RE: [Linuxarm] Re: [PATCH for next v1 1/2] gpio: omap: Replace raw_spin_lock_irqsave with raw_spin_lock in omap_gpio_irq_handler()

[Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 10:45 PM
> To: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [Linuxarm] Re: [PATCH for next v1 1/2] gpio: omap: Replace
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave with raw_spin_lock in omap_gpio_irq_handler()
> 
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:05 AM Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
> <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> 
> > >
> > > Note. there is also generic_handle_irq() call inside.
> >
> > So generic_handle_irq() is not safe to run in thread thus requires
> > an interrupt-disabled environment to run? If so, I'd rather this
> > irqsave moved into generic_handle_irq() rather than asking everyone
> > calling it to do irqsave.
> 
> In a preempt-rt kernel, interrupts are run in task context, so they clearly
> should not be called with interrupts disabled, that would defeat the
> purpose of making them preemptible.

Yes. Sounds sensible. Irqsave in generic_handle_irq() will defeat
the purpose of RT.

> 
> generic_handle_irq() does need to run with in_irq()==true though,
> but this should be set by the caller of the gpiochip's handler, and
> it is not set by raw_spin_lock_irqsave().
> 

So sounds like this issue of in_irq()=true is still irrelevant with
this patch.

I guess this should have been set by the caller of the gpiochip's
handler somewhere, otherwise, gpiochip's irq handler won't be able
to be threaded. Has it been set somewhere?

>        Arnd

Thanks
Barry