Re: [PATCH 1/1] irq-gic: add capability to set bypass flag in GIC

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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> [dropping <patches@xxxxxxx> from the CC list, as someone seems to have
>>>  tripped on the config file, and I'm tired of getting bounces]
>>>
>>> Feng,
>>>
>>> On 19/11/13 21:42, Feng Kan wrote:
>>>> The GIC-400 implementation allows for FIQ and IRQ bypass. In the
>>>> X-Gene implementation, the FIQ bypass must be enabled at all time.
>>>> Otherwise, some PPI will appear as FIQ and cause kernel problem.
>>>
>>> How comes? Are only PPIs affected? When you say "some PPIs", can you be
>>> more specific?
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Feng Kan <fkan@xxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c       |   15 +++++++++++----
>>>>  include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h |    4 ++--
>>>>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
>>>> index d0e9480..aa7342e 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
>>>> @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct gic_chip_data {
>>>>  #endif
>>>>       struct irq_domain *domain;
>>>>       unsigned int gic_irqs;
>>>> +     unsigned int bypass_flag;
>>>>  #ifdef CONFIG_GIC_NON_BANKED
>>>>       void __iomem *(*get_base)(union gic_base *);
>>>>  #endif
>>>> @@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ static void gic_cpu_init(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
>>>>               writel_relaxed(0xa0a0a0a0, dist_base + GIC_DIST_PRI + i * 4 / 4);
>>>>
>>>>       writel_relaxed(0xf0, base + GIC_CPU_PRIMASK);
>>>> -     writel_relaxed(1, base + GIC_CPU_CTRL);
>>>> +     writel_relaxed(gic->bypass_flag | 1, base + GIC_CPU_CTRL);
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>>  void gic_cpu_if_down(void)
>>>> @@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ static void gic_cpu_restore(unsigned int gic_nr)
>>>>               writel_relaxed(0xa0a0a0a0, dist_base + GIC_DIST_PRI + i * 4);
>>>>
>>>>       writel_relaxed(0xf0, cpu_base + GIC_CPU_PRIMASK);
>>>> -     writel_relaxed(1, cpu_base + GIC_CPU_CTRL);
>>>> +     writel_relaxed(gic_data[gic_nr].bypass_flag | 1, cpu_base + GIC_CPU_CTRL);
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>>  static int gic_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd,      void *v)
>>>> @@ -733,7 +734,8 @@ const struct irq_domain_ops gic_irq_domain_ops = {
>>>>
>>>>  void __init gic_init_bases(unsigned int gic_nr, int irq_start,
>>>>                          void __iomem *dist_base, void __iomem *cpu_base,
>>>> -                        u32 percpu_offset, struct device_node *node)
>>>> +                        u32 percpu_offset, u32 bypass_val,
>>>> +                        struct device_node *node)
>>>>  {
>>>>       irq_hw_number_t hwirq_base;
>>>>       struct gic_chip_data *gic;
>>>> @@ -821,6 +823,7 @@ void __init gic_init_bases(unsigned int gic_nr, int irq_start,
>>>>
>>>>       set_handle_irq(gic_handle_irq);
>>>>
>>>> +     gic->bypass_flag = (bypass_val & 0xf) << 4;
>>>
>>> Beware, the top 2 bits are reserved on GICv1, and shouldn't be messed with.
>>>
>>>>       gic_chip.flags |= gic_arch_extn.flags;
>>>>       gic_dist_init(gic);
>>>>       gic_cpu_init(gic);
>>>> @@ -835,6 +838,7 @@ int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
>>>>       void __iomem *cpu_base;
>>>>       void __iomem *dist_base;
>>>>       u32 percpu_offset;
>>>> +     u32 bypass_val;
>>>>       int irq;
>>>>
>>>>       if (WARN_ON(!node))
>>>> @@ -849,7 +853,10 @@ int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
>>>>       if (of_property_read_u32(node, "cpu-offset", &percpu_offset))
>>>>               percpu_offset = 0;
>>>>
>>>> -     gic_init_bases(gic_cnt, -1, dist_base, cpu_base, percpu_offset, node);
>>>> +     if (of_property_read_u32(node, "bypass-flags", &bypass_val))
>>>> +             bypass_val = 0;
>>>
>>> [adding Mark on Cc, so he can comment on the DT parts]
>>>
>>> Where's the DT documentation update? Also, as this is an
>>> implementation-specific quirk, you should consider using a separate
>>> compatible string and move the handling of this issue into some X-Gene
>>> specific code.
>>
>> Adding separate compatible string for X-Gene specific GIC will break
>> VGIC code for X-Gene because VGIC code looks for DT node compatible
>> to "arm,cortex-a15-gic". We don't want to break currently working VGIC
>> code for X-Gene.
>>
>> The Legacy-IRQ bypass disable and Legacy-FIQ bypass disable is a
>> feature of GIC-400 and its not X-Gene specific. The only difference in X-Gene
>> is that we use PPI31 (Legacy-IRQ) for timer and PPI28 (Legacy-FIQ) for perf
>> event. The issue is that IRQBypDisGrp0, FIQBypDisGrp0, IRQBypDisGrp1
>> and FIQBypDisGrp1 bits are 0 by default and for X-Gene we need to set
>> these bits to 1 so that GIC-400 does not bypass PPI31 (Legacy-IRQ) and
>> PPI28 (Legacy-FIQ).
>>
>> We should have more cleaner and optional device tree binding for GIC
>> which can help us set IRQBypDisGrp0, FIQBypDisGrp0, IRQBypDisGrp1
>> and FIQBypDisGrp1 bits for X-Gene.
>
> IIRC, all these bits are secure mode only (or only a subset are
> banked). Whether an SoC supports secure mode or not, the current
> policy for the kernel is to do any secure mode setup in firmware or
> bootloader.

Group0 are secure interrupts and Group1 are non-secure interrupts.

Does this mean we should only touch IRQBypDisGrp1 and FIQBypDisGrp1
bits from kernel ??

>
> Rob

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