Re: [PATCH v7 11/25] arm64: irqflags: Use ICC_PMR_EL1 for interrupt masking

[Jian-Lin Chen]

From: Jian-Lin Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 17:48, Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
>  {
> -       asm volatile(
> -               "msr    daifclr, #2             // arch_local_irq_enable"
> -               :
> +       unsigned long unmasked = GIC_PRIO_IRQON;
> +

Should we need a WARN_ON() to check if the daif_I bit is masked, or
explicitly unmasked I bit here?

If I bit was masked and someone calls arch_local_irq_enable(), they still
couldn't recieve any interrupt.


> +       asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE(
> +               "msr    daifclr, #2             // arch_local_irq_enable\n"
> +               "nop",
> +               "msr_s  " __stringify(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1) ",%0\n"
> +               "dsb    sy",
> +               ARM64_HAS_IRQ_PRIO_MASKING)
>                 :
> +               : "r" (unmasked)
>                 : "memory");
>  }
>
>  static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
>  {
> -       asm volatile(
> -               "msr    daifset, #2             // arch_local_irq_disable"
> -               :
> +       unsigned long masked = GIC_PRIO_IRQOFF;
> +
> +       asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE(
> +               "msr    daifset, #2             // arch_local_irq_disable",
> +               "msr_s  " __stringify(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1) ", %0",

May be a "dsb sy" here?

> +               ARM64_HAS_IRQ_PRIO_MASKING)
>                 :
> +               : "r" (masked)
>                 : "memory");
>  }