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author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-20 09:36:52 +0400 |
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committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2011-05-20 09:36:52 +0400 |
commit | 880102e78547c1db158a17e36cf0cdd98e7ad710 (patch) | |
tree | 3fff9cc54c44dafe275cfabefb96c589e08d971d /Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl | |
parent | 3d07f0e83d4323d2cd45cc583f7cf1957aca3cac (diff) | |
parent | 39ab05c8e0b519ff0a04a869f065746e6e8c3d95 (diff) | |
download | linux-880102e78547c1db158a17e36cf0cdd98e7ad710.tar.xz |
Merge remote branch 'origin/master' into merge
Manual merge of arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c and add missing scheduler_ipi()
call to arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl | 82 |
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl index fb10fd08c05c..b3422341d65c 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ <para> Whenever an interrupt triggers, the lowlevel arch code calls into the generic interrupt code by calling desc->handle_irq(). - This highlevel IRQ handling function only uses desc->chip primitives - referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure. + This highlevel IRQ handling function only uses desc->irq_data.chip + primitives referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="Highlevel_Driver_API"> @@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ <listitem><para>enable_irq()</para></listitem> <listitem><para>disable_irq_nosync() (SMP only)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>synchronize_irq() (SMP only)</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>set_irq_type()</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>set_irq_wake()</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>set_irq_data()</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>set_irq_chip()</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>set_irq_chip_data()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_set_irq_type()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_set_irq_wake()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_set_handler_data()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_set_chip()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_set_chip_data()</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> See the autogenerated function documentation for details. </para> @@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ <listitem><para>handle_fasteoi_irq</para></listitem> <listitem><para>handle_simple_irq</para></listitem> <listitem><para>handle_percpu_irq</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>handle_edge_eoi_irq</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>handle_bad_irq</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> The interrupt flow handlers (either predefined or architecture specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture @@ -241,13 +243,13 @@ <programlisting> default_enable(struct irq_data *data) { - desc->chip->irq_unmask(data); + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(data); } default_disable(struct irq_data *data) { if (!delay_disable(data)) - desc->chip->irq_mask(data); + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(data); } default_ack(struct irq_data *data) @@ -284,9 +286,9 @@ noop(struct irq_data *data)) <para> The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt): <programlisting> -desc->chip->irq_mask(); -handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); -desc->chip->irq_unmask(); +desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack(); +handle_irq_event(desc->action); +desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(); </programlisting> </para> </sect3> @@ -300,8 +302,8 @@ desc->chip->irq_unmask(); <para> The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt): <programlisting> -handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); -desc->chip->irq_eoi(); +handle_irq_event(desc->action); +desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi(); </programlisting> </para> </sect3> @@ -315,17 +317,17 @@ desc->chip->irq_eoi(); The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt): <programlisting> if (desc->status & running) { - desc->chip->irq_mask(); + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack(); desc->status |= pending | masked; return; } -desc->chip->irq_ack(); +desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack(); desc->status |= running; do { if (desc->status & masked) - desc->chip->irq_unmask(); + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(); desc->status &= ~pending; - handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); + handle_irq_event(desc->action); } while (status & pending); desc->status &= ~running; </programlisting> @@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ desc->status &= ~running; <para> The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt): <programlisting> -handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); +handle_irq_event(desc->action); </programlisting> </para> </sect3> @@ -362,12 +364,29 @@ handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); <para> The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt): <programlisting> -handle_IRQ_event(desc->action); -if (desc->chip->irq_eoi) - desc->chip->irq_eoi(); +if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack) + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack(); +handle_irq_event(desc->action); +if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi) + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi(); </programlisting> </para> </sect3> + <sect3 id="EOI_Edge_IRQ_flow_handler"> + <title>EOI Edge IRQ flow handler</title> + <para> + handle_edge_eoi_irq provides an abnomination of the edge + handler which is solely used to tame a badly wreckaged + irq controller on powerpc/cell. + </para> + </sect3> + <sect3 id="BAD_IRQ_flow_handler"> + <title>Bad IRQ flow handler</title> + <para> + handle_bad_irq is used for spurious interrupts which + have no real handler assigned.. + </para> + </sect3> </sect2> <sect2 id="Quirks_and_optimizations"> <title>Quirks and optimizations</title> @@ -410,6 +429,7 @@ if (desc->chip->irq_eoi) <listitem><para>irq_mask_ack() - Optional, recommended for performance</para></listitem> <listitem><para>irq_mask()</para></listitem> <listitem><para>irq_unmask()</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>irq_eoi() - Optional, required for eoi flow handlers</para></listitem> <listitem><para>irq_retrigger() - Optional</para></listitem> <listitem><para>irq_set_type() - Optional</para></listitem> <listitem><para>irq_set_wake() - Optional</para></listitem> @@ -424,32 +444,24 @@ if (desc->chip->irq_eoi) <chapter id="doirq"> <title>__do_IRQ entry point</title> <para> - The original implementation __do_IRQ() is an alternative entry - point for all types of interrupts. + The original implementation __do_IRQ() was an alternative entry + point for all types of interrupts. It not longer exists. </para> <para> This handler turned out to be not suitable for all interrupt hardware and was therefore reimplemented with split - functionality for egde/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not + functionality for edge/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not only a functional optimization. It also shortens code paths for interrupts. </para> - <para> - To make use of the split implementation, replace the call to - __do_IRQ by a call to desc->handle_irq() and associate - the appropriate handler function to desc->handle_irq(). - In most cases the generic handler implementations should - be sufficient. - </para> </chapter> <chapter id="locking"> <title>Locking on SMP</title> <para> The locking of chip registers is up to the architecture that - defines the chip primitives. There is a chip->lock field that can be used - for serialization, but the generic layer does not touch it. The per-irq - structure is protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer. + defines the chip primitives. The per-irq structure is + protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="structs"> |