linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Change initialization ordering for LPIs

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Date:   Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:49:02 +0100
From:   Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@...eaurora.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Change initialization ordering
 for LPIs



On 21/09/18 20:59, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> We currently initialize the LPIs (and the ITS) fairly early, even
> before the SMP support and the CPU interface. This is a bit odd
> (as LPIs are not exactly crutial for the early boot process),
> and is going to cause issues when reorganizing the probing code.
> 
> Let's move this initialization later.
> 

Reviewed-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>

> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> ---
>   drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> index d5912f1ec884..6232f98ef81b 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> @@ -653,7 +653,9 @@ early_param("irqchip.gicv3_nolpi", gicv3_nolpi_cfg);
>   
>   static int gic_dist_supports_lpis(void)
>   {
> -	return !!(readl_relaxed(gic_data.dist_base + GICD_TYPER) & GICD_TYPER_LPIS) && !gicv3_nolpi;
> +	return (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3_ITS) &&
> +		!!(readl_relaxed(gic_data.dist_base + GICD_TYPER) & GICD_TYPER_LPIS) &&
> +		!gicv3_nolpi);
>   }
>   
>   static void gic_cpu_init(void)
> @@ -673,10 +675,6 @@ static void gic_cpu_init(void)
>   
>   	gic_cpu_config(rbase, gic_redist_wait_for_rwp);
>   
> -	/* Give LPIs a spin */
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3_ITS) && gic_dist_supports_lpis())
> -		its_cpu_init();
> -
>   	/* initialise system registers */
>   	gic_cpu_sys_reg_init();
>   }
> @@ -689,6 +687,10 @@ static void gic_cpu_init(void)
>   static int gic_starting_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
>   {
>   	gic_cpu_init();
> +
> +	if (gic_dist_supports_lpis())
> +		its_cpu_init();
> +
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> @@ -1127,14 +1129,16 @@ static int __init gic_init_bases(void __iomem *dist_base,
>   
>   	gic_update_vlpi_properties();
>   
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3_ITS) && gic_dist_supports_lpis())
> -		its_init(handle, &gic_data.rdists, gic_data.domain);
> -
>   	gic_smp_init();
>   	gic_dist_init();
>   	gic_cpu_init();
>   	gic_cpu_pm_init();
>   
> +	if (gic_dist_supports_lpis()) {
> +		its_init(handle, &gic_data.rdists, gic_data.domain);
> +		its_cpu_init();
> +	}
> +
>   	return 0;
>   
>   out_free:
> 

-- 
Julien Thierry