linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Execute atomically the interrupt configuration

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Message-ID: <03d20c1a-cbdf-46ec-963f-6c5b8305e5f3@tuxon.dev>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:35:13 +0200
From: claudiu beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: linus.walleij@...aro.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Execute atomically the interrupt
 configuration



On 14.03.2024 16:31, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Claudiu,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 3:11 PM claudiu beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev> wrote:
>> On 14.03.2024 15:21, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 12:25 PM Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev> wrote:
>>>> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
>>>>
>>>> Lockdep detects a possible deadlock as listed below. This is because it
>>>> detects the IA55 interrupt controller .irq_eoi() API is called from
>>>> interrupt context while configuration-specific API (e.g., .irq_enable())
>>>> could be called from process context on resume path (by calling
>>>> rzg2l_gpio_irq_restore()). To avoid this, protect the call of
>>>> rzg2l_gpio_irq_enable() with spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_unlock_irqrestore().
>>>> With this the same approach that is available in __setup_irq() is mimicked
>>>> to pinctrl IRQ resume function.
>>>
>>> You mean __setup_irq() in kernel/irq/manage.c?
>>
>> Yes!
>>
>>> That one uses the raw spinlock methods?
>>
>> Yes! Would you prefer to have raw spinlock here, too?
> 
> Most pin control driver needing protection in an irq_enable
> method use raw spinlock, so I think it makes sense to follow that.

Ok, I'll  update it, thanks!

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
>