Re: gpiochip_lock_as_irq on pins without FLAG_REQUESTED: bug or feature ?

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 6:37 AM Vincent Pelletier <plr.vincent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> While trying to debug an IRQ handling issue on a sifive-unmatched board
> (which is a very recent board on a recent architecture, so I would not
> be overly surprised if there were bugs in hiding), I realised that I was able
> to claim via sysfs GPIO pins which are being actively used as IRQ sources.
>
> Checking drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c and kernel/irq/chip.c, I believe this is because
> gpiolib (gpiochip_irq_reqres, gpiochip_reqres_irq, gpiochip_lock_as_irq)
> does not call gpiod_request_{,commit}, resulting in a pin which is available
> for use. I could confirm this by adding (just as a debugging aid):
>   WARN_ON(!test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &desc->flags));
> early in gpiochip_lock_as_irq, and this statement gets triggered.
>
> Is this intentional ?

IIRC the GPIO can be locked as IRQ without being requested (perhaps
for legacy/historical reasons). But I forgot all code paths anyway, so
I'm expecting that Linus and  or Bart can elaborate this better.

> Does this requesting belong to something else in the codepath from
> request_threaded_irq (and similar) ?
> Could it be something missing in the devicetree for this board ?
>
> Also, I notice that both gpiochip_hierarchy_add_domain and
> gpiochip_reqres_irq call gpiochip_lock_as_irq, and I am surprised I do not
> get any error about this: in my understanding only the first call on a given pin
> should succeed, but with my WARN_ON I am seeing both stack traces and
> no other warning.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko