Re: [PATCH] regmap: irq: do not allow setting irq bits during ack

[Tim Harvey]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 5:06 AM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 01:45:51PM -0800, Tim Harvey wrote:
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> > Some interrupt controllers may not de-assert their interrupt if
> > bits are set when acknowledging the bits that caused the interrupt.
>
> > Take care to not apply the mask to the status until we are done
> > acknowledging the interrupt and take care to mask the bits according
> > for the ack_invert state.
>
> I can't understand what this commit message is trying to say, sorry.
> Which bits are you talking about when you say "if bits are set"?  Isn't
> acknowleding the interrupt clearing the bits asserting the interrupt?  I
> can't tell what the problem you're trying to fix is.

Mark,

If for example status=0x01 the current code for ack_invert will write
a 0xfe to clear that bit which ends up setting all other interrupt
bits keeping the interrupt from ever being de-asserted. With the patch
applied a status=0x01 will result in a 0x00 written to clear that bit
and keep other's from being set.

Tim