Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: mcp23s08: Get rid of spurious level interrupts

[Linus Walleij]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM Dmitry Mastykin <mastichi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> irq_mask()/irq_unmask() are not called for nested interrupts. So level
> interrupts are never masked, chip's interrupt output is not cleared on
> INTCAP or GPIO read, the irq handler is uselessly called again. Nested
> irq handler is not called again, because interrupt reason is cleared by
> its first call.
> /proc/interrupts shows that number of chip's irqs is greater than
> number of nested irqs.
>
> This patch adds masking and unmasking level interrupts inside irq handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Mastykin <mastichi@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch tentatively applied as non-urgent fix.

If this is urgent, I need a Fixes: tags and we should also tag it
for stable, is this a big problem for users? I don't have the big picture
here.

Adding Sebastian, if he's still using this expander.

Yours,
Linus Walleij