linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/20] irqchip/gic-v4.1: Add initial SGI configuration

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Message-ID: <4a64bf17c015cb10e62d9c1a1ff64db5@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:46:10 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/20] irqchip/gic-v4.1: Add initial SGI configuration

Hi Zenghui,

On 2020-02-18 07:25, Zenghui Yu wrote:
> Hi Marc,

[...]

>>     static void its_sgi_irq_domain_deactivate(struct irq_domain 
>> *domain,
>>   					  struct irq_data *d)
>>   {
>> -	/* Nothing to do */
>> +	struct its_vpe *vpe = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
>> +
>> +	vpe->sgi_config[d->hwirq].enabled = false;
>> +	its_configure_sgi(d, true);
> 
> The spec says, when C==1, VSGI clears the pending state of the vSGI,
> leaving the configuration unchanged.  So should we first clear the
> pending state and then disable vSGI (let E==0)?

Right you are again. We need two commands, not just one (the pseudocode 
is
pretty explicit).

Thanks,

         M.
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