Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] irqchip/GICv3: let gic_handle_irq() utilize irqentry on arm64

[Pingfan Liu]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:10:53AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 09:28:36PM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> > The call to rcu_irq_enter() originated from gic_handle_irq() is
> > redundant now, since arm64 has enter_from_kernel_mode() akin to
> > irqenter_entry(), which has already called rcu_irq_enter().
> 
> Here I think you're referring to the call in handle_domain_irq(), but
> that isn't clear from the commit message.
> 
Yes, and I will make it clear in V2.

> > Based on code analysis, the redundant can raise some mistake, e.g.
> > rcu_data->dynticks_nmi_nesting inc 2, which causes
> > rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle() unexpected.
> > 
> > So eliminate the call to irq_enter() in handle_domain_irq(). And
> > accordingly supplementing irq_enter_rcu().
> 
> We support many more irqchips on arm64, and GICv3 can be used on regular
> 32-bit arm, so this isn't right. Moving the irq_enter_rcu() call
> into the GICv3 driver specifically breaks other drivers on arm64 by
> removing the call, and breaks the GICv3 driver on arm by adding a
> duplicate call.
> 
Oops. I forgot to protect the code in GICv3 with CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_IRQENTRY

> It looks like this should live in do_interrupt_handler() in
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c, e.g.
> 
> | static void do_interrupt_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
> | 				 void (*handler)(struct pt_regs *)) 
> | {
> | 	irq_enter_rcu();
> | 	if (on_thread_stack())
> | 		call_on_irq_stack(regs, handler);
> | 	else
> | 		handler(regs);
> | 	irq_exit_rcu();
> | }
> 
> ... unless there's some problem with that?
> 
Yeah, do_interrupt_handler() is a more suitable place. But to resolve
the performance regression of rescheduling IPI [1], it is badly demanded to
distinguish irqnr before calling irq_enter_rcu() (please see 5/5 and [2]
for the context). So it is a compromise to host the code in GICv3.

Any good idea?


[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20201101131430.257038-1-maz@xxxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/87lfewnmdz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/



Thanks,

	Pingfan