Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] drm/xe/i2c: Fix the interrupt handling

From: Raag Jadav

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 01:37:52 EST


On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 05:31:52PM +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> The platforms that support the interrupt from the I2C
> adapter can not handle the amount of interrupts the adapter
> generates because of the way the IRQ is routed in the
> hardware. The I2C controller driver has to be kept in
> polling mode because of that.
>
> The AMC MCU can still generate critical alerts that have to
> be handled. The interrupt from SMBus Alert is left enabled
> and handled separately in the Xe. The alerts from the AMC
> will cause the device to be declared wedged for now.

...

> +static void xe_amc_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> + const struct amc_request *request = &amc_get_alert_reason;
> + struct xe_amc *amc = from_work(amc, work, work);
> + struct amc_response response;
> + struct i2c_client *client;
> + int ret;
> +
> + client = amc->i2c->client[XE_I2C_CLIENT_AMC];
> + if (!client)
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> +
> + ret = i2c_master_send(client, (u8 *)request, sizeof(*request));
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "failed to send request (%d)\n", ret);
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> + }
> +
> + /* AMC needs 20ms to generate the response. */
> + fsleep(20 * USEC_PER_MSEC);
> +
> + ret = i2c_master_recv(client, (u8 *)&response, sizeof(response));
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "failed to read response (%d)\n", ret);
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> + }
> +
> + if (!response.header.len) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "empty response from AMC\n");
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> + }
> +
> + if (memcmp(&response.message, &request->message, sizeof(struct amc_message))) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "response does not match the request\n");
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> + }
> +
> + if (response.error) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "AMC error 0x%02x\n", response.error);
> + goto out_reassert_interrupt;
> + }

[1] See below.

> + dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s: Alert reason: %d\n", __func__, response.value);
> +
> + switch (response.value) {
> + case AMC_ALERT_FW_DOWNLOAD:
> + case AMC_ALERT_THERMAL_TRIP:
> + case AMC_ALERT_OOB_REQUEST:
> + case AMC_ALERT_OOB_RESET:
> + case AMC_ALERT_CATERR:
> + xe_device_declare_wedged(i2c_client_to_xe_device(client));
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> +
> +out_reassert_interrupt:
> + xe_mmio_rmw32(amc->i2c->mmio, I2C_CONFIG_CMD, PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE, 0);

One of the rules of wedging is that it's a last resort and there shouldn't
be any hardware access afterwards, so I think a more suitable place for
re-assert is before[1] we process the response.

> +}

...

> +static void xe_i2c_handle_smbus_alert(struct xe_i2c *i2c)
> +{
> + u32 stat;
> +
> + stat = xe_mmio_read32(i2c->mmio, I2C_REG(DW_IC_SMBUS_INTR_STAT));
> + if (!stat)
> + return;
> +
> + xe_mmio_write32(i2c->mmio, I2C_REG(DW_IC_CLR_SMBUS_INTR), stat);
> +
> + xe_mmio_rmw32(i2c->mmio, I2C_CONFIG_CMD, 0, PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE);

As per updated arch, this is now taken care by the firmware and can be
dropped.

Raag

> + if (stat & DW_IC_SMBUS_INTR_ALERT && i2c->amc)
> + xe_amc_handle_alert(i2c);
> + else
> + xe_mmio_rmw32(i2c->mmio, I2C_CONFIG_CMD, PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE, 0);
> +}