From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@chromium.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>, Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@arm.com>,
Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk>,
Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>,
Jeffrey Deans <jeffrey.deans@imgtec.com>,
Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>,
Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
"linux-mips@linux-mips.org" <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] of: Add binding document for MIPS GIC
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:33:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140902093330.GA6595@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL1qeaH97fL3x689-FwOxRZWS2-6CDzzzJX3xEKdvULHoxjMLA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 01:53:18AM +0100, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:14:30PM +0100, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> >> The Global Interrupt Controller (GIC) present on certain MIPS systems
> >> can be used to route external interrupts to individual VPEs and CPU
> >> interrupt vectors. It also supports a timer and software-generated
> >> interrupts.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@chromium.org>
> >> ---
> >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/gic.txt | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
> >> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/gic.txt
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/gic.txt
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..725f1ef
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/gic.txt
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
> >> +MIPS Global Interrupt Controller (GIC)
> >> +
> >> +The MIPS GIC routes external interrupts to individual VPEs and IRQ pins.
> >> +It also supports a timer and software-generated interrupts which can be
> >> +used as IPIs.
> >> +
> >> +Required properties:
> >> +- compatible : Should be "mti,global-interrupt-controller"
> >
> > I couldn't find "mti" in vendor-prefixes.txt (as of v3.17-rc3). If
> > there's not a patch to add it elsewhere, would you mind providing one
> > with this series?
>
> Sure. As James points out, "img" could also be used but I chose "mti"
> since the CPU interrupt controller also uses "mti" and I believe the
> GIC IP was developed before the acquisition by Imagination (though I'm
> not sure if that actually matters).
Using 'mti' sounds like the right choice to me given both of those
points.
> >> +- reg : Base address and length of the GIC registers.
> >> +- interrupts : Core interrupts to which the GIC may route external interrupts.
> >
> > How many?
>
> Up to 6, one for each of the possible core hardware interrupts (i.e.
> interrupt vectors 2 - 7). Which ones are available to the GIC depend
> on the system, for example Malta has an i8259 PIC hooked up to CPU
> interrupt vector 2, so that vector should not be used by the GIC.
>
> > In any order?
>
> They can technically be in any order, but when in strictly
> increasing/decreasing order they can be used along with the 3rd cell
> (described below) to prioritize interrupts.
Ok. Could you try to place that into the property description?
> >> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
> >> +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
> >> + interrupt specifier. Should be 3.
> >> + - The first cell is the GIC interrupt number.
> >> + - The second cell encodes the interrupt flags.
> >> + See <include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h> for a list of valid
> >> + flags.
> >
> > Are all the flags valid for this interrupt controller?
>
> Yes.
Ok.
> >> + - The optional third cell indicates which CPU interrupt vector the GIC
> >> + interrupt should be routed to. It is a 0-based index into the list of
> >> + GIC-to-CPU interrupts specified in the "interrupts" property described
> >> + above. For example, a '2' in this cell will route the interrupt to the
> >> + 3rd core interrupt listed in 'interrupts'. If omitted, the interrupt will
> >> + be routed to the 1st core interrupt.
> >
> > I don't follow why this should be in the DT. Why is this necessary?
>
> Since the GIC can route external interrupts to any of the CPU hardware
> interrupt vectors, it can be used to assign priorities to external
> interrupts. If the CPU is in vectored interrupt mode, the highest
> numbered interrupt vector (7) has the highest priority. An example:
>
> gic: interrupt-controller@1bdc0000 {
> ...
> interrupts = <3>, <4>;
> ...
> };
>
> uart {
> ...
> interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> interrupts = <24 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 1>;
> ...
> };
>
> i2c {
> ...
> interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> interrupts = <33 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
> ...
> };
>
> Since the third cell for the UART is '1', it maps to CPU interrupt
> vector 4 and thus has a higher priority than the I2C (whose third cell
> is 0, mapping to CPU interrupt vector 3).
>
> Perhaps, though, this is an instance of software policy being
> specified in device-tree. Other options would be to a) evenly
> distribute the GIC external interrupts across the CPU interrupt
> vectors available to the GIC, or b) just map all GIC external
> interrupts to a single interrupt vector.
As a user I don't see why the DT author should be in charge of whether
my UART gets higher priority than my I2C controller. That priority is
not a fixed property of the interrupt (as the line and flags are).
That said, this is a grey area. Are there any cases where this
prioritisation is critical on existing devices?
> > I also don't follow how this can be ommitted, given interrupt-cells is
> > required to be three by the wording above.
>
> If it's absent, the interrupt will be routed to the first CPU
> interrupt vector in the list. It's equivalent to the third cell being
> 0.
My point is that the wording implies that the third cell is optional on
a per-interrupt basis, when in reality it depends on the GIC node's
#interrupt-cells and affect all devices with GIC interrupts.
If &gic/#interrupt-cells = <3>, the third cell can't be absent.
If &gic/interrupt-cells = <2>, the third cell can't be present.
So it would be better to describe as something like:
When interrupt-cells = <3>, the third cell specifies the priority (in
the range X to Y). When #interrupt-cells = <2> all interrupts are
assigned the same priority (Z).
Thanks,
Mark.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-02 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-29 22:14 [PATCH 00/12] MIPS: GIC device-tree support Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 01/12] MIPS: Provide a generic plat_irq_dispatch Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-31 17:34 ` Jonas Gorski
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 02/12] MIPS: Set vint handler when mapping CPU interrupts Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 03/12] of: Add binding document for MIPS GIC Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-30 7:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-31 18:34 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-01 11:01 ` Mark Rutland
2014-09-01 12:11 ` James Hogan
2014-09-02 0:53 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-02 9:33 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2014-09-02 16:36 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-02 17:27 ` David Daney
2014-09-02 19:36 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-03 0:50 ` David Daney
2014-09-03 23:53 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-04 0:06 ` David Daney
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 04/12] MIPS: GIC: Move MIPS_GIC_IRQ_BASE into platform irq.h Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-30 7:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-31 18:54 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-01 8:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-02 0:08 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-02 22:22 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-09-03 15:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 05/12] MIPS: GIC: Add device-tree support Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-30 7:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-31 18:42 ` Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 06/12] MIPS: GIC: Add generic IPI support when using DT Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 07/12] MIPS: GIC: Implement irq_set_type callback Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 08/12] MIPS: GIC: Implement generic irq_ack/irq_eoi callbacks Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 09/12] MIPS: GIC: Fix gic_set_affinity() return value Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 10/12] MIPS: GIC: Support local interrupts Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 11/12] MIPS: GIC: Use local interrupts for timer Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-29 22:14 ` [PATCH 12/12] MIPS: Malta: Map GIC local interrupts Andrew Bresticker
2014-08-30 6:33 ` [PATCH 00/12] MIPS: GIC device-tree support John Crispin
2014-08-31 18:32 ` Andrew Bresticker
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