Re: [PATCH V4 3/9] irqdomain: Don't set type when mapping an IRQ

[Marc Zyngier]

On Thu, 12 May 2016 16:19:26 +0100
Jon Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Some IRQ chips, such as GPIO controllers or secondary level interrupt
> controllers, may require require additional runtime power management
> control to ensure they are accessible. For such IRQ chips, it makes sense
> to enable the IRQ chip when interrupts are requested and disabled them
> again once all interrupts have been freed.
> 
> When mapping an IRQ, the IRQ type settings are read and then programmed.
> The mapping of the IRQ happens before the IRQ is requested and so the
> programming of the type settings occurs before the IRQ is requested. This
> is a problem for IRQ chips that require additional power management
> control because they may not be accessible yet. Therefore, when mapping
> the IRQ, don't program the type settings, just save them and then program
> these saved settings when the IRQ is requested (so long as if they are not
> overridden via the call to request the IRQ).
> 
> Add a stub function for irq_domain_free_irqs() to avoid any compilation
> errors when CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY is not selected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>

As discussed just before the 4.7 merge window, this patch is going to
uncover quite a few broken configurations (the main one being the PPI
triggers for the ARM architected timer, which seems to be wrong on a lot
of different platforms).

I'm proposing to put this patch[1] in the same queue in order to
uncover the guilty ones, but we have to be prepared for more breakage
(I've also identified kvmtool as a sinner).

Thanks,

	M.
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/9/546
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