Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mmc: sunxi: Disable irq during pm_suspend

[Marc Zyngier]

On 04/07/18 11:50, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> + Marc
> 
> On 4 July 2018 at 08:28, Stefan Mavrodiev <stefan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When mmc host controller enters suspend state, the clocks are
>> disabled, but irqs are not. For some reason the irqchip emits
>> false interrupts, which causes system lock loop.
>>
>> Debug log is:
>>   ...
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: setting clk to 52000000, rounded 51200000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: enabling the clock
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: cmd 13(8000014d) arg 10000 ie 0x0000bbc6 len 0
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq (ptrval) mi 00000004 idi 00000000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: cmd 6(80000146) arg 3210101 ie 0x0000bbc6 len 0
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq (ptrval) mi 00000004 idi 00000000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: cmd 13(8000014d) arg 10000 ie 0x0000bbc6 len 0
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq (ptrval) mi 00000004 idi 00000000
>>   mmc1: new DDR MMC card at address 0001
>>   mmcblk1: mmc1:0001 AGND3R 14.6 GiB
>>   mmcblk1boot0: mmc1:0001 AGND3R partition 1 4.00 MiB
>>   mmcblk1boot1: mmc1:0001 AGND3R partition 2 4.00 MiB
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: cmd 18(80003352) arg 0 ie 0x0000fbc2 len 409
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq (ptrval) mi 00004000 idi 00000002
>>    mmcblk1: p1
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq   (null) mi 00000000 idi 00000000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq   (null) mi 00000000 idi 00000000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq   (null) mi 00000000 idi 00000000
>>   sunxi-mmc 1c11000.mmc: irq: rq   (null) mi 00000000 idi 00000000
>> and so on...
>>
>> This issue apears on eMMC cards, routed on MMC2 slot. The patch is
>> tested with A20-OLinuXino-MICRO/LIME/LIME2 boards.
>>
>> Fixes: 9a8e1e8cc2c0 ("mmc: sunxi: Add runtime_pm support")
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Mavrodiev <stefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Changes in v2:
>>   - Add comment why disable_irq() is necessary
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>> index e747259..8e7f3e3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
>> @@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
>>         sunxi_mmc_init_host(host);
>>         sunxi_mmc_set_bus_width(host, mmc->ios.bus_width);
>>         sunxi_mmc_set_clk(host, &mmc->ios);
>> +       enable_irq(host->irq);
>>
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>> @@ -1455,6 +1456,12 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
>>         struct mmc_host *mmc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>>         struct sunxi_mmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
>>
>> +       /*
>> +        * When clocks are off, it's possible receiving
>> +        * fake interrupts, which will stall the system.
>> +        * Disabling the irq  will prevent this.
>> +        */
>> +       disable_irq(host->irq);
> 
> No, this doesn't work for shared IRQs.

Well, in this case, it does work, because that interrupt line cannot be
shared with anything else, if I understand how the SoC is wired: each
MMC controller has a dedicated interrupt line to the GIC, and it isn't
shared with anything (that's on the A20 though, and I don't know about
other SoCs integrating the same IP).

> 
>>         sunxi_mmc_reset_host(host);
>>         sunxi_mmc_disable(host);
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>
> 
> The only option today is to use free_irq() in runtime suspend and then
> re-request the irq to re-install the handler at runtime resume.
> 
> That's not an optimal solution, which is pointed out in the below
> discussion as well. Moreover, it has also turned out using free_irq()
> is also problematic in cases threaded handlers are used.
> 
> Here's the link to the discussion, it's not the only one I know of, so
> this is common problem.
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/28/213
> 
> Care to have a hack on the "common" solution, which in principle means
> adding APIs to genirq that can disable/enable handlers from being
> called, rather than the entire IRQ line.

That doesn't work. You still end-up with a screaming interrupt, and you
will still spend 100% of your time in interrupt context for nothing.

Eventually, the kernel will have enough (the /other/ shared handlers
returning IRQ_NONE all the time), and will forcefully kill that
particular interrupt interrupt line, meaning you end-up in the same
situation of having the line disabled for all the users of that
interrupt line. Except that now, it is disabled forever.

A better fix would be to kill the interrupt generation at the source
(the MMC controller in this particular case) when suspending.

Thanks,

	M.
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