530, Sricharan R wrote:
> > > +unsigned int crossbar_request_irq(struct irq_data *d)
> > > +{
> > > +	int cb_no = d->hwirq;
> > > +	int virq = allocate_free_irq(cb_no);
> > > +	void *irq = &cb->crossbar_map[cb_no].hwirq;
> > > +	int err;
> > > +
> > > +	err = request_threaded_irq(virq, crossbar_irq, NULL,
> > > +				   0, "CROSSBAR", irq);
> > 
> > this is wrong, why don't you just set crossbar up as a chained handler.
> 
> That's just a detail, which does not solve the underlying problem of
> the crossbar -> GIC mapping.

And actually the thing is the other way round:

GIC distributes to crossbar, so the underlying GIC irq would be the
chained handler.

Still does not solve the setup/request_irq issue.

Thanks,

	tglx
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