linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/15] irqchip: Mask the non-type/sense bits when translating an IRQ

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Message-ID: <57163F67.4090303@arm.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:23:35 +0100
From:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/15] irqchip: Mask the non-type/sense bits when
 translating an IRQ

Hi Jon,

On 19/04/16 15:14, Jon Hunter wrote:
> 
> On 09/04/16 12:03, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:19:09 +0000
>> Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The firmware parameter that contains the IRQ sense bits may also contain
>>> other data. When return the IRQ type, bits outside of these sense bits
>>> should be masked. If these bits are not masked and
>>> irq_create_fwspec_mapping() is called to map an IRQ, then the comparison
>>> of the type returned from irq_domain_translate() will never match
>>> that returned by irq_get_trigger_type() (because this function masks the
>>> none sense bits) and so we will always call irq_set_irq_type() to program
>>> the type even if it was not really necessary.
>>>
>>> Currently, the downside to this is unnecessarily re-programmming the type
>>> but nevertheless this should be avoided.
>>>
>>> The Tegra LIC, TI Crossbar and GIC-V3 irqchips all have client instances
>>> (from reviewing the device-tree sources) where bits outside the IRQ sense
>>> bits are set, but do not mask these bits. Therefore, ensure these bits
>>> are masked for these irqchips.
>>
>> For GICv3, this shouldn't be the case. The DT clearly says that the 3rd
>> field should only contain the trigger description. It looks like people
>> have been copying their GICv2 DT and simply slapped the v3 description
>> in the middle, without changing their interrupt specifiers. Duh.
> 
> Hmmm ... I was just double checking on this for the gic-v3 by wading
> through the DTS files, and may be there is no issue here. However,
> looking at the current code it is a bit inconsistent between firmware
> types ...
> 
>  static int gic_irq_domain_translate(struct irq_domain *d,
>                                      struct irq_fwspec *fwspec,
>                                      unsigned long *hwirq,
>                                      unsigned int *type)
>  {
>          if (is_of_node(fwspec->fwnode)) {
>                  if (fwspec->param_count < 3)
>                          return -EINVAL;
> 
>                  switch (fwspec->param[0]) {
>                  case 0:                 /* SPI */
>                          *hwirq = fwspec->param[1] + 32;
>                          break;
>                  case 1:                 /* PPI */
>                          *hwirq = fwspec->param[1] + 16;
>                          break;
>                  case GIC_IRQ_TYPE_LPI:  /* LPI */
>                          *hwirq = fwspec->param[1];
>                          break;
>                  default:
>                          return -EINVAL;
>                  }
> 
>                  *type = fwspec->param[2] & IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK;
>                  return 0;
>          }
> 
>          if (is_fwnode_irqchip(fwspec->fwnode)) {
>                  if(fwspec->param_count != 2)
>                          return -EINVAL;
> 
>                  *hwirq = fwspec->param[0];
>                  *type = fwspec->param[1];

That's because param[1] doesn't really come from the firmware. It is
actually provided directly by acpi_dev_get_irq_type, so more or less
guaranteed to be a valid value.

Thanks,

	M.
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