linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: mediatek: Update cur

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:23:49 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@...omium.org>
Cc:     Sean Wang <sean.wang@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chuanjia Liu <Chuanjia.Liu@...iatek.com>,
        Evan Green <evgreen@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: mediatek: Update cur_mask in mask/mask ops

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:54 AM Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@...omium.org> wrote:

> During suspend/resume, mtk_eint_mask may be called while
> wake_mask is active. For example, this happens if a wake-source
> with an active interrupt handler wakes the system:
> irq/pm.c:irq_pm_check_wakeup would disable the interrupt, so
> that it can be handled later on in the resume flow.
>
> However, this may happen before mtk_eint_do_resume is called:
> in this case, wake_mask is loaded, and cur_mask is restored
> from an older copy, re-enabling the interrupt, and causing
> an interrupt storm (especially for level interrupts).
>
> Step by step, for a line that has both wake and interrupt enabled:
>  1. cur_mask[irq] = 1; wake_mask[irq] = 1; EINT_EN[irq] = 1 (interrupt
>     enabled at hardware level)
>  2. System suspends, resumes due to that line (at this stage EINT_EN
>     == wake_mask)
>  3. irq_pm_check_wakeup is called, and disables the interrupt =>
>     EINT_EN[irq] = 0, but we still have cur_mask[irq] = 1
>  4. mtk_eint_do_resume is called, and restores EINT_EN = cur_mask, so
>     it reenables EINT_EN[irq] = 1 => interrupt storm as the driver
>     is not yet ready to handle the interrupt.
>
> This patch fixes the issue in step 3, by recording all mask/unmask
> changes in cur_mask. This also avoids the need to read the current
> mask in eint_do_suspend, and we can remove mtk_eint_chip_read_mask
> function.
>
> The interrupt will be re-enabled properly later on, sometimes after
> mtk_eint_do_resume, when the driver is ready to handle it.
>
> Fixes: 58a5e1b64b ("pinctrl: mediatek: Implement wake handler and suspend resume")
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@...omium.org>
> Acked-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang@...nel.org>

Patch applied after extending the has for Fixes: to 12 digits.

Yours,
Linus Walleij