Re: [PATCH 3/6] mips: Move IP30 timer to request_percpu_irq()

From: Jinjie Ruan
Date: Wed Dec 10 2025 - 20:58:22 EST




On 2025/12/10 16:22, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Teach the SGI IP30 timer about request_percpu_irq(), which ultimately
> will allow for the removal of the antiquated setup_percpu_irq() API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h | 1 -
> arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c | 11 -----------
> arch/mips/sgi-ip30/ip30-timer.c | 5 ++---
> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
> index 2e13a038d2600..5229eb34f28a4 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cevt-r4k.h
> @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ void mips_event_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev);
> int c0_compare_int_usable(void);
> irqreturn_t c0_compare_interrupt(int, void *);
>
> -extern struct irqaction c0_compare_irqaction;
> extern int cp0_timer_irq_installed;
>
> #endif /* __ASM_CEVT_R4K_H */
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
> index 5f6e9e2ebbdbb..f58325f9bd2bc 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-r4k.c
> @@ -159,17 +159,6 @@ irqreturn_t c0_compare_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> return IRQ_NONE;
> }
>
> -struct irqaction c0_compare_irqaction = {
> - .handler = c0_compare_interrupt,
> - /*
> - * IRQF_SHARED: The timer interrupt may be shared with other interrupts
> - * such as perf counter and FDC interrupts.
> - */
> - .flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_SHARED,

The flags will add a "IRQF_NO_SUSPEND" when using request_percpu_irq(),
is there any change?

> - .name = "timer",
> -};
> -
> -
> void mips_event_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev)
> {
> }
> diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip30/ip30-timer.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip30/ip30-timer.c
> index 7652f72f0daf6..294e1f7e6d8a6 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip30/ip30-timer.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip30/ip30-timer.c
> @@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
> int irq = get_c0_compare_int();
>
> cp0_timer_irq_installed = 1;
> - c0_compare_irqaction.percpu_dev_id = &mips_clockevent_device;
> - c0_compare_irqaction.flags &= ~IRQF_SHARED;
> irq_set_handler(irq, handle_percpu_devid_irq);
> irq_set_percpu_devid(irq);
> - setup_percpu_irq(irq, &c0_compare_irqaction);
> + WARN_ON(request_percpu_irq(irq, c0_compare_interrupt,
> + "timer", &mips_clockevent_device));
> enable_percpu_irq(irq, IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
>
> ip30_heart_clocksource_init();