linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 20/26] irqchip/gic-v3: Handle pseudo-NMIs

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:33:35 +0000
From:   Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        daniel.thompson@...aro.org, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        christoffer.dall@....com, james.morse@....com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 20/26] irqchip/gic-v3: Handle pseudo-NMIs



On 28/01/2019 11:59, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:33:39 +0000,
> Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com> wrote:
>>
>> Provide a higher priority to be used for pseudo-NMIs. When such an
>> interrupt is received, keep interrupts fully disabled at CPU level to
>> prevent receiving other pseudo-NMIs while handling the current one.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> index 5374b43..4df1e94 100644
>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
>>  
>>  #include "irq-gic-common.h"
>>  
>> +#define GICD_INT_NMI_PRI	(GICD_INT_DEF_PRI & ~0x80)
>> +
>>  #define FLAGS_WORKAROUND_GICR_WAKER_MSM8996	(1ULL << 0)
>>  
>>  struct redist_region {
>> @@ -381,12 +383,45 @@ static u64 gic_mpidr_to_affinity(unsigned long mpidr)
>>  	return aff;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static inline void gic_deactivate_unexpected_irq(u32 irqnr)
> 
> Same remark as on some other patches: you should be able to drop the
> inline attribute without any ill effect. I'd also like this to be
> renamed "gic_deactivate_spurious", or something similar.
> 

I'm a bit concern about using spurious since it is not related to
GICC_INT_SPURIOUS, we actually read a valid IRQ number, we just don't
know how we should handle it.

Would "gic_deactivate_unhandled" work? Or "gic_deactivate_bad"?

Thanks,

-- 
Julien Thierry