Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:04:33 +0530
From:   Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
To:     Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: spmi-gpio: make the irqchip immutable

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 02:45:07PM +0200, Robert Marko wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 at 09:47, Manivannan Sadhasivam
> <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 02:33:32PM +0200, Robert Marko wrote:
> > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 13:47, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 2022-07-13 12:08, Robert Marko wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 at 17:12, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:44:45 +0100,
> > > > >> Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org> wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:42:32AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > > >> > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:51:12 +0100,
> > > > >> > > Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Commit 6c846d026d49 ("gpio: Don't fiddle with irqchips marked as
> > > > >> > > > immutable") added a warning to indicate if the gpiolib is altering the
> > > > >> > > > internals of irqchips.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Following this change the following warning is now observed for the SPMI
> > > > >> > > > PMIC pinctrl driver:
> > > > >> > > > gpio gpiochip1: (200f000.spmi:pmic@0:gpio@...0): not an immutable chip, please consider fixing it!
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Fix this by making the irqchip in the SPMI PMIC pinctrl driver immutable.
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com>
> > > > >> > > > ---
> > > > >> > > >  drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
> > > > >> > > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
> > > > >> > > > index c3255b0bece4..406ee0933d0b 100644
> > > > >> > > > --- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
> > > > >> > > > +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
> > > > >> > > > @@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ struct pmic_gpio_state {
> > > > >> > > >   struct regmap   *map;
> > > > >> > > >   struct pinctrl_dev *ctrl;
> > > > >> > > >   struct gpio_chip chip;
> > > > >> > > > - struct irq_chip irq;
> > > > >> > > >   u8 usid;
> > > > >> > > >   u8 pid_base;
> > > > >> > > >  };
> > > > >> > > > @@ -988,6 +987,17 @@ static void *pmic_gpio_populate_parent_fwspec(struct gpio_chip *chip,
> > > > >> > > >   return fwspec;
> > > > >> > > >  }
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > +static const struct irq_chip spmi_gpio_irq_chip = {
> > > > >> > > > + .name           = "spmi-gpio",
> > > > >> > > > + .irq_ack        = irq_chip_ack_parent,
> > > > >> > > > + .irq_mask       = irq_chip_mask_parent,
> > > > >> > > > + .irq_unmask     = irq_chip_unmask_parent,
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > No, this is wrong. Please look at the documentation to see how you
> > > > >> > > must now directly call into the gpiolib helpers for these two
> > > > >> > > callbacks.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > IIUC, you are referring to gpiochip_disable_irq() and
> > > > >> > gpiochip_enable_irq() APIs.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I am indeed.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > These APIs are supposed to let the gpiolib know about that the IRQ
> > > > >> > usage of these GPIOs. But for the case of hierarchial IRQ domain,
> > > > >> > isn't the parent is going to do that?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Why would it? The parent has no clue about what sits above it. In a
> > > > >> hierarchical configuration, each level is responsible for its own
> > > > >> level, and the GPIO layer should be responsible for its own
> > > > >> management.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I'm afraid you are, and this patch is a fairly obvious change in
> > > > >> behaviour, as the callbacks you mention above are not called anymore,
> > > > >> while they were before.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> If they are not necessary (for reasons I can't fathom), then this
> > > > >> should be clearly explained.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Marc,
> > > > > I will look at IRQ GPIO docs, but in this case, then we have more
> > > > > conversions that
> > > > > are not correct.
> > > >
> > > > Then please point them out.
> > >
> > > Oh, now I get the issue, I was misunderstanding it completely.
> > > gpiochip_enable_irq and gpiochip_disable_irq are not being called
> > > at all.
> > >
> > > However, I dont see them being called before the conversion as well.
> > > I am not really familiar with the PMIC IRQ-s, looked like an easy conversion
> > > to get rid of the warning.
> > >
> > > Manivannan can you shed some light on this?
> > >
> >
> > I hope you got the answer by now. When I looked into the conversion I saw that
> > there were missing calls to gpiochip_{enable/disable}_irq APIs. But at that
> > time I blindly assumed (yeah very bad of myself) that the parent irqchip will
> > handle that :(
> >
> > Anyway, you should call these helpers from the mask/unmask callbacks as a part
> > of the conversion patch. Let me know if you are onto it or not!
> 
> Hi, I completely missed your reply.
> Currently, I am pretty swamped with other work so I dont know when
> will I be able
> to look into this again.
> 

No worries! I will handle it.

Thanks,
Mani

> Regards,
> Robert
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mani
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >          M.
> > > > --
> > > > Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...
> >
> > --
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