[PATCH v5 4/7] genirq: Integrate GSIM into interrupt flow

From: Luigi Rizzo

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 08:50:50 EST


Hook GSIM into edge/fasteoi handlers and teardown.

Specifically:
- Hook GSIM into handle_edge_irq() and handle_fasteoi_irq().
- Introduce `irq_moderation_allow(desc, allow)` to validate if an IRQ
is eligible for GSIM (non-oneshot, edge/fasteoi, single target, no bus lock)
and set/clear the IRQ_MODERATABLE flag.
- Integrate GSIM setup in __setup_irq() using `irq_moderation_allow()`,
defaulting to disabled (`use_moderation = false`).
- Clear GSIM state in __free_irq() and __cleanup_nmi().

Note: At this stage, GSIM is disabled by default (use_moderation = false) and
cannot be enabled at runtime yet. Subsequent commits will introduce procfs
configuration and a configurable default mode. For testing this commit,
use_moderation can be manually set to true in the code.

Signed-off-by: Luigi Rizzo <lrizzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/irq/chip.c | 14 +++++++++++++
kernel/irq/internals.h | 8 +++++++
kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/irq/manage.c | 10 +++++++++
4 files changed, 74 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index de754db414d1d..04a30ba04e78b 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <trace/events/irq.h>

#include "internals.h"
+#include "irq_moderation.h"

static irqreturn_t bad_chained_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
@@ -500,6 +501,10 @@ static bool irq_can_handle_pm(struct irq_desc *desc)
return false;
}

+ /* Moderated interrupts have IRQD_IRQ_INPROGRESS and need early return. */
+ if (irqd_is_moderated(irqd))
+ return false;
+
/* Check whether the interrupt is polled on another CPU */
if (unlikely(desc->istate & IRQS_POLL_INPROGRESS)) {
if (WARN_ONCE(irq_poll_cpu == smp_processor_id(),
@@ -749,6 +754,10 @@ void handle_fasteoi_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
* handling the previous one - it may need to be resent.
*/
if (!irq_can_handle_pm(desc)) {
+ if (irqd_is_moderated(&desc->irq_data)) {
+ desc->istate |= IRQS_PENDING;
+ mask_irq(desc);
+ }
if (irqd_needs_resend_when_in_progress(&desc->irq_data))
desc->istate |= IRQS_PENDING;
cond_eoi_irq(chip, &desc->irq_data);
@@ -769,6 +778,9 @@ void handle_fasteoi_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)

cond_unmask_eoi_irq(desc, chip);

+ if (irq_start_moderation(desc))
+ return;
+
/*
* When the race described above happens this will resend the interrupt.
*/
@@ -858,6 +870,8 @@ void handle_edge_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)

handle_irq_event(desc);

+ if (irq_start_moderation(desc))
+ break;
} while ((desc->istate & IRQS_PENDING) && !irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(handle_edge_irq);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 716a7c2e3633a..705c3bfe28e12 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -400,6 +400,14 @@ static inline void irq_moderation_init_fields(struct irq_desc *desc)
{
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&desc->swmod_state.swmod_node);
}
+
+int irq_moderation_allow(struct irq_desc *desc, bool allow);
+bool irq_moderation_supported(struct irq_desc *desc);
#else
static inline void irq_moderation_init_fields(struct irq_desc *desc) {}
+static inline int irq_moderation_allow(struct irq_desc *desc, bool allow)
+{
+ return allow ? -EOPNOTSUPP : 0;
+}
+static inline bool irq_moderation_supported(struct irq_desc *desc) { return false; }
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c b/kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c
index 8f8893d952de0..2c75feb6634f3 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c
@@ -294,3 +294,45 @@ static int __init init_irq_moderation(void)
return ret;
}
device_initcall(init_irq_moderation);
+
+bool irq_moderation_supported(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+ struct irq_data *irqd = &desc->irq_data;
+ struct irq_chip *chip = irqd->chip;
+
+ /* GSIM does not support shared interrupts */
+ if (desc->action && desc->action->next)
+ return false;
+
+ if (desc->istate & IRQS_ONESHOT)
+ return false;
+ if (irqd_is_level_type(irqd))
+ return false;
+ if (!irqd_is_single_target(irqd))
+ return false;
+ if (chip->irq_bus_lock || chip->irq_bus_sync_unlock)
+ return false;
+ if (!chip->irq_mask || !chip->irq_unmask)
+ return false;
+ if (desc->handle_irq != handle_edge_irq && desc->handle_irq != handle_fasteoi_irq)
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+int irq_moderation_allow(struct irq_desc *desc, bool allow)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&desc->lock);
+
+ if (!allow) {
+ irq_settings_clr_moderatable(desc);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (!irq_moderation_supported(desc)) {
+ irq_settings_clr_moderatable(desc);
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ irq_settings_set_moderatable(desc);
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 7eb07e3bdb4c2..ce92885e71323 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1470,6 +1470,12 @@ static bool valid_percpu_irqaction(struct irqaction *old, struct irqaction *new)
static int
__setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
{
+ /*
+ * Choose the default moderation mode.
+ * Hardcoded to false for now; configurable defaults are added later.
+ * Set to true here to force-enable GSIM for testing this commit.
+ */
+ bool use_moderation = false;
struct irqaction *old, **old_ptr;
unsigned long flags, thread_mask = 0;
int ret, nested, shared = 0;
@@ -1789,6 +1795,8 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)

irq_pm_install_action(desc, new);

+ irq_moderation_allow(desc, use_moderation);
+
/* Reset broken irq detection when installing new handler */
desc->irq_count = 0;
desc->irqs_unhandled = 0;
@@ -1897,6 +1905,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, void *dev_id)
/* If this was the last handler, shut down the IRQ line: */
if (!desc->action) {
irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(desc);
+ irq_settings_clr_moderatable(desc);
/* Only shutdown. Deactivate after synchronize_hardirq() */
irq_shutdown(desc);
}
@@ -2046,6 +2055,7 @@ static const void *__cleanup_nmi(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
desc->action = NULL;

irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(desc);
+ irq_settings_clr_moderatable(desc);
irq_shutdown_and_deactivate(desc);
}

--
2.55.0.737.g08866a6d13-goog