Re: [PATCH 2/4] mmc: tmio: Provide separate interrupt handlers

Simon Horman
2011-08-19T04:59:13Z

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 01:27:41PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:09:50PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> >> > Provide separate interrupt handlers which may be used by platforms where
> >> > SDHI has three interrupt sources.
> >> >
> >> > This patch also removes the commented-out handling of CRC and other errors.
> >> >
> >> > Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
> >> > Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >>
> >> > +irqreturn_t tmio_mmc_irq(int irq, void *devid)
> >> > +{
> >> > +       struct tmio_mmc_host *host = devid;
> >> > +       unsigned int ireg, status;
> >> > +
> >> > +       pr_debug("MMC IRQ begin\n");
> >> > +
> >> > +       tmio_mmc_card_irq_status(host, &ireg, &status);
> >> > +       if (__tmio_mmc_card_detect_irq(host, ireg, status))
> >> > +               return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >> > +       if (__tmio_mmc_sdcard_irq(host, ireg, status))
> >> > +               return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >> > +
> >> > +       tmio_mmc_sdio_irq(irq, devid);
> >> >
> >> > -out:
> >> >        return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >> >  }
> >> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(tmio_mmc_irq);
> >>
> >> Is there any particular reason for returning early in this interrupt
> >> handler? By returning early I mean the "if ... return IRQ_HANDLED"
> >> cases above.
> >>
> >> I realize the old ISR code in the driver does just this, so if the
> >> goal is to stay compatible then I guess we should keep this behavior.
> >> >From my point of view it usually makes more sense to try to handle all
> >> events that may be associated with the IRQ.
> >
> > My original post had the behaviour that you suggest but Guennadi
> > indicted that he would be much more comfortable with keeping the original
> > behaviour as it is know to work on a wide range of hardware.
>
> I see, thanks for your patience...
>
> So I may remember this wrong, but for the 3 different interrupt
> sources I believe that the SDIO IRQ code was added by Arnd for one of
> the Renesas SDHI platforms. Back then Ian disliked supporting more
> than a single interrupt source, so for that reason the SDIO IRQ code
> was added on top of the common interrupt handler. We had no
> documentation either, so it was added in a rather random way. I recall
> the SDIO IRQ being handled before the other interrupt types in the
> common handler not last, but that's not very important. Anyway, with
> the fact that SDIO IRQ support was added for SDHI platforms in mind
> then we can assume that other platforms won't need it. Not sure if
> this fact will improve our situation or not.
>
> As for the two remaining interrupts, I believe they share hardware
> registers somehow. I guess I'm OK keeping the original behavior
> somehow, but I still believe it's incorrect. It may not matter very
> much though since it's rather unlikely that hotplug insertion or eject
> coincides with the data IRQs.

Hi Magnus,

to be honest I'm unsure if the current behaviour is correct or not.
But it does appear to work on a wide range of hardware. And as
tmio_mmc_irq() is an implementation of the single-source ISR intended
for legacy purposes it does seem reasonable to maintain the existing
behaviour.

If there is a need to change the behaviour of tmio_mmc_irq() in some way
then I think that is best dealt with in a separate patch (series)
subsequent to the current series that is intended to introduce broken-out
handlers.