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From: jiang.liu@linux.intel.com (Jiang Liu)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [Patch] irqdomain: Introduce new interfaces to support hierarchy irqdomains
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:26:07 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <542255EF.6080001@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54205C9C.4070101@infradead.org>

Thanks Randy! I will fix these issues in next version.
Regards!
Gerry

On 2014/9/23 1:30, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 09/22/14 01:17, Jiang Liu wrote:
>> ---
>>  Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt |   71 +++++++++
>>  include/linux/irq.h          |    3 +
>>  include/linux/irqdomain.h    |   86 ++++++++++
>>  kernel/irq/Kconfig           |    3 +
>>  kernel/irq/chip.c            |    3 +
>>  kernel/irq/irqdomain.c       |  360 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  6 files changed, 510 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt b/Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt
>> index 8a8b82c9ca53..062f6b6088b4 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt
>> @@ -151,3 +151,74 @@ used and no descriptor gets allocated it is very important to make sure
>>  that the driver using the simple domain call irq_create_mapping()
>>  before any irq_find_mapping() since the latter will actually work
>>  for the static IRQ assignment case.
>> +
>> +==== Hierarchy IRQ domain ====
>> +On some architectures, there may be multiple interrupt controllers
>> +involved in delivering an interrupt from the device to the target CPU.
>> +Let's look at a typical interrupt delivering path on x86 platforms:
>> +
>> +Device --> IOAPIC -> Interrupt remapping Controller -> Local APIC -> CPU
>> +
>> +There are three interrupt controllers involved:
>> +1) IOAPIC controller
>> +2) Interrupt remapping controller
>> +3) Local APIC controller
>> +
>> +To support such a hardware topology and make software architecture match
>> +hardware architecture, an irq_domain data structure is built for each
>> +interrupt controller and those irq_domains are organized into hierarchy.
>> +When building irq_domain hierarchy, the irq_domain near to the device is
>> +child and the irq_domain near to CPU is parent. So a hierarchy structure
>> +as below will be built for the example above.
>> +	CPU Vector irq_domain (root irq_domain to manage CPU vectors)
>> +		^
>> +		|
>> +	Interrupt Remapping irq_domain (manage irq_remapping entries)
>> +		^
>> +		|
>> +	IOAPIC irq_domain (manage IOAPIC delivery entries/pins)
>> +
>> +There are four major interfaces to use hierarchy irq_domain:
>> +1) irq_domain_alloc_irqs(): allocate IRQ descriptors and interrupt
>> +   controller related resources to deliver these interrupts.
>> +2) irq_domain_free_irqs(): free IRQ descriptors and interrupt controler
> 
>                                                                  controller
> 
>> +   related resources associated with these interrupts.
>> +3) irq_domain_activate_irq(): activate interrupt controller hardware to
>> +   deliver the interrupt.
>> +3) irq_domain_deactivate_irq(): deactivate interrupt controller hardware
>> +   to stopping delivering the interrupt.
> 
>       to stop
> 
>> +
>> +Following changes are needed to support hierarchy irq_domain.
>> +1) a new field 'parent' is added to struct irq_domain, it's used to
> 
>                                               irq_domain;
> 
>> +   maintain irq_domain hierarchy information.
>> +2) a new field 'parent_data' is added to struct irq_data, it's used to
> 
>                                                    irq_data;
> 
>> +   build hierarchy irq_data to match hierarchy irq_domains. The irq_data
>> +   is used to store irq_domain pointer and hardware irq number.
>> +3) new callbacks are added to struct irq_domain_ops to support hierarchy
>> +   irq_domain operations.
>> +
>> +With support of hierarchy irq_domain and hierarchy irq_data ready, an
>> +irq_domain structure is built for each interrupt controller, and an
>> +irq_data structure is allocated for each irq_domain associated with an
>> +IRQ. Now we could go one step further to support stacked(hierarchy)
>> +irq_chip. That is, an irq_chip is associated with each irq_data along
>> +the hierarchy. A child irq_chip may implement a required action by
>> +itself or by cooperating with its parent irq_chip.
>> +
>> +With stacked irq_chip, interrupt controller driver only needs to deal
>> +with the hardware managed by itself and may ask for services from its
>> +parent irq_chip when needed. So we could achieve a much more cleaner
> 
>                                                     a much cleaner
> 
>> +software architecture.
>> +
>> +For an interrupt controller driver to support hierarchy irq_domain, it
>> +needs to:
>> +1) Implement irq_domain_ops.alloc and irq_domain_ops.free
>> +2) Optionally implement irq_domain_ops.activate and
>> +   irq_domain_ops.deactivate.
>> +3) Optionally implement an irq_chip to manage the interrupt controller
>> +   hardware.
>> +4) No need to implement irq_domain_ops.map and irq_domain_ops.unmap,
>> +   they are unused with hierarchy irq_domain.
>> +
>> +Hierarchy irq_domain may also be used to support other architectures,
>> +such as ARM, ARM64 etc.
> 
>> diff --git a/include/linux/irqdomain.h b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
>> index b0f9d16e48f6..46e047c414bc 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/irqdomain.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/irqdomain.h
>> @@ -77,6 +89,7 @@ struct irq_domain_chip_generic;
>>   * @ops: pointer to irq_domain methods
>>   * @host_data: private data pointer for use by owner.  Not touched by irq_domain
>>   *             core code.
>> + * @flags: host per irqdomain flags
> 
>                        irq_domain ?
> 
>>   *
>>   * Optional elements
>>   * @of_node: Pointer to device tree nodes associated with the irq_domain. Used
>> @@ -84,6 +97,7 @@ struct irq_domain_chip_generic;
>>   * @gc: Pointer to a list of generic chips. There is a helper function for
>>   *      setting up one or more generic chips for interrupt controllers
>>   *      drivers using the generic chip library which uses this pointer.
>> + * @parent: Pointer to parent irqdomain to support hierarchy irqdomains
> 
>                                  irq_domain ?                   irq_domains ?
> 
>>   *
>>   * Revmap data, used internally by irq_domain
>>   * @revmap_direct_max_irq: The largest hwirq that can be set for controllers that
> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>> index 6534ff6ce02e..26628239088c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
>> @@ -709,3 +708,332 @@ const struct irq_domain_ops irq_domain_simple_ops = {
>>  	.xlate = irq_domain_xlate_onetwocell,
>>  };
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_domain_simple_ops);
>> +
>> +static int irq_domain_alloc_descs(int virq, unsigned int nr_irqs,
>> +				  irq_hw_number_t hwirq, int node)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned int hint;
>> +
>> +	if (virq >= 0) {
>> +		virq = irq_alloc_descs(virq, virq, nr_irqs, node);
>> +	} else {
>> +		hint = hwirq % nr_irqs;
>> +		if (hint == 0)
>> +			hint++;
>> +		virq = irq_alloc_descs_from(hint, nr_irqs, node);
>> +		if (virq <= 0 && hint > 1)
>> +			virq = irq_alloc_descs_from(1, nr_irqs, node);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return virq;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#ifdef	CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY
>> +static void irq_domain_free_descs(unsigned int virq, unsigned int nr_irqs)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned int i;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++)
>> +		irq_free_desc(virq + i);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void irq_domain_insert_irq(int virq)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *data;
>> +
>> +	for (data = irq_get_irq_data(virq); data; data = data->parent_data) {
>> +		struct irq_domain *domain = data->domain;
>> +		irq_hw_number_t hwirq = data->hwirq;
>> +
>> +		if (hwirq < domain->revmap_size) {
>> +			domain->linear_revmap[hwirq] = virq;
>> +		} else {
>> +			mutex_lock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
>> +			radix_tree_insert(&domain->revmap_tree, hwirq, data);
>> +			mutex_unlock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		/* If not already assigned, give the domain the chip's name */
>> +		if (!domain->name && data->chip)
>> +			domain->name = data->chip->name;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	irq_clear_status_flags(virq, IRQ_NOREQUEST);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void irq_domain_remove_irq(int virq)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *data;
>> +
>> +	irq_set_status_flags(virq, IRQ_NOREQUEST);
>> +	irq_set_chip_and_handler(virq, NULL, NULL);
>> +	synchronize_irq(virq);
>> +	smp_mb();
>> +
>> +	for (data = irq_get_irq_data(virq); data; data = data->parent_data) {
>> +		struct irq_domain *domain = data->domain;
>> +		irq_hw_number_t hwirq = data->hwirq;
>> +
>> +		if (hwirq < domain->revmap_size) {
>> +			domain->linear_revmap[hwirq] = 0;
>> +		} else {
>> +			mutex_lock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
>> +			radix_tree_delete(&domain->revmap_tree, hwirq);
>> +			mutex_unlock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct irq_data *irq_domain_insert_irq_data(struct irq_domain *domain,
>> +						   struct irq_data *child)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data;
>> +
>> +	irq_data = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*irq_data), GFP_KERNEL, child->node);
>> +	if (irq_data) {
>> +		child->parent_data = irq_data;
>> +		irq_data->irq = child->irq;
>> +		irq_data->node = child->node;
>> +		irq_data->domain = domain;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return irq_data;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void irq_domain_free_irq_data(unsigned int virq, unsigned int nr_irqs)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data, *tmp;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++) {
>> +		irq_data = irq_get_irq_data(virq + i);
>> +		tmp = irq_data->parent_data;
>> +		irq_data->parent_data = NULL;
>> +		irq_data->domain = NULL;
>> +
>> +		while (tmp) {
>> +			irq_data = tmp;
>> +			tmp = tmp->parent_data;
>> +			kfree(irq_data);
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int irq_domain_alloc_irq_data(struct irq_domain *domain,
>> +				     unsigned int virq, unsigned int nr_irqs)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data;
>> +	struct irq_domain *parent;
>> +
>> +	/* The outmost irq_data is embedded in struct irq_desc */
> 
> 	       outermost
> 
>> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++) {
>> +		irq_data = irq_get_irq_data(virq + i);
>> +		irq_data->domain = domain;
>> +
>> +		for (parent = domain->parent; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
>> +			irq_data = irq_domain_insert_irq_data(parent, irq_data);
>> +			if (!irq_data) {
>> +				irq_domain_free_irq_data(virq, i + 1);
>> +				return -ENOMEM;
>> +			}
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * irq_domain_get_irq_data - Get irq_data assoicated with @virq and @domain
> 
>                                              associated
> 
>> + * @domain: domain to match
>> + * @virq: IRQ number to get irq_data
>> + */
>> +struct irq_data *irq_domain_get_irq_data(struct irq_domain *domain,
>> +					 unsigned int virq)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data;
>> +
>> +	for (irq_data = irq_get_irq_data(virq); irq_data;
>> +	     irq_data = irq_data->parent_data)
>> +		if (irq_data->domain == domain)
>> +			return irq_data;
>> +
>> +	return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +int irq_domain_set_hwirq_and_chip(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
>> +				  irq_hw_number_t hwirq, struct irq_chip *chip,
>> +				  void *chip_data)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data = irq_domain_get_irq_data(domain, virq);
>> +
>> +	if (!irq_data)
>> +		return -ENOENT;
>> +
>> +	irq_data->hwirq = hwirq;
>> +	irq_data->chip = chip;
>> +	irq_data->chip_data = chip_data;
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void irq_domain_reset_irq_data(struct irq_data *irq_data)
>> +{
>> +	irq_data->hwirq = 0;
>> +	irq_data->chip = NULL;
>> +	irq_data->chip_data = NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * __irq_domain_alloc_irqs - Allocate IRQs from domain
>> + * @domain: domain to allocate from
>> + * @irq_base: allocate specified IRQ nubmer if irq_base >= 0
>> + * @nr_irqs: number of IRQs to allocate
>> + * @node: NUMA node id for memory allocation
>> + * @arg: domain specific argument
>> + * @realloc: IRQ descriptors have already been allocated if true
>> + *
>> + * Allocate IRQ numbers and initialized all data structures to support
>> + * hiearchy IRQ domains.
>> + * Parameter @realloc is mainly to support legacy IRQs.
>> + * Returns error code or allocated IRQ number
>> + */
>> +int __irq_domain_alloc_irqs(struct irq_domain *domain, int irq_base,
>> +			    unsigned int nr_irqs, int node, void *arg,
>> +			    bool realloc)
>> +{
>> +	int i, ret, virq;
>> +
>> +	if (domain == NULL) {
>> +		domain = irq_default_domain;
>> +		if (WARN(!domain, "domain is NULL; cannot allocate IRQ\n"))
>> +			return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (!domain->ops->alloc) {
>> +		pr_debug("domain->ops->alloc() is NULL\n");
>> +		return -ENOSYS;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (realloc && irq_base >= 0) {
>> +		virq =  irq_base;
>> +	} else {
>> +		virq = irq_domain_alloc_descs(irq_base, nr_irqs, 0, node);
>> +		if (virq < 0) {
>> +			pr_debug("cannot allocate IRQ(base %d, count %d)\n",
>> +				 irq_base, nr_irqs);
>> +			return virq;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (irq_domain_alloc_irq_data(domain, virq, nr_irqs)) {
>> +		pr_debug("cannot allocate memory for IRQ%d\n", virq);
>> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
>> +		goto out_free_desc;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	mutex_lock(&irq_domain_mutex);
>> +	ret = domain->ops->alloc(domain, virq, nr_irqs, arg);
>> +	if (ret < 0) {
>> +		mutex_unlock(&irq_domain_mutex);
>> +		goto out_free_irq_data;
>> +	}
>> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++)
>> +		irq_domain_insert_irq(virq + i);
>> +	mutex_unlock(&irq_domain_mutex);
>> +
>> +	return virq;
>> +
>> +out_free_irq_data:
>> +	irq_domain_free_irq_data(virq, nr_irqs);
>> +out_free_desc:
>> +	irq_domain_free_descs(virq, nr_irqs);
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * irq_domain_free_irqs - Free IRQ number and assoicated data structures
> 
>                                                  associated
> 
>> + * @virq: base IRQ number
>> + * @nr_irqs: number of IRQs to free
>> + */
>> +void irq_domain_free_irqs(unsigned int virq, unsigned int nr_irqs)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +	struct irq_data *data = irq_get_irq_data(virq);
>> +
>> +	if (WARN(!data || !data->domain || !data->domain->ops->free,
>> +		 "NULL pointer, cannot free irq\n"))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	mutex_lock(&irq_domain_mutex);
>> +	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++)
>> +		irq_domain_remove_irq(virq + i);
>> +	data->domain->ops->free(data->domain, virq, nr_irqs);
>> +	mutex_unlock(&irq_domain_mutex);
>> +
>> +	irq_domain_free_irq_data(virq, nr_irqs);
>> +	irq_domain_free_descs(virq, nr_irqs);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * irq_domain_activate_irq - Call domain_ops->activate recursively to activate
>> + *			     interrupt
>> + * @irq_data: out most irq_data associated with interrupt
> 
>                  outermost
> 
>> + *
>> + * It calls domain_ops->activate to program interrupt controllers, so the
>> + * interrupt could actually delivered.
>> + */
>> +int irq_domain_activate_irq(struct irq_data *irq_data)
>> +{
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +
>> +	if (irq_data && irq_data->domain) {
>> +		struct irq_domain *domain = irq_data->domain;
>> +
>> +		if (irq_data->parent_data)
>> +			ret = irq_domain_activate_irq(irq_data->parent_data);
>> +		if (ret == 0 && domain->ops->activate)
>> +			ret = domain->ops->activate(domain, irq_data);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * irq_domain_deactivate_irq - Call domain_ops->deactivate recursively to
>> + *			       deactivate interrupt
>> + * @irq_data: out most irq_data associated with interrupt
> 
>                  outermost
> 
>> + *
>> + * It calls domain_ops->deactivate to program interrupt controllers to disable
>> + * interrupt delivery.
>> + */
>> +int irq_domain_deactivate_irq(struct irq_data *irq_data)
>> +{
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +
>> +	if (irq_data && irq_data->domain) {
>> +		struct irq_domain *domain = irq_data->domain;
>> +
>> +		if (domain->ops->deactivate)
>> +			ret = domain->ops->deactivate(domain, irq_data);
>> +		if (ret == 0 && irq_data->parent_data)
>> +			ret = irq_domain_deactivate_irq(irq_data->parent_data);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
>> +#else	/* CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY */
>> +/**
>> + * irq_domain_get_irq_data - Get irq_data assoicated with @virq and @domain
> 
>                                              associated
> 
>> + * @domain: domain to match
>> + * @virq: IRQ number to get irq_data
>> + */
>> +struct irq_data *irq_domain_get_irq_data(struct irq_domain *domain,
>> +					 unsigned int virq)
>> +{
>> +	struct irq_data *irq_data = irq_get_irq_data(virq);
>> +
>> +	return (irq_data && irq_data->domain == domain) ? irq_data : NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif	/* CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY */
>>
> 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-24  5:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-11 14:03 [RFC Part2 v1 00/21] Enable hierarchy irqdomian on x86 platforms Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 01/21] irqdomain: Introduce new interfaces to support hierarchy irqdomains Jiang Liu
2014-09-16 17:43   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-18  7:28     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-22  8:17     ` [Patch] " Jiang Liu
2014-09-22 17:30       ` Randy Dunlap
2014-09-24  5:26         ` Jiang Liu [this message]
2014-09-23  9:43       ` Joe.C
2014-09-24  5:55         ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-18  8:48   ` [RFC Part2 v1 01/21] " Joe.C
2014-09-18  8:58     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-24  6:55   ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2014-09-24  7:23     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 02/21] genirq: Introduce helper functions to support stacked irq_chip Jiang Liu
2014-09-16 17:45   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-17  3:07     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-17 20:58       ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-18  6:14         ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 03/21] x86, irq: Save destination CPU ID in irq_cfg Jiang Liu
2014-09-16 17:47   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-17  2:24     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 04/21] x86, irq: Use hierarchy irqdomain to manage CPU interrupt vectors Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 05/21] x86, hpet: Use new irqdomain interfaces to allocate/free IRQ Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 06/21] x86, MSI: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 07/21] x86, uv: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 08/21] x86, htirq: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 09/21] x86, dmar: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 10/21] x86: irq_remapping: Introduce new interfaces to support hierarchy irqdomain Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 11/21] iommu/vt-d: Change prototypes to prepare for enabling " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 12/21] iommu/vt-d: Enhance Intel IR driver to suppport " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 13/21] iommu/amd: Enhance AMD " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 14/21] x86, hpet: Enhance HPET IRQ to support " Jiang Liu
2014-09-16 18:31   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-17  5:16     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 15/21] x86, MSI: Use hierarchy irqdomain to manage MSI interrupts Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:17   ` Ni, Xun
2014-09-11 14:29     ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 16/21] x86, irq: Directly call native_compose_msi_msg() for DMAR IRQ Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 17/21] x86, htirq: Use hierarchy irqdomain to manage Hypertransport interrupts Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 18/21] iommu/vt-d: Clean up unused MSI related code Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 19/21] iommu/amd: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 20/21] x86: irq_remapping: " Jiang Liu
2014-09-11 14:03 ` [RFC Part2 v1 21/21] x86, irq: Clean up unused MSI related code and interfaces Jiang Liu
2014-09-24  7:59 ` [RFC Part2 v1 00/21] Enable hierarchy irqdomian on x86 platforms Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2014-09-24  8:10   ` Jiang Liu
2014-09-24  8:12     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2014-09-24 19:25   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-25  8:15     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu

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