linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] genirq: Add fasteoi IPI flow

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 12:47:24 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] genirq: Add fasteoi IPI flow



On 5/19/2020 9:17 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> For irqchips using the fasteoi flow, IPIs are a bit special.
> 
> They need to be EOId early (before calling the handler), as
> funny things may happen in the handler (they do not necessarily
> behave like a normal interrupt), and that the arch code is
> already handling the stats.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/irq.h |  1 +
>  kernel/irq/chip.c   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
> index 8d5bc2c237d7..726f94d8b8cc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/irq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/irq.h
> @@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static inline int irq_set_parent(int irq, int parent_irq)
>   */
>  extern void handle_level_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
>  extern void handle_fasteoi_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
> +extern void handle_percpu_devid_fasteoi_ipi(struct irq_desc *desc);
>  extern void handle_edge_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
>  extern void handle_edge_eoi_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
>  extern void handle_simple_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> index 41e7e37a0928..7b0b789cfed4 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> @@ -955,6 +955,32 @@ void handle_percpu_devid_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
>  		chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * handle_percpu_devid_fasteoi_ipi - Per CPU local IPI handler with per cpu
> + *				     dev ids
> + * @desc:	the interrupt description structure for this irq
> + *
> + * The biggest differences with the IRQ version are that:
> + * - the interrupt is EOIed early, as the IPI could result in a context
> + *   switch, and we need to make sure the IPI can fire again
> + * - Stats are usually handled at the architecture level, so we ignore them
> + *   here
> + */
> +void handle_percpu_devid_fasteoi_ipi(struct irq_desc *desc)
> +{
> +	struct irq_chip *chip = irq_desc_get_chip(desc);
> +	struct irqaction *action = desc->action;
> +	unsigned int irq = irq_desc_get_irq(desc);
> +	irqreturn_t res;

Should not this have a:

	if (!irq_settings_is_no_accounting(desc))
		__kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(desc);

here in case you are using that handler with a SGI interrupt which is
not used as an IPI?

> +
> +	if (chip->irq_eoi)
> +		chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
> +
> +	trace_irq_handler_entry(irq, action);
> +	res = action->handler(irq, raw_cpu_ptr(action->percpu_dev_id));
> +	trace_irq_handler_exit(irq, action, res);
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * handle_percpu_devid_fasteoi_nmi - Per CPU local NMI handler with per cpu
>   *				     dev ids
> 

-- 
Florian