[QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[Lad, Prabhakar]

Hi Marc,

I am currently working on the irq-sifive-plic.c driver. The
irq-sifive-plic.c driver is currently implemented as a chained domain.
On our SoC which uses this block for EDGE interrupts we need to first
acknowledge the interrupt before handling it.

I came across a similar situation on a different driver (patch [0])
but it isn't a chained handler.

What approach should be taken for chained IRQ domains to handle such cases?

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220429183605.gld37gz6taa5k7fk@maple.lan/T/

Cheers,
Prabhakar

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Re: [QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[Marc Zyngier]

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:41:24 +0100,
"Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> I am currently working on the irq-sifive-plic.c driver. The
> irq-sifive-plic.c driver is currently implemented as a chained domain.
> On our SoC which uses this block for EDGE interrupts we need to first
> acknowledge the interrupt before handling it.

Isn't that what the CLAIM register does on the PLIC? AFAICT, this
interrupt controller is able to implement the whole flow, irrespective
of the trigger mechanism.

The spec strongly hints at that, see [1] ("Interrupt gateways"), and
the uniform handling that results of it. In a way, this is strikingly
similar to what the original ARM GIC does.

[1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc

> 
> I came across a similar situation on a different driver (patch [0])
> but it isn't a chained handler.
> 
> What approach should be taken for chained IRQ domains to handle such cases?

I don't think there is anything to change. At least, as long as the
Interrupt Gateway is doing its job correctly. How this gateway is
configured is unfortunately out of the scope of the architecture, it
seems, and I'd expect your HW to have some sort of knobs for the
trigger type to be configured. This would be dealt with in a separate
stacked driver.

Thanks,

	M.

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Re: [QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[Lad, Prabhakar]

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Hi Marc,

Sorry for the late reply.

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:44 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:41:24 +0100,
> "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > I am currently working on the irq-sifive-plic.c driver. The
> > irq-sifive-plic.c driver is currently implemented as a chained domain.
> > On our SoC which uses this block for EDGE interrupts we need to first
> > acknowledge the interrupt before handling it.
>
> Isn't that what the CLAIM register does on the PLIC? AFAICT, this
> interrupt controller is able to implement the whole flow, irrespective
> of the trigger mechanism.
>
Yes, the CLAIM register is used to ACK interrupts.

> The spec strongly hints at that, see [1] ("Interrupt gateways"), and
> the uniform handling that results of it. In a way, this is strikingly
> similar to what the original ARM GIC does.
>
The ARM GIC allows the next interrupts to be pending, that is it can
stock interrupts (pending interrupt counter).

> [1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc
>
> >
> > I came across a similar situation on a different driver (patch [0])
> > but it isn't a chained handler.
> >
> > What approach should be taken for chained IRQ domains to handle such cases?
>
> I don't think there is anything to change. At least, as long as the
> Interrupt Gateway is doing its job correctly. How this gateway is
> configured is unfortunately out of the scope of the architecture, it
> seems, and I'd expect your HW to have some sort of knobs for the
> trigger type to be configured. This would be dealt with in a separate
> stacked driver.
>
Renesas RZ/Five Soc has a AX45MP AndesCore which has NCEPLIC100.
Quoting from https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc#interrupt-gateways

"If the global interrupt source was edge-triggered, the gateway will
convert the first matching signal edge into an interrupt request.
Depending on the design of the device and the interrupt handler, in
between sending an interrupt request and receiving notice of its
handler’s completion, the gateway might either ignore additional
matching edges or increment a counter of pending interrupts. In either
case, the next interrupt request will not be forwarded to the PLIC
core until the previous completion message has been received"

Andes NCEPLIC100 ignores the next interrupt edge until the previous
completion message has been received and to top it the gateway doesn't
have a pending interrupt counter. So the only workaround for handling
edge interrupts is to first acknowledge it and then run the handler as
shown in the attached image.

Cheers,
Prabhakar

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Re: [QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[Marc Zyngier]

On Fri, 06 May 2022 12:24:34 +0100,
"Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> Sorry for the late reply.
> 
> On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:44 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:41:24 +0100,
> > "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Marc,
> > >
> > > I am currently working on the irq-sifive-plic.c driver. The
> > > irq-sifive-plic.c driver is currently implemented as a chained domain.
> > > On our SoC which uses this block for EDGE interrupts we need to first
> > > acknowledge the interrupt before handling it.
> >
> > Isn't that what the CLAIM register does on the PLIC? AFAICT, this
> > interrupt controller is able to implement the whole flow, irrespective
> > of the trigger mechanism.
> >
> Yes, the CLAIM register is used to ACK interrupts.
> 
> > The spec strongly hints at that, see [1] ("Interrupt gateways"), and
> > the uniform handling that results of it. In a way, this is strikingly
> > similar to what the original ARM GIC does.
> >
> The ARM GIC allows the next interrupts to be pending, that is it can
> stock interrupts (pending interrupt counter).

Well, if you consider a single bit a counter, yes.

> 
> > [1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc
> >
> > >
> > > I came across a similar situation on a different driver (patch [0])
> > > but it isn't a chained handler.
> > >
> > > What approach should be taken for chained IRQ domains to handle such cases?
> >
> > I don't think there is anything to change. At least, as long as the
> > Interrupt Gateway is doing its job correctly. How this gateway is
> > configured is unfortunately out of the scope of the architecture, it
> > seems, and I'd expect your HW to have some sort of knobs for the
> > trigger type to be configured. This would be dealt with in a separate
> > stacked driver.
> >
> Renesas RZ/Five Soc has a AX45MP AndesCore which has NCEPLIC100.
> Quoting from https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc#interrupt-gateways
> 
> "If the global interrupt source was edge-triggered, the gateway will
> convert the first matching signal edge into an interrupt request.
> Depending on the design of the device and the interrupt handler, in
> between sending an interrupt request and receiving notice of its
> handler’s completion, the gateway might either ignore additional
> matching edges or increment a counter of pending interrupts. In either
> case, the next interrupt request will not be forwarded to the PLIC
> core until the previous completion message has been received"
> 
> Andes NCEPLIC100 ignores the next interrupt edge until the previous
> completion message has been received and to top it the gateway doesn't
> have a pending interrupt counter. So the only workaround for handling
> edge interrupts is to first acknowledge it and then run the handler as
> shown in the attached image.

Huh. I see what you mean. The problem isn't the Ack, but the EOI. You
need to ensure completion of the interrupt before it is handled so
that you avoid losing bits. This is precisely what a read of CLAIM
should have guaranteed. Who came up with this insane piece of crap?
Really, some people shouldn't be left designing interrupt controllers.

I'm afraid you'll have to use a separate flow for edge interrupts,
probably using the fasteoi_ack flow, and perform the *write* to
COMPLETE/CLAIM in the irq_ack() callback.

Is this a feature of this PLIC implementation? Or is that common to
all PLICs?

	M.

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Re: [QUERY]: Acknowledgment of edge triggered interrupts

[Lad, Prabhakar]

Hi Marc,

On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 1:18 PM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 06 May 2022 12:24:34 +0100,
> "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply.
> >
> > On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:44 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:41:24 +0100,
> > > "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Marc,
> > > >
> > > > I am currently working on the irq-sifive-plic.c driver. The
> > > > irq-sifive-plic.c driver is currently implemented as a chained domain.
> > > > On our SoC which uses this block for EDGE interrupts we need to first
> > > > acknowledge the interrupt before handling it.
> > >
> > > Isn't that what the CLAIM register does on the PLIC? AFAICT, this
> > > interrupt controller is able to implement the whole flow, irrespective
> > > of the trigger mechanism.
> > >
> > Yes, the CLAIM register is used to ACK interrupts.
> >
> > > The spec strongly hints at that, see [1] ("Interrupt gateways"), and
> > > the uniform handling that results of it. In a way, this is strikingly
> > > similar to what the original ARM GIC does.
> > >
> > The ARM GIC allows the next interrupts to be pending, that is it can
> > stock interrupts (pending interrupt counter).
>
> Well, if you consider a single bit a counter, yes.
>
> >
> > > [1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I came across a similar situation on a different driver (patch [0])
> > > > but it isn't a chained handler.
> > > >
> > > > What approach should be taken for chained IRQ domains to handle such cases?
> > >
> > > I don't think there is anything to change. At least, as long as the
> > > Interrupt Gateway is doing its job correctly. How this gateway is
> > > configured is unfortunately out of the scope of the architecture, it
> > > seems, and I'd expect your HW to have some sort of knobs for the
> > > trigger type to be configured. This would be dealt with in a separate
> > > stacked driver.
> > >
> > Renesas RZ/Five Soc has a AX45MP AndesCore which has NCEPLIC100.
> > Quoting from https://github.com/riscv/riscv-plic-spec/blob/master/riscv-plic.adoc#interrupt-gateways
> >
> > "If the global interrupt source was edge-triggered, the gateway will
> > convert the first matching signal edge into an interrupt request.
> > Depending on the design of the device and the interrupt handler, in
> > between sending an interrupt request and receiving notice of its
> > handler’s completion, the gateway might either ignore additional
> > matching edges or increment a counter of pending interrupts. In either
> > case, the next interrupt request will not be forwarded to the PLIC
> > core until the previous completion message has been received"
> >
> > Andes NCEPLIC100 ignores the next interrupt edge until the previous
> > completion message has been received and to top it the gateway doesn't
> > have a pending interrupt counter. So the only workaround for handling
> > edge interrupts is to first acknowledge it and then run the handler as
> > shown in the attached image.
>
> Huh. I see what you mean. The problem isn't the Ack, but the EOI. You
> need to ensure completion of the interrupt before it is handled so
> that you avoid losing bits. This is precisely what a read of CLAIM
> should have guaranteed. Who came up with this insane piece of crap?
> Really, some people shouldn't be left designing interrupt controllers.
>
Can't comment on it ;)

> I'm afraid you'll have to use a separate flow for edge interrupts,
> probably using the fasteoi_ack flow, and perform the *write* to
> COMPLETE/CLAIM in the irq_ack() callback.
>
Thanks for the pointer, I'll spin out an RFC after implementing this.

> Is this a feature of this PLIC implementation? Or is that common to
> all PLICs?
>
I think it's a feature of this PLIC implementation and not common to all PLIC's.

Cheers,
Prabhakar

>         M.
>
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