kernel/linux
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ synced 2026-11-13 07:31:07 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Packages Activity

sfc: Rework IRQ enable/disable

Browse source 
There are many problems with the current efx_stop_interrupts() and
efx_start_interrupts():

1. On Siena, it is unsafe to disable the master IRQ enable bit
(DRV_INT_EN_KER) while any IRQ sources are enabled.

2. On EF10 there is no master IRQ enable bit, so we cannot expect to
defer IRQs without tearing down event queues.  (Though I don't think
we will need to keep any event queues around while the device is down,
as we do for VFDI on Siena.)

3. synchronize_irq() only waits for a running IRQ handler to finish,
not for any propagation through IRQ controllers.  Therefore an IRQ may
still be received and handled after efx_stop_interrupts() returns.
IRQ handlers can then race with channel reallocation.

To fix this:

a. Introduce a software IRQ enable flag.  So long as this is clear,
IRQ handlers will only acknowledge IRQs and not touch the channel
structures.

b. Define a new struct efx_msi_context as the context for MSIs.  This
is never reallocated and is sufficient to find the software enable
flag and the channel structure.  It also includes the channel/IRQ
name, which was previously separated out as it must also not be
reallocated.

c. Split efx_{start,stop}_interrupts() into
efx_{,soft_}_{enable,disable}_interrupts().  The 'soft' functions
don't touch the hardware master enable flag (if it exists) and don't
reinitialise or tear down channels with the keep_eventq flag set.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
This commit is contained in:
Ben Hutchings 2012-10-05 23:35:41 +01:00
commit d829118705
4 changed files with 112 additions and 59 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files