Re: Threaded interrupt handlers broken?

[Michael Buesch]

On Sunday 16 August 2009 12:14:36 Michael Buesch wrote:
> > 506                 spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
> > 507                 if (unlikely(desc->status & IRQ_DISABLED)) {
> > 508                         /*
> > 509                          * CHECKME: We might need a dedicated
> > 510                          * IRQ_THREAD_PENDING flag here, which
> > 511                          * retriggers the thread in check_irq_resend()
> > 512                          * but AFAICT IRQ_PENDING should be fine as it
> > 513                          * retriggers the interrupt itself --- tglx
> > 514                          */
> > 515                         desc->status |= IRQ_PENDING;
> > 516                         spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
> > 517                 } else {
> > 518                         spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
> > 519 
> > 520                         action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
> > 521                 }
> > 522 
> > 523                 wake = atomic_dec_and_test(&desc->threads_active);
> 
> Is this test logic inverted? atomic_dec_and_test() means
> (threads_active - 1) == 0
> Shouldn't it be like this?
> (threads_active - 1) != 0

I need the following patch for threaded IRQs to work.
The first hunk obviously is incorrect. But without it the thread_fn is
never called.

Index: wireless-testing/kernel/irq/manage.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/kernel/irq/manage.c	2009-08-15 22:22:07.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/kernel/irq/manage.c	2009-08-16 14:05:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 		atomic_inc(&desc->threads_active);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
-		if (unlikely(desc->status & IRQ_DISABLED)) {
+		if (0&&unlikely(desc->status & IRQ_DISABLED)) {
 			/*
 			 * CHECKME: We might need a dedicated
 			 * IRQ_THREAD_PENDING flag here, which
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 			action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
 		}
 
-		wake = atomic_dec_and_test(&desc->threads_active);
+		wake = !atomic_dec_and_test(&desc->threads_active);
 
 		if (wake && waitqueue_active(&desc->wait_for_threads))
 			wake_up(&desc->wait_for_threads);



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Greetings, Michael.
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