[PATCH 2/2] dmaengine: dw-edma: Add virtual IRQ for interrupt-emulation doorbells

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 10:23:12 EST


Interrupt emulation can assert the dw-edma IRQ line without updating the
DONE/ABORT bits. With the shared read/write/common IRQ handlers, the
driver cannot reliably distinguish such an emulated interrupt from a
real one and leaving a level IRQ asserted may wedge the line.

Allocate a dedicated, requestable Linux virtual IRQ (db_irq) for
interrupt emulation and attach an irq_chip whose .irq_ack runs the
core-specific deassert sequence (.ack_emulated_irq()). The physical
dw-edma interrupt handlers raise this virtual IRQ via
generic_handle_irq(), ensuring emulated IRQs are always deasserted.

Export the virtual IRQ number (db_irq) and the doorbell register offset
(db_offset) via struct dw_edma_chip so platform users can expose
interrupt emulation as a doorbell.

Without this, a single interrupt-emulation write can leave the level IRQ
line asserted and cause the generic IRQ layer to disable it.

Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/dma/edma.h | 6 ++
2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
index 8e5f7defa6b6..51c1ea99c584 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
@@ -663,7 +663,96 @@ static void dw_edma_abort_interrupt(struct dw_edma_chan *chan)
chan->status = EDMA_ST_IDLE;
}

-static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_write(int irq, void *data)
+static void dw_edma_emul_irq_ack(struct irq_data *d)
+{
+ struct dw_edma *dw = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
+
+ dw_edma_core_ack_emulated_irq(dw);
+}
+
+/*
+ * irq_chip implementation for interrupt-emulation doorbells.
+ *
+ * The emulated source has no mask/unmask mechanism. With handle_level_irq(),
+ * the flow is therefore:
+ * 1) .irq_ack() deasserts the source
+ * 2) registered handlers (if any) are dispatched
+ * Since deassertion is already done in .irq_ack(), handlers do not need to take
+ * care of it, hence IRQCHIP_ONESHOT_SAFE.
+ */
+static struct irq_chip dw_edma_emul_irqchip = {
+ .name = "dw-edma-emul",
+ .irq_ack = dw_edma_emul_irq_ack,
+ .flags = IRQCHIP_ONESHOT_SAFE | IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE,
+};
+
+static int dw_edma_emul_irq_alloc(struct dw_edma *dw)
+{
+ struct dw_edma_chip *chip = dw->chip;
+ int virq;
+
+ chip->db_irq = 0;
+ chip->db_offset = ~0;
+
+ /*
+ * Only meaningful when the core provides the deassert sequence
+ * for interrupt emulation.
+ */
+ if (!dw->core->ack_emulated_irq)
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Allocate a single, requestable Linux virtual IRQ number.
+ * Use >= 1 so that 0 can remain a "not available" sentinel.
+ */
+ virq = irq_alloc_desc(NUMA_NO_NODE);
+ if (virq < 0)
+ return virq;
+
+ irq_set_chip_and_handler(virq, &dw_edma_emul_irqchip, handle_level_irq);
+ irq_set_chip_data(virq, dw);
+ irq_set_noprobe(virq);
+
+ chip->db_irq = virq;
+ chip->db_offset = dw_edma_core_db_offset(dw);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void dw_edma_emul_irq_free(struct dw_edma *dw)
+{
+ struct dw_edma_chip *chip = dw->chip;
+
+ if (!chip)
+ return;
+ if (chip->db_irq <= 0)
+ return;
+
+ irq_free_descs(chip->db_irq, 1);
+ chip->db_irq = 0;
+ chip->db_offset = ~0;
+}
+
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_emulated(void *data)
+{
+ struct dw_edma_irq *dw_irq = data;
+ struct dw_edma *dw = dw_irq->dw;
+ int db_irq = dw->chip->db_irq;
+
+ if (db_irq > 0) {
+ /*
+ * Interrupt emulation may assert the IRQ line without updating the
+ * normal DONE/ABORT status bits. With a shared IRQ handler we
+ * cannot reliably detect such events by status registers alone, so
+ * always perform the core-specific deassert sequence.
+ */
+ generic_handle_irq(db_irq);
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+ }
+ return IRQ_NONE;
+}
+
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_write_inner(int irq, void *data)
{
struct dw_edma_irq *dw_irq = data;

@@ -672,7 +761,7 @@ static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_write(int irq, void *data)
dw_edma_abort_interrupt);
}

-static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_read(int irq, void *data)
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_read_inner(int irq, void *data)
{
struct dw_edma_irq *dw_irq = data;

@@ -681,12 +770,33 @@ static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_read(int irq, void *data)
dw_edma_abort_interrupt);
}

-static irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_common(int irq, void *data)
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_write(int irq, void *data)
+{
+ irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
+
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_write_inner(irq, data);
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_emulated(data);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_read(int irq, void *data)
{
irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;

- ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_write(irq, data);
- ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_read(irq, data);
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_read_inner(irq, data);
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_emulated(data);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static inline irqreturn_t dw_edma_interrupt_common(int irq, void *data)
+{
+ irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
+
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_write_inner(irq, data);
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_read_inner(irq, data);
+ ret |= dw_edma_interrupt_emulated(data);

return ret;
}
@@ -973,6 +1083,11 @@ int dw_edma_probe(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
if (err)
return err;

+ /* Allocate a dedicated virtual IRQ for interrupt-emulation doorbells */
+ err = dw_edma_emul_irq_alloc(dw);
+ if (err)
+ dev_warn(dev, "Failed to allocate emulation IRQ: %d\n", err);
+
/* Setup write/read channels */
err = dw_edma_channel_setup(dw, wr_alloc, rd_alloc);
if (err)
@@ -988,6 +1103,7 @@ int dw_edma_probe(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
err_irq_free:
for (i = (dw->nr_irqs - 1); i >= 0; i--)
free_irq(chip->ops->irq_vector(dev, i), &dw->irq[i]);
+ dw_edma_emul_irq_free(dw);

return err;
}
@@ -1010,6 +1126,7 @@ int dw_edma_remove(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
/* Free irqs */
for (i = (dw->nr_irqs - 1); i >= 0; i--)
free_irq(chip->ops->irq_vector(dev, i), &dw->irq[i]);
+ dw_edma_emul_irq_free(dw);

/* Deregister eDMA device */
dma_async_device_unregister(&dw->dma);
diff --git a/include/linux/dma/edma.h b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
index 270b5458aecf..9da53c75e49b 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma/edma.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ enum dw_edma_chip_flags {
* @ll_region_rd: DMA descriptor link list memory for read channel
* @dt_region_wr: DMA data memory for write channel
* @dt_region_rd: DMA data memory for read channel
+ * @db_irq: Virtual IRQ dedicated to interrupt emulation
+ * @db_offset: Offset from DMA register base
* @mf: DMA register map format
* @dw: struct dw_edma that is filled by dw_edma_probe()
*/
@@ -94,6 +96,10 @@ struct dw_edma_chip {
struct dw_edma_region dt_region_wr[EDMA_MAX_WR_CH];
struct dw_edma_region dt_region_rd[EDMA_MAX_RD_CH];

+ /* interrupt emulation */
+ int db_irq;
+ resource_size_t db_offset;
+
enum dw_edma_map_format mf;

struct dw_edma *dw;
--
2.51.0