Re: [PATCH 6/9] dt-bindings: Add RISC-V advanced PLIC bindings

From: Anup Patel
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 07:11:29 EST


On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:21 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/11/2022 05:42, Anup Patel wrote:
> > We add DT bindings document for RISC-V advanced platform level interrupt
> > controller (APLIC) defined by the RISC-V advanced interrupt architecture
> > (AIA) specification.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml | 136 ++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 136 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..0aa48571f3bc
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/interrupt-controller/riscv,aplic.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: RISC-V Advancded Platform Level Interrupt Controller (APLIC)
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > + - Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +description:
> > + The RISC-V advanced interrupt architecture (AIA) defines advanced platform
> > + level interrupt controller (APLIC) for handling wired interrupts in a
> > + RISC-V platform. The RISC-V AIA specification can be found at
> > + https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aia.
> > +
> > + The RISC-V APLIC is implemented as hierarchical APLIC domains where all
> > + interrupt sources connect to the root domain which can further delegate
> > + interrupts to child domains. We have one device tree node for each APLIC
> > + domain.
> > +
> > +allOf:
> > + - $ref: /schemas/interrupt-controller.yaml#
> > +
> > +properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + items:
> > + - enum:
> > + - vendor,chip-aplic
> > + - const: riscv,aplic
> > +
> > + reg:
> > + maxItems: 1
> > +
> > + interrupt-controller: true
> > +
> > + "#interrupt-cells":
> > + const: 2
> > +
> > + interrupts-extended:
> > + minItems: 1
> > + maxItems: 16384
> > + description:
> > + The presence of this property implies that given APLIC domain directly
> > + injects external interrupts to a set of RISC-V HARTS (or CPUs). Each
> > + node pointed to should be a riscv,cpu-intc node, which has a riscv node
> > + (i.e. RISC-V HART) as parent.
> > +
> > + msi-parent:
> > + description:
> > + The presence of this property implies that given APLIC domain forwards
>
> Drop "The presence of this property" and make it a proper sentence
> describing hardware.

Okay, I will update.

>
> > + wired interrupts as MSIs to a AIA incoming message signaled interrupt
> > + controller (IMSIC). This property should be considered only when the
> > + interrupts-extended property is absent.
> > +
> > + riscv,num-sources:
> > + $ref: "/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32"
>
> Drop quotes.

Okay, I will update.

>
> > + minimum: 1
> > + maximum: 1023
> > + description:
> > + Specifies how many wired interrupts are supported by this APLIC domain.
> > +
> > + riscv,children:
> > + $ref: '/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array'
> > + minItems: 1
> > + maxItems: 1024
> > + description:
> > + This property represents a list of child APLIC domains for the given
> > + APLIC domain. Each child APLIC domain is assigned child index in
> > + increasing order with the first child APLIC domain assigned child
> > + index 0. The APLIC domain child index is used by firmware to delegate
> > + interrupts from the given APLIC domain to a particular child APLIC
> > + domain.
> > +
> > + riscv,delegate:
> > + $ref: '/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array'
> > + minItems: 1
> > + maxItems: 1024
> > + description:
> > + This property represents a interrupt delegation list where each entry
>
> Drop "This property represents".

Okay, I will update.

>
> > + is a triple consisting of child APLIC domain phandle, first interrupt
> > + number, and last interrupt number. The firmware will configure interrupt
> > + delegation registers based on interrupt delegation list.
> > +
> > +additionalProperties: false
>
> Same comments as in previous patch,

Okay, I will update.

>
> > +
> > +required:
> > + - compatible
> > + - reg
> > + - interrupt-controller
> > + - "#interrupt-cells"
> > + - riscv,num-sources
> > +
> > +examples:
> > + - |
> > + // Example 1 (APIC domain directly injecting interrupt to HARTs):
> > +
> > + aplic0: interrupt-controller@c000000 {
> > + compatible = "vendor,chip-aplic", "riscv,aplic";
> > + interrupts-extended = <&cpu1_intc 11>,
> > + <&cpu2_intc 11>,
> > + <&cpu3_intc 11>,
> > + <&cpu4_intc 11>;
> > + reg = <0xc000000 0x4080>;
> > + interrupt-controller;
> > + #interrupt-cells = <2>;
> > + riscv,num-sources = <63>;
> > + riscv,children = <&aplic1>;
> > + riscv,delegate = <&aplic1 1 63>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + aplic1: interrupt-controller@d000000 {
> > + compatible = "vendor,chip-aplic", "riscv,aplic";
> > + interrupts-extended = <&cpu1_intc 9>,
> > + <&cpu2_intc 9>,
> > + <&cpu3_intc 9>,
> > + <&cpu4_intc 9>;
> > + reg = <0xd000000 0x4080>;
> > + interrupt-controller;
> > + #interrupt-cells = <2>;
> > + riscv,num-sources = <63>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + - |
> > + // Example 2 (APIC domain forwarding interrupts as MSIs):
> > +
> > + interrupt-controller@d000000 {
> > + compatible = "vendor,chip-aplic", "riscv,aplic";
> > + msi-parent = <&imsics>;
> > + reg = <0xd000000 0x4000>;
> > + interrupt-controller;
> > + #interrupt-cells = <2>;
> > + riscv,num-sources = <63>;
>
> It's almost the same as previous... don't add unnecessary examples
> (difference in one property usually does not mean you need new example).

The second example shows the DT node of an APLIC in MSI-mode.
Most noteworthy part of this node is presence of "msi-parent" DT
property instead of "interrupts-extended" DT property to describe
an APLIC in MSI mode.

>
> > + };
> > +...
>

Best Regards,
Anup