[PATCH v7 1/4] irqchip: gic: Support hierarchy irq domain.

[yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com (Yingjoe Chen)]

Hi Marc,

On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 11:57 +0800, Yingjoe Chen wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-11-19 at 17:18 +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static const struct irq_domain_ops gic_irq_domain_hierarchy_ops = {
> > > +	.xlate = gic_irq_domain_xlate,
> > > +	.alloc = gic_irq_domain_alloc,
> > > +	.free = irq_domain_free_irqs_top,
> > 
> > I'm convinced that irq_domain_free_irqs_top is the wrong function to
> > call here, because you're calling it from the bottom, not the top-level
> > (it has no parent).
> 
> Base on the name, I though this is helper function for top level
> irq_domain?
> 
> > I cannot verify this with your code as I don't a working platform with
> > GICv2m, but if I enable something similar on GICv3, it dies a very
> > painful way:
> > 
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018
> > pgd = ffffffc03d059000
> > [00000018] *pgd=0000000081356003, *pud=0000000081356003, *pmd=0000000000000000
> > Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU: 4 PID: 1052 Comm: sh Not tainted 3.18.0-rc4+ #3311
> > task: ffffffc03e320000 ti: ffffffc001390000 task.ti: ffffffc001390000
> > PC is at irq_domain_free_irqs_recursive+0x1c/0x80
> > LR is at irq_domain_free_irqs_common+0x88/0x9c
> > pc : [<ffffffc0000ed790>] lr : [<ffffffc0000ede20>] pstate: 60000145
> > [...]
> > [<ffffffc0000ed790>] irq_domain_free_irqs_recursive+0x1c/0x80
> > [<ffffffc0000ede1c>] irq_domain_free_irqs_common+0x84/0x9c
> > [<ffffffc0000ede98>] irq_domain_free_irqs_top+0x64/0x7c  <-- gic_domain.free()
> > [<ffffffc0000ed798>] irq_domain_free_irqs_recursive+0x24/0x80
> > [<ffffffc0000ee468>] irq_domain_free_irqs_parent+0x14/0x20
> > [<ffffffc0003500b8>] its_irq_domain_free+0xc8/0x250
> > [<ffffffc0000ed798>] irq_domain_free_irqs_recursive+0x24/0x80
> > [<ffffffc0000ede1c>] irq_domain_free_irqs_common+0x84/0x9c
> > [<ffffffc0000ede98>] irq_domain_free_irqs_top+0x64/0x7c
> > [<ffffffc0000ef518>] msi_domain_free+0x70/0x88
> > [<ffffffc0000ed798>] irq_domain_free_irqs_recursive+0x24/0x80
> > [<ffffffc0000ee3ac>] irq_domain_free_irqs+0x108/0x17c
> > [<ffffffc0000efb68>] msi_domain_free_irqs+0x28/0x4c
> > [<ffffffc000369cac>] free_msi_irqs+0xb4/0x1c0
> > [<ffffffc00036adec>] pci_disable_msix+0x3c/0x4c
> > [...]
> > 
> > and I cannot see how this could work on the standard GIC either.
> 
> I'm sorry, I just realize my testcase was too simple, irqs are populated
> by device tree and never got freed. I'll add that and test it again.

On a second thoughts, unlike the MSI cases, gic_irq_domain_hierarchy_ops
is only used when we use DT, so we probably will never use the free
function. Is it OK to remove the free support here?

Joe.C