What started this series is Andre's SPI and group interrupts tests [1],
which prompted me to attempt to rewrite check_acked() so it's more flexible
and not so complicated to review. When I was doing that I noticed that the
message passing pattern for accesses to the acked, bad_irq and bad_sender
arrays didn't look quite right, and that turned into the first 7 patches of
the series. Even though the diffs are relatively small, they are not
trivial and the reviewer can skip them for the more palatable patches that
follow. I would still appreciate someone having a look at the memory
ordering fixes.
Patch #8 ("Split check_acked() into two functions") is where check_acked()
is reworked with an eye towards supporting different timeout values or
silent reporting without adding too many arguments to check_acked().
After changing the IPI tests, I turned my attention to the LPI tests, which
followed the same memory synchronization patterns, but invented their own
interrupt handler and testing functions. Instead of redoing the work that I
did for the IPI tests, I decided to convert the LPI tests to use the same
infrastructure. It turns out that was a good idea, because it uncovered a
test inconsistency that was hidden before. I am not familiar with the ITS
and I'm not sure that there is even a problem or if the behaviour is
expected, details in the last patch.
[1] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/kvmarm/2019-November/037853.html
Alexandru Elisei (10):
lib: arm/arm64: gicv3: Add missing barrier when sending IPIs
lib: arm/arm64: gicv2: Add missing barrier when sending IPIs
arm/arm64: gic: Remove memory synchronization from
ipi_clear_active_handler()
arm/arm64: gic: Remove unnecessary synchronization with stats_reset()
arm/arm64: gic: Use correct memory ordering for the IPI test
arm/arm64: gic: Check spurious and bad_sender in the active test
arm/arm64: gic: Wait for writes to acked or spurious to complete
arm/arm64: gic: Split check_acked() into two functions
arm/arm64: gic: Make check_acked() more generic
arm64: gic: Use IPI test checking for the LPI tests
lib/arm/gic-v2.c | 4 +
lib/arm/gic-v3.c | 3 +
arm/gic.c | 334 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
3 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)
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2.29.2
