Re: [PATCH 26/30] loongson: flush irq write operation

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在 2009-05-18一的 17:36 +0100,Ralf Baechle写道:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:28:47AM +0800, Wu Zhangjin wrote:
> 
> > read back after write, otherwise, there will be many spurious irqs from
> > it
> > ---
> >  arch/mips/kernel/i8259.c               |    5 +++++
> >  arch/mips/loongson/common/bonito-irq.c |    4 ++++
> >  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/mips/kernel/i8259.c
> > index 413bd1d..f7c3a2b 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/i8259.c
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/i8259.c
> > @@ -175,12 +175,17 @@ handle_real_irq:
> >  	if (irq & 8) {
> >  		inb(PIC_SLAVE_IMR);	/* DUMMY - (do we need this?) */
> >  		outb(cached_slave_mask, PIC_SLAVE_IMR);
> > +		inb(PIC_SLAVE_IMR);
> >  		outb(0x60+(irq&7), PIC_SLAVE_CMD);/* 'Specific EOI' to slave */
> > +		inb(PIC_SLAVE_CMD);
> >  		outb(0x60+PIC_CASCADE_IR, PIC_MASTER_CMD); /* 'Specific EOI' to
> > master-IRQ2 */
> > +		inb(PIC_MASTER_CMD);
> >  	} else {
> >  		inb(PIC_MASTER_IMR);	/* DUMMY - (do we need this?) */
> >  		outb(cached_master_mask, PIC_MASTER_IMR);
> > +		inb(PIC_SLAVE_IMR);
> >  		outb(0x60+irq, PIC_MASTER_CMD);	/* 'Specific EOI to master */
> > +		inb(PIC_MASTER_CMD);
> >  	}
> >  	smtc_im_ack_irq(irq);
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags);
> 
> The semantic of inX() / outX() is defined by the x86 architecture which
> forbids posting I/O port writes.  In short I think this one is papering
> over a bug in the outX() implementation.
Yes, the outX should do a delayed write, however it does not. 
So our solution is making a read to flush the write.
> 
> I'm ok with the bonito part of this patch.
> 
>   Ralf



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