Hi Prabhakar,
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:43 AM Lad, Prabhakar
<prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:35 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:01 AM Lad, Prabhakar
> > <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 9:01 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 7:22 PM Lad Prabhakar
> > > > <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > The Renesas RZ/Five SoC has a RISC-V AX45MP AndesCore with NCEPLIC100. The
> > > > > NCEPLIC100 supports both edge-triggered and level-triggered interrupts. In
> > > > > case of edge-triggered interrupts NCEPLIC100 ignores the next interrupt
> > > > > edge until the previous completion message has been received and
> > > > > NCEPLIC100 doesn't support pending interrupt counter, hence losing the
> > > > > interrupts if not acknowledged in time.
> > > > >
> > > > > So the workaround for edge-triggered interrupts to be handled correctly
> > > > > and without losing is that it needs to be acknowledged first and then
> > > > > handler must be run so that we don't miss on the next edge-triggered
> > > > > interrupt.
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch adds a new compatible string for Renesas RZ/Five SoC and adds
> > > > > support to change interrupt flow based on the interrupt type. It also
> > > > > implements irq_ack and irq_set_type callbacks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your patch!
> > > >
> > > > > --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> >
> > > > > @@ -163,10 +166,31 @@ static int plic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d,
> > > > > }
> > > > > #endif
> > > > >
> > > > > +static void plic_irq_ack(struct irq_data *d)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + struct plic_handler *handler = this_cpu_ptr(&plic_handlers);
> > > > > +
> > > >
> > > > No check for RZ/Five or irq type?
> > > That is because we set the handle_fasteoi_ack_irq() only in case of
> > > RZ/Five and it is already checked in set_type() callback.
> > >
> > > > .irq_ack() seems to be called for level interrupts, too
> > > > (from handle_level_irq() through mask_ack_irq()).
> > > >
> > > Right but we are using handle_fasteoi_irq() for level interrupt which
> > > doesn't call mask_ack_irq(). And I have confirmed by adding a print in
> > > ack callback and just enabling the serial (which has level
> > > interrupts).
> >
> > But handle_fasteoi_irq() is configured only on RZ/Five below?
> > Which handler is used on non-RZ/Five?
> >
> For non RZ/Five, handle_fasteoi_irq() [0] is used for both edge/level
> interrupts.
>
> [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c?h=next-20220525#n195
Thanks, that was the missing piece!
Due to the new "select IRQ_FASTEOI_HIERARCHY_HANDLERS", I thought
your new call to handle_fasteoi_irq() had to be the first one in this
file... But that config symbol protects handle_fasteoi_ack_irq(),
not handle_fasteoi_irq().
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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