On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 05:19:35PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > > > > [...] I'm far from sure if it's the > > > > best fix though as I don't fully understand what causes the faults during > > > > the THRE tests because the port->irq is disabled by the THRE test block. > > > > > > If the IRQ hasn't been set up yet, the UART will have zeroes in its MSI > > > address/data registers. Disabling the IRQ at the interrupt controller > > > won't stop the UART from performing a DMA write to the address programmed > > > in its MSI address register (zero) when it wants to signal an interrupt. > > > > > > (These UARTs (in Ice Lake-D) implement PCI 2.1 style MSI without masking > > > capability, so there is no way to mask the interrupt at the source PCI > > > function level, except disabling the MSI capability entirely, but that > > > would cause it to fall back to INTx# assertion, and the PCI specification > > > prohibits disabling the MSI capability as a way to mask a function's > > > interrupt service request.) > > > > This sounds to me like a good part to be injected into commit message of > > the proposed fix. > > I added my own wording already but I could adds of Lennert's far superior > descriptions verbatim if he is OK with that? No objections from me.
