linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] irqchip: uniphier-aidet: add UniPhier AIDET irqchip driver

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:53:00 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] irqchip: uniphier-aidet: add UniPhier AIDET irqchip
 driver

On 21/08/17 11:54, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

>>> +     /* parent is GIC */
>>> +     parent_fwspec.fwnode = domain->parent->fwnode;
>>> +     parent_fwspec.param_count = 3;
>>> +     parent_fwspec.param[0] = 0;             /* SPI */
>>> +     parent_fwspec.param[1] = hwirq;
>>> +     parent_fwspec.param[2] = IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH;   /* properly set later */
>>
>> Why defer it to later? You already have the right information in "type",
>> so you might as well provide it immediately.
> 
> 
> Because .irq_set_type() will set it up
> before the IRQ is really in use.
> 
> 
> If we look gic_irq_domain_alloc() implementation,
> it does not care "type".
> 
> gic_set_type() will manipulate hardware registers.

But that's out of the scope of this driver. Whatever the GIC driver does
(or doesn't), you should pass it the right information.

> Having said that, it shouldn't hurt to set type here.
Exactly.

Thanks,

	M.
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