Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] irqchip: qcom-pdc: Reset PDC interrupts during init

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Tue Aug 25 2020 - 06:14:16 EST


Quoting Maulik Shah (2020-08-22 09:17:01)
> Kexec can directly boot into a new kernel without going to complete
> reboot. This can leave the previous kernel's configuration for PDC
> interrupts as is.
>
> Clear previous kernel's configuration during init by setting interrupts
> in enable bank to zero. The IRQs specified in qcom,pdc-ranges property
> are the only ones that can be used by the new kernel so clear only those
> IRQs. The remaining ones may be in use by a different kernel and should
> not be set by new kernel.

Presumably they're not in use anymore if the kernel has been kexeced and
replaced this one?

>
> Suggested-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Maulik Shah <mkshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>