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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
Cc:     Carl Huang <cjhuang@codeaurora.org>, hemantk@codeaurora.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mhi: use irq_flags if controller driver configures it
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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:40:19 +0200
In-Reply-To: <20210104170359.GE2256@work> (Manivannan Sadhasivam's message of
        "Mon, 4 Jan 2021 22:33:59 +0530")
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Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 06:11:28PM +0800, Carl Huang wrote:
>> If controller driver has specified the irq_flags, mhi uses this specified
>> irq_flags. Otherwise, mhi uses default irq_flags.
>> 
>> The purpose of this change is to support one MSI vector for QCA6390.
>> MHI will use one same MSI vector too in this scenario.
>> 
>> In case of one MSI vector, IRQ_NO_BALANCING is needed when irq handler
>> is requested. The reason is if irq migration happens, the msi_data may
>> change too. However, the msi_data is already programmed to QCA6390
>> hardware during initialization phase. This msi_data inconsistence will
>> result in crash in kernel.
>> 
>> Another issue is in case of one MSI vector, IRQF_NO_SUSPEND will trigger
>> WARNINGS because QCA6390 wants to disable the IRQ during the suspend.
>> 
>> To avoid above two issues, QCA6390 driver specifies the irq_flags in case
>> of one MSI vector when mhi_register_controller is called.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Carl Huang <cjhuang@codeaurora.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
>
> Applied to mhi-next!

Would it be possible again to have an immutable branch for this commit?
We need it for implementing one MHI support to ath11k[1] required by
Dell XPS 13 9310 laptops, which a lot of people are waiting. Otherwise I
can only apply the feature for v5.13, which will be released on July.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/?series=405591&state=*

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