linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] irqchip/mips-gic: Fix Local compare interrupt

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:46:24 +0200
From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>
Cc:     James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] irqchip/mips-gic: Fix Local compare interrupt

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:05:32PM +0100, Matt Redfearn wrote:

> Commit 4cfffcfa5106 ("irqchip/mips-gic: Fix local interrupts") added
> mapping of several local interrupts during initialisation of the gic
> driver. This associates virq numbers with these interrupts.
> Unfortunately, as not all of the interrupts are mapped in hardware
> order, when drivers subsequently request these interrupts they conflict
> with the mappings that have already been set up. For example, this
> manifests itself in the gic clocksource driver, which fails to probe
> with the message:
> 
> clocksource: GIC: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x7350c9738,
> max_idle_ns: 440795203769 ns
> GIC timer IRQ 25 setup failed: -22
> 
> This is because virq 25 (the correct IRQ number specified via device
> tree) was allocated to the PERFCTR interrupt (and 24 to the timer, 26 to
> the FDC). To fix this, map all of these local interrupts in the hardware
> order so as to associate their virq numbers with the correct hw
> interrupts.
> 
> Fixes: 4cfffcfa5106 ("irqchip/mips-gic: Fix local interrupts")
> Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>

Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

  Ralf