Re: [PATCH] irqchip: Skip contexts other supervisor in plic_init()

[Alan Mikhak]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 11:54 AM Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> + hch
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> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, Alan Mikhak wrote:
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> > From: Alan Mikhak <alan.mikhak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Modify plic_init() to skip .dts interrupt contexts other
> > than supervisor external interrupt.
>
> Might be good to explain the motivation here.

The .dts entry for plic may specify multiple interrupt contexts. For example,
it may assign two entries IRQ_M_EXT and IRQ_S_EXT, in that order, to
the same interrupt controller. This patch modifies plic_init() to skip the
IRQ_M_EXT context since IRQ_S_EXT is currently the only supported
context.

If IRQ_M_EXT is not skipped, plic_init() will report "handler already
present for context" when it comes across the IRQ_S_EXT context
in the next iteration of its loop.

Without this patch, .dts would have to be edited to replace the
value of IRQ_M_EXT with -1 for it to be skipped.

I will add the above explanation in a v2 patch description, if it
sounds reasonable.

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> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Mikhak <alan.mikhak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> > index c72c036aea76..5f2a773d5669 100644
> > --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
> > @@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ static int __init plic_init(struct device_node *node,
> >                       continue;
> >               }
> >
> > -             /* skip context holes */
> > -             if (parent.args[0] == -1)
> > +             /* skip contexts other than supervisor external interrupt */
> > +             if (parent.args[0] != IRQ_S_EXT)
> >                       continue;
>
> Will this need to change for RISC-V M-mode Linux support?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20191017173743.5430-1-hch@xxxxxx/
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>
> - Paul
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>