On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 04:59:44AM -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> Currently note_interrupt() will check threads_handled for changes and use
> it to mark an IRQ as handled, in order to avoid having a threaded
> interrupt to falsely trigger unhandled IRQ detection.
>
> This detection can still be falsely triggered if we have many IRQ handled
> accounted between each check of threads_handled, as those will be counted
> as a single one in the unhandled IRQ detection.
>
> In order to fix this, subtract from irqs_unhandled the number of IRQs
> handled since the last check (threads_handled_last - threads_handled).
...
> +static inline int get_handled_diff(struct irq_desc *desc)
> +{
> + unsigned int handled;
> + int diff;
> +
> + handled = (unsigned int)atomic_read(&desc->threads_handled);
> + handled |= SPURIOUS_DEFERRED;
> +
> + diff = handled - desc->threads_handled_last;
> + diff >>= SPURIOUS_DEFERRED_SHIFT;
> +
> + /*
> + * Note: We keep the SPURIOUS_DEFERRED bit set. We are handling the
> + * previous invocation right now. Keep it for the current one, so the
> + * next hardware interrupt will account for it.
> + */
> + if (diff != 0)
if (diff)
> + desc->threads_handled_last = handled;
> +
> + return diff;
> +}
...
> + diff = get_handled_diff(desc);
> + if (diff > 0) {
diff may not be negative as you always right shift by 1 (or more) bit. Hence
if (diff)
will suffice (also be aligned with the similar check inside the helper) and
making the helper to return unsigned value will be clearer. Am I correct?
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
