[RFC patch 00/20] Interrupt chip consolidation

[tglx@linutronix.de (Thomas Gleixner)]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 04/19/2011 11:41 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> >> On 04/16/2011 11:14 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >>> [...]
> >  
> >> I've also noticed that all my chained demuxer handlers follow a similar scheme
> >> and a quick grep for generic_handle_irq revealed that quite a few other
> >> implementations also follow a similar scheme as well.
> >>
> >> Something along the lines of ...
> >>
> >> void irq_gc_chained_demux_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
> >> {
> >> 	struct irq_chip_generic *gc = irq_desc_get_handler_data(desc);
> >> 	struct irq_chip_type *ct = gc = irq_chip_generic_current_chip_type(gc);
> >> 	unsigned long pending = irq_reg_readl(ct->regs.pending);
> >>
> >> 	pending = irq_reg_readl(ct->regs.pending) & gc->mask_cache;
> >>
> >> 	for_each_set_bit (irq, &pending, gc->irq_cnt)
> >> 		generic_handle_irq(gc->irq_base + irq);
> >> }
> >>
> >> ... could be used to replace those custom handlers in an irq_chip_generic based
> >> implementation.
> >>
> >> With this the diffstat for JZ4740 looks even better:
> >>  4 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 232 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> Unfortunately it doesn't completely fit into the current irq_chip_generic
> >> implementation. For one there is no irq_chip_generic_current_chip_type, but I
> >> guess that could be implementing by adding a field to irq_chip_generic pointing
> >> to the current chip type. On the other hand I'm not sure if it is necessary to
> > 
> > No, you can get the current chip from irq_data.chip which always has a
> > pointer to the current active one. container_of will give you the
> > generic chip.
> 
> Yes, but the chained demux handler is of course installed on the parent irq chip.
> I guess we could do something like cur_regs(irq_get_irq_data(gc->irq_base))
> though, but that is a lot of indirection.

Nah. I whip up a inline helper which lets you retrieve that info from
*desc.
 
> >> Another issue is that while the gpio unit on the JZ4740 supports different
> >> trigger modes it only supports either rising or falling edge at one time. So
> >> since it doesn't makes sense to implement switching between those two in a
> >> driver triggering in both edges is emulated by the irq chip.
> > 
> > That's what about 5 dozen other irq chips do as well.
> 
> Yes, I've noticed as well. That is why I was asking if you see the possibility
> to handle this in the core somehow.

If the patterns are similar enough then we definitely should do that.

Thanks,

	tglx