Hi Marc,
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 2:19 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 10:38:18 +0100,
> "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 9:56 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:43:26 +0100,
> > > 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>
> > > > + if (of_device_is_compatible(node, "renesas,r9a07g043-plic")) {
> > > > + priv->of_data = RENESAS_R9A07G043_PLIC;
> > > > + plic_chip.name = "Renesas RZ/Five PLIC";
> > >
> > > NAK. The irq_chip structure isn't the place for platform marketing.
> > > This is way too long anyway (and same for the edge version), and you
> > > even sent me a patch to make that structure const...
> > >
> > My bad will drop this.
>
> And why you're at it, please turn this rather random 'of_data' into
> something like:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> index bb87e4c3b88e..cd1683b77caf 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ struct plic_priv {
> struct cpumask lmask;
> struct irq_domain *irqdomain;
> void __iomem *regs;
> + enum {
> + VANILLA_PLIC,
> + RENESAS_R9A07G043_PLIC,
> + } flavour;
> };
>
> struct plic_handler {
>
> to give some structure to the whole thing, because I'm pretty sure
> we'll see more braindead implementations as time goes by.
What about using a feature flag (e.g. had_edge_irqs) instead?
> It almost feels like I've written this whole patch. Oh wait...
> Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
How applicable ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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