Re: [PATCH 03/12] drivers: irqchip: pdc: Do not toggle IRQ_ENABLE during mask/unmask
From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Fri Nov 15 2019 - 13:49:17 EST
Quoting Lina Iyer (2019-11-14 10:35:12)
> When an interrupt is to be serviced, the convention is to mask the
> interrupt at the chip and unmask after servicing the interrupt. Enabling
> and disabling the interrupt at the PDC irqchip causes an interrupt storm
> due to the way dual edge interrupts are handled in hardware.
>
> Skip configuring the PDC when the IRQ is masked and unmasked, instead
> use the irq_enable/irq_disable callbacks to toggle the IRQ_ENABLE
> register at the PDC. The PDC's IRQ_ENABLE register is only used during
> the monitoring mode when the system is asleep and is not needed for
> active mode detection.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lina Iyer <ilina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>