Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] pinctrl: stm32: Add level interrupt support to gpio irq chip

From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] pinctrl: stm32: Add level interrupt support to gpio irq chip
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:52:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f032003-c847-ccd7-931a-16acc58c8342@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200323194946.26bdd003@why>

On 3/23/20 8:49 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:37:54 +0100
> Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/23/20 8:31 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:19:39 +0100
>>> Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/23/20 8:04 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>> On 2/20/20 10:17 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>>> On 2020-02-20 09:04, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 3:32 PM Alexandre Torgue
>>>>>>> <alexandre.torgue@st.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> GPIO hardware block is directly linked to EXTI block but EXTI handles
>>>>>>>> external interrupts only on edge. To be able to handle GPIO interrupt on
>>>>>>>> level a "hack" is done in gpio irq chip: parent interrupt (exti irq
>>>>>>>> chip)
>>>>>>>> is retriggered following interrupt type and gpio line value.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
>>>>>>>> Tested-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If Marc want to merge it with patch 1/2 go ahead!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll queue the whole thing for 5.7.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a feeling this doesn't work with threaded interrupts.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the interrupt handler runs in a thread context, the EOI will happen
>>>>> almost right away (while the IRQ handler runs) and so will the code
>>>>> handling the IRQ retriggering. But since the IRQ handler still runs and
>>>>> didn't return yet, the retriggering doesn't cause the IRQ handler to be
>>>>> called again once it finishes, even if the IRQ line is still asserted.
>>>>> And that could result in some of the retriggers now happening I think.
>>>>> Or am I doing something wrong ?
>>>>
>>>> The patch below makes my usecase work, but I don't know whether it's
>>>> correct. Basically once the threaded IRQ handler finishes and unmasks
>>>> the IRQ, check whether the line is asserted and retrigger if so.
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
>>>> b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
>>>> index 9ac9ecfc2f34..060dbcb7ae72 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/stm32/pinctrl-stm32.c
>>>> @@ -371,12 +371,26 @@ static void
>>>> stm32_gpio_irq_release_resources(struct irq_data *irq_data)
>>>>         gpiochip_unlock_as_irq(&bank->gpio_chip, irq_data->hwirq);
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>> +static void stm32_gpio_irq_unmask(struct irq_data *d)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       struct stm32_gpio_bank *bank = d->domain->host_data;
>>>> +       int level;
>>>> +
>>>> +       irq_chip_unmask_parent(d);
>>>> +
>>>> +       /* If level interrupt type then retrig */
>>>> +       level = stm32_gpio_get(&bank->gpio_chip, d->hwirq);
>>>> +       if ((level == 0 && bank->irq_type[d->hwirq] ==
>>>> IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW) ||
>>>> +           (level == 1 && bank->irq_type[d->hwirq] == IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH))
>>>> +               irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy(d);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>  static struct irq_chip stm32_gpio_irq_chip = {
>>>>         .name           = "stm32gpio",
>>>>         .irq_eoi        = stm32_gpio_irq_eoi,
>>>>         .irq_ack        = irq_chip_ack_parent,
>>>>         .irq_mask       = irq_chip_mask_parent,
>>>> -       .irq_unmask     = irq_chip_unmask_parent,
>>>> +       .irq_unmask     = stm32_gpio_irq_unmask,
>>>>         .irq_set_type   = stm32_gpio_set_type,
>>>>         .irq_set_wake   = irq_chip_set_wake_parent,
>>>>         .irq_request_resources = stm32_gpio_irq_request_resources,
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I see your problem now.
>>>
>>> The usual flow is along the line of Ack+Eoi, and that's what the
>>> current code guarantees.
>>>
>>> Threaded interrupts do Ack+Mask+Eoi, followed by an Unmask once the
>>> thread finishes. This unmask needs to do the retrigger as well, as you
>>> found out.
>>>
>>> Can you please refactor the above so that we have the common code
>>> between unmask and eoi in a separate function, send a proper patch, and
>>> I'll apply it on top of the current irq/irqchip-5.7 branch.
>>
>> Sure, I can. Do we still need this retriggering in the irq_eoi too ?
> 
> Absolutely, because that's what matters for the non-threaded case
> (there is no mask/unmask on that path). It is also never wrong to
> over-resample (it just slows things down).
> 
>> Also, are there any other hidden details I might've missed ?
> 
> Probably. But let's fix one bug at a time, shall we? ;-) And let's hope
> that ST doesn't take this as a excuse not to clean up their act in
> their next SoC!

Indeed.

Patch is out, thanks for the feedback :)