2019-08-29 18:23:53

by Lina Iyer

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Subject: [PATCH RFC 02/14] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask

When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.

Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
active mode detection.

Signed-off-by: Lina Iyer <[email protected]>
---
drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c b/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
index faa7d61b9d6c..338fae604af5 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
@@ -63,15 +63,25 @@ static void pdc_enable_intr(struct irq_data *d, bool on)
raw_spin_unlock(&pdc_lock);
}

-static void qcom_pdc_gic_mask(struct irq_data *d)
+static void qcom_pdc_gic_disable(struct irq_data *d)
{
pdc_enable_intr(d, false);
+ irq_chip_disable_parent(d);
+}
+
+static void qcom_pdc_gic_enable(struct irq_data *d)
+{
+ pdc_enable_intr(d, true);
+ irq_chip_enable_parent(d);
+}
+
+static void qcom_pdc_gic_mask(struct irq_data *d)
+{
irq_chip_mask_parent(d);
}

static void qcom_pdc_gic_unmask(struct irq_data *d)
{
- pdc_enable_intr(d, true);
irq_chip_unmask_parent(d);
}

@@ -148,6 +158,8 @@ static struct irq_chip qcom_pdc_gic_chip = {
.irq_eoi = irq_chip_eoi_parent,
.irq_mask = qcom_pdc_gic_mask,
.irq_unmask = qcom_pdc_gic_unmask,
+ .irq_disable = qcom_pdc_gic_disable,
+ .irq_enable = qcom_pdc_gic_enable,
.irq_retrigger = irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy,
.irq_set_type = qcom_pdc_gic_set_type,
.flags = IRQCHIP_MASK_ON_SUSPEND |
--
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2019-09-06 10:07:24

by Stephen Boyd

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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 02/14] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask

Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-08-29 11:11:51)
> When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
> interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
> and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
> due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.
>
> Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
> use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
> register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
> the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
> active mode detection.

I think this is saying that we want to always let the line be sent
through the PDC to the parent irqchip, in this case GIC, so that we
don't get an interrupt storm for dual edge interrupts? Why does dual
edge interrupts cause a problem?

>
> Signed-off-by: Lina Iyer <[email protected]>

2019-09-11 16:18:31

by Lina Iyer

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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 02/14] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask

On Thu, Sep 05 2019 at 18:39 -0600, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-08-29 11:11:51)
>> When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
>> interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
>> and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
>> due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.
>>
>> Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
>> use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
>> register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
>> the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
>> active mode detection.
>
>I think this is saying that we want to always let the line be sent
>through the PDC to the parent irqchip, in this case GIC, so that we
>don't get an interrupt storm for dual edge interrupts? Why does dual
>edge interrupts cause a problem?
>
I am not sure about the hardware details, but the PDC designers did not
expect enable and disable to be called whenever the interrupt is
handled. This specially becomes a problem for dual edge interrupts which
seems to generate a interrupt storm when enabled/disabled while handling
the interrupt.

--Lina

2019-09-23 12:29:17

by Stephen Boyd

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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 02/14] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask

Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-09-11 09:15:57)
> On Thu, Sep 05 2019 at 18:39 -0600, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-08-29 11:11:51)
> >> When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
> >> interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
> >> and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
> >> due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.
> >>
> >> Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
> >> use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
> >> register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
> >> the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
> >> active mode detection.
> >
> >I think this is saying that we want to always let the line be sent
> >through the PDC to the parent irqchip, in this case GIC, so that we
> >don't get an interrupt storm for dual edge interrupts? Why does dual
> >edge interrupts cause a problem?
> >
> I am not sure about the hardware details, but the PDC designers did not
> expect enable and disable to be called whenever the interrupt is
> handled. This specially becomes a problem for dual edge interrupts which
> seems to generate a interrupt storm when enabled/disabled while handling
> the interrupt.
>

Ok. I just wanted to confirm that masking "doesn't matter" to the PDC
because it assumes the irqchip closer to the CPU will be able to mask it
anyway. Is that right?

2019-09-23 12:29:25

by Lina Iyer

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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 02/14] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask

On Fri, Sep 20 2019 at 16:22 -0600, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-09-11 09:15:57)
>> On Thu, Sep 05 2019 at 18:39 -0600, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> >Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-08-29 11:11:51)
>> >> When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
>> >> interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
>> >> and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
>> >> due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.
>> >>
>> >> Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
>> >> use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
>> >> register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
>> >> the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
>> >> active mode detection.
>> >
>> >I think this is saying that we want to always let the line be sent
>> >through the PDC to the parent irqchip, in this case GIC, so that we
>> >don't get an interrupt storm for dual edge interrupts? Why does dual
>> >edge interrupts cause a problem?
>> >
>> I am not sure about the hardware details, but the PDC designers did not
>> expect enable and disable to be called whenever the interrupt is
>> handled. This specially becomes a problem for dual edge interrupts which
>> seems to generate a interrupt storm when enabled/disabled while handling
>> the interrupt.
>>
>
>Ok. I just wanted to confirm that masking "doesn't matter" to the PDC
>because it assumes the irqchip closer to the CPU will be able to mask it
>anyway. Is that right?
>
That is correct.