[PATCH v3 2/3] x86/irq: Fall back to irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy() in fixup_irqs()

From: Naman Jain

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 03:05:06 EST


fixup_irqs() re-injects a pending interrupt on its new target CPU by
looking at the outermost domain chip and invoking its irq_retrigger()
callback directly. When the outermost chip does not implement
irq_retrigger(), the pending interrupt is silently dropped, which can
lead to lost interrupts on CPU hot-unplug.

Keep calling the outermost chip's irq_retrigger() when it is present,
but fall back to irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy() otherwise, which walks
up the interrupt hierarchy until it finds a chip that implements
irq_retrigger().

While at it, use a scoped guard for desc->lock. VECTOR_RETRIGGERED is
now set only when the retrigger succeeds instead of unconditionally,
which is harmless today since apic_retrigger_irq() always returns 1.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Naman Jain <namjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/irq.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index 30122f0b3af96..e0163f7ac7368 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
struct irq_desc *desc;
struct irq_data *data;
struct irq_chip *chip;
+ int ret;

irq_migrate_all_off_this_cpu();

@@ -490,21 +491,23 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
* nothing else will touch it.
*/
for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR; vector < NR_VECTORS; vector++) {
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector])))
+ desc = __this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector]);
+
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(desc))
continue;

if (is_vector_pending(vector)) {
- desc = __this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector]);
-
- raw_spin_lock(&desc->lock);
+ guard(raw_spinlock)(&desc->lock);
data = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);
chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
- if (chip->irq_retrigger) {
- chip->irq_retrigger(data);
+ if (chip->irq_retrigger)
+ ret = chip->irq_retrigger(data);
+ else
+ ret = irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy(data);
+ if (ret)
__this_cpu_write(vector_irq[vector], VECTOR_RETRIGGERED);
- }
- raw_spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
}
+
if (__this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector]) != VECTOR_RETRIGGERED)
__this_cpu_write(vector_irq[vector], VECTOR_UNUSED);
}
--
2.43.0