linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 16/60] x86/ioapic: Restore IO-APIC irq

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Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 18:05:04 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ruslan Ruslichenko <rruslich@...co.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        xe-linux-external@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 16/60] x86/ioapic: Restore IO-APIC irq_chip
 retrigger callback

On Thu, 2017-05-11 at 16:12 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Ruslan Ruslichenko <rruslich@...co.com>
> 
> commit a9b4f08770b415f30f2fb0f8329a370c8f554aa3 upstream.
> 
> commit d32932d02e18 removed the irq_retrigger callback from the IO-APIC
> chip and did not add it to the new IO-APIC-IR irq chip.
> 
> There is no harm because the interrupts are resent in software when the
> retrigger callback is NULL, but it's less efficient. So restore them.

Sounds like it's not important enough for stable, then?

Ben.

> [ tglx: Massaged changelog ]
> 
> Fixes: d32932d02e18  ("x86/irq: Convert IOAPIC to use hierarchical irqdomain interfaces")
> Signed-off-by: Ruslan Ruslichenko <rruslich@...co.com>
> Cc: xe-linux-external@...co.com
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1484662432-13580-1-git-send-email-rruslich@cisco.com
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
> @@ -1875,6 +1875,7 @@ static struct irq_chip ioapic_chip __rea
>  	.irq_ack		= irq_chip_ack_parent,
>  	.irq_eoi		= ioapic_ack_level,
>  	.irq_set_affinity	= ioapic_set_affinity,
> +	.irq_retrigger		= irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy,
>  	.flags			= IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE,
>  };
>  
> @@ -1886,6 +1887,7 @@ static struct irq_chip ioapic_ir_chip __
>  	.irq_ack		= irq_chip_ack_parent,
>  	.irq_eoi		= ioapic_ir_ack_level,
>  	.irq_set_affinity	= ioapic_set_affinity,
> +	.irq_retrigger		= irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy,
>  	.flags			= IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE,
>  };
>  
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.