[PATCH] irqchip/jcore-aic: Fix lost IPIs on SMP
From: Karl Mehltretter
Date: Sun Sep 27 2026 - 23:54:27 EST
Since commit bdf4e2ac295fe ("genirq: Allow per-cpu interrupt sharing for
non-overlapping affinities"), handle_percpu_devid_irq() only runs an
action whose affinity mask contains the current CPU. Only actions set up
through the percpu_devid request functions have such a mask.
handle_jcore_irq() passes every per-CPU interrupt to
handle_percpu_devid_irq(). The J2 IPI is not a percpu_devid interrupt.
j2_prepare_cpus() requests it with request_irq() and IRQF_PERCPU, so its
action has no affinity mask and cpumask_test_cpu() reads through a NULL
pointer. J2 has no MMU to catch this. The read returns whatever is at
address 0, the action is not found, and IPIs are dropped as spurious
("Spurious percpu IRQ20 on CPU1", printed once).
Pass only percpu_devid interrupts (the PIT) to handle_percpu_devid_irq()
and the other per-CPU interrupts to handle_percpu_irq() again, as before
commit d7e3fd658248f ("irqchip/jcore-aic, clocksource/drivers/jcore: Fix
jcore-pit interrupt request").
Found with a two-CPU J2 model simulated from the J-Core RTL. Without
this change the boot stalls with both CPUs idle shortly after
"smp: Brought up 1 node, 2 CPUs". With it, the boot reaches userspace.
Fixes: bdf4e2ac295fe ("genirq: Allow per-cpu interrupt sharing for non-overlapping affinities")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Notes:
Tested on a two-CPU J2 model simulated from the J-Core RTL with
Verilator (J2 CPUs, caches, bus mux and AIC1 from jcore-cpu/jcore-soc),
kernel v7.3-rc4 j2_defconfig with SMP=y:
- unpatched: "Spurious percpu IRQ20 on CPU1", pending IPI messages are
never cleared (the message word of CPU1 grows to 0x6), boot stalls
with both CPUs idle after SMP bring-up
- patched: IPIs are handled, boot reaches userspace on both CPUs
Not tested on J-Core hardware. Testing on real hardware is welcome.
drivers/irqchip/irq-jcore-aic.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-jcore-aic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-jcore-aic.c
index 94c05cf974be8..b4fee02997eee 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-jcore-aic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-jcore-aic.c
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ static struct irq_chip jcore_aic;
static void handle_jcore_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
{
- if (irqd_is_per_cpu(irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc)))
+ if (irq_is_percpu_devid(irq_desc_get_irq(desc)))
handle_percpu_devid_irq(desc);
+ else if (irqd_is_per_cpu(irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc)))
+ handle_percpu_irq(desc);
else
handle_simple_irq(desc);
}
--
2.53.0