Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: Move clearing pending IRQ to .irq_request_resources callback

From: Doug Anderson
Date: Wed Nov 11 2020 - 11:10:20 EST


Hi,

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:38 PM Maulik Shah <mkshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When GPIOs that are routed to PDC are used as output they can still latch
> the IRQ pending at GIC. As a result the spurious IRQ was handled when the
> client driver change the direction to input to starts using it as IRQ.
>
> Currently such erroneous latched IRQ are cleared with .irq_enable callback
> however if the driver continue to use GPIO as interrupt and invokes
> disable_irq() followed by enable_irq() then everytime during enable_irq()
> previously latched interrupt gets cleared.
>
> This can make edge IRQs not seen after enable_irq() if they had arrived
> after the driver has invoked disable_irq() and were pending at GIC.
>
> Move clearing erroneous IRQ to .irq_request_resources callback as this is
> the place where GPIO direction is changed as input and its locked as IRQ.
>
> While at this add a missing check to invoke msm_gpio_irq_clear_unmask()
> from .irq_enable callback only when GPIO is not routed to PDC.
>
> Fixes: e35a6ae0eb3a ("pinctrl/msm: Setup GPIO chip in hierarchy")
> Signed-off-by: Maulik Shah <mkshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
> index c4bcda9..77a25bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
> @@ -815,21 +815,14 @@ static void msm_gpio_irq_clear_unmask(struct irq_data *d, bool status_clear)
>
> static void msm_gpio_irq_enable(struct irq_data *d)
> {
> - /*
> - * Clear the interrupt that may be pending before we enable
> - * the line.
> - * This is especially a problem with the GPIOs routed to the
> - * PDC. These GPIOs are direct-connect interrupts to the GIC.
> - * Disabling the interrupt line at the PDC does not prevent
> - * the interrupt from being latched at the GIC. The state at
> - * GIC needs to be cleared before enabling.
> - */
> - if (d->parent_data) {
> - irq_chip_set_parent_state(d, IRQCHIP_STATE_PENDING, 0);
> + struct gpio_chip *gc = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
> + struct msm_pinctrl *pctrl = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +
> + if (d->parent_data)
> irq_chip_enable_parent(d);
> - }
>
> - msm_gpio_irq_clear_unmask(d, true);
> + if (!test_bit(d->hwirq, pctrl->skip_wake_irqs))
> + msm_gpio_irq_clear_unmask(d, true);

I'm happy that this patch landed and it seems a definite improvement.
However, it seems like we're still clearing important edges in the
case where the PDC isn't used. Can't we just unconditionally move the
clearing to msm_gpio_irq_reqres()?

-Doug