Re: Defining polarity and trigger mode for static interrupts in _PRT

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:19:21 -0700
> Duc Dang <dhdang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:30:00 -0500
>> > Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 03:27:23PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
>> >> > [ +Bjorn, Punit]
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 04:06:13AM -0700, Duc Dang wrote:
>> >> > > [Resend in plain text mode]
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Hi Lorenzo, Rafael,
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ACPI 6.1 spec does not specify how to set interrupt polarity and
>> >> > > trigger mode in _PRT when the interrupts are static (hardwired to
>> >> > > specific interrupt inputs in interrupt controller). In current
>> >> > > acpi_pci_irq_enable (drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c) implementation, by
>> >> > > default the trigger mode is set to LEVEL_SENSITIVE, polarity is set to
>> >> > > ACTIVE_LOW. This default setting won't work for ARM64 GICv2, GICv2m,
>> >> > > GICv3 controllers and will cause failures in PCIe AER, PME services
>> >> > > (on X-Gene platforms).
>> >>
>> >> PCI (not PCIe) r3.0, sec 2.2.6, says "Interrupts on PCI are optional
>> >> and defined as 'level sensitive,' asserted low."
>> >>
>> >> I've heard before that ARM64 does this differently, but I still don't
>> >> understand the difference.  Obviously if you plug a legacy PCI card
>> >> into an ARM64 system, it's still going to pull INTA# low to assert an
>> >> interrupt.  So is there something special about ARM64 that inverts
>> >> that, or what?
>> >
>> > There is certainly an inverter somewhere on the interrupt path, because
>> > the GIC triggers on level high, not level low. But I don't think that's
>> > the issue Duc is trying to outline here, because that's not something
>> > SW can fix. I'm worried that in his system, the interrupt is edge
>> > triggered instead.
>>
>> Yes, there is an inverter in the interrupt path to deliver interrupt to the GIC
>> as level-high. X-Gene GIC uses level high for PCI INTx. I myself has been
>> lucky when using trigger-rising for PCI INTx in DT boot mode.
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> > > Is there any way to specify polarity and trigger mode for static
>> >> > > interrupts in _PRT?
>> >>
>> >> There is no way I'm aware of in _PRT to specify polarity and trigger
>> >> mode.  I don't know the history, but my guess is that it would be seen
>> >> as superfluous given that the PCI spec requires level, active low.
>>
>> The device still pulls the INTx pin low to trigger interrupt, but the
>> interrupt delivered
>> to interrupt controller (GIC in this case) is not necessarily to be
>> level-low. Current code
>> assume level-low mode to program to the interrupt controller for INTx,
>> and fails for
>> GIC, GICv2m and GICv3.
>
> Well, there's nothing that can't be fixed. The GIC doesn't have a
> programmatic notion of what is high or low. It only knows about level
> interrupts. But the HW only knows about level_high. Obviously, for
> things to work, the integrator has to put an inverter on the line to
> cope with level_low.
>
> If the driver code insist on using level_low, we can address this
> pretty easily, and just warn about the oddity:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> index 6fc56c3..b3755a3 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> @@ -306,9 +306,16 @@ static int gic_set_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
>         /* SPIs have restrictions on the supported types */
> -       if (irq >= 32 && type != IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH &&
> -                        type != IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING)
> -               return -EINVAL;
> +       if (irq >= 32) {
> +               unsigned int tmp = type;
> +               if (type == IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)
> +                       type = IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH;
> +               if (type == IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING)
> +                       type = IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING;
> +               if (tmp != type)
> +                       pr_warn("Overriding IRQ%d type from %d to %d\n",
> +                               d->irq, tmp, type);
> +       }
>
>         if (gic_irq_in_rdist(d)) {
>                 base = gic_data_rdist_sgi_base();
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> index c2cab57..0d187dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> @@ -280,9 +280,16 @@ static int gic_set_type(struct irq_data *d, unsigned int type)
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
>         /* SPIs have restrictions on the supported types */
> -       if (gicirq >= 32 && type != IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH &&
> -                           type != IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING)
> -               return -EINVAL;
> +       if (gicirq >= 32) {
> +               unsigned int tmp = type;
> +               if (type == IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW)
> +                       type = IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH;
> +               if (type == IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING)
> +                       type = IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING;
> +               if (tmp != type)
> +                       pr_warn("Overriding IRQ%d type from %d to %d\n",
> +                               d->irq, tmp, type);
> +       }
>
>         return gic_configure_irq(gicirq, type, base, NULL);
>  }
>
>
>
> Does this work for you?

Thanks, Marc! It works, I tested on current X-Gene platforms that uses
GICv2 and GICv2m.

Will you commit this change? It will be a huge help as going with
interrupt link will require firmware change.

>
> Thanks,
>
>         M.
> --
> Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny.
Regards,
Duc Dang.
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