From: Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>
To: <linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: <hch@lst.de>, <changfengnan@bytedance.com>,
<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>, <tglx@kernel.org>,
<namjain@linux.microsoft.com>, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] genirq: Add disable_irq_nowait()
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:35:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261013223543.395054-2-kbusch@meta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013223543.395054-1-kbusch@meta.com>
From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Drivers that switch between interrupt and polled completions don't need
to wait for the mask to reach the device; the disabled state already
keeps their handler from running and a late interrupt is replayed on
enable. Add an optional irq_chip irq_mask_nowait() callback, falling
back to irq_mask(), and disable_irq_nowait() to mask through it right
away rather than lazily.
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/interrupt.h | 1 +
include/linux/irq.h | 4 ++++
kernel/irq/chip.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/irq/internals.h | 1 +
kernel/irq/manage.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 3bf969ad8fe07..d40c992ddb8a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ extern void devm_free_irq(struct device *dev, unsigned int irq, void *dev_id);
bool irq_has_action(unsigned int irq);
extern void disable_irq_nosync(unsigned int irq);
+extern void disable_irq_nowait(unsigned int irq);
extern bool disable_hardirq(unsigned int irq);
extern void disable_irq(unsigned int irq);
extern void disable_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq);
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index f485369b1b4f7..de095299f20ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ static inline irq_hw_number_t irqd_to_hwirq(struct irq_data *d)
* @irq_disable: disable the interrupt
* @irq_ack: start of a new interrupt
* @irq_mask: mask an interrupt source
+ * @irq_mask_nowait: mask an interrupt source without waiting for the
+ * hardware to acknowledge it (optional, falls back to
+ * @irq_mask)
* @irq_mask_ack: ack and mask an interrupt source
* @irq_unmask: unmask an interrupt source
* @irq_eoi: end of interrupt
@@ -505,6 +508,7 @@ struct irq_chip {
void (*irq_ack)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_mask)(struct irq_data *data);
+ void (*irq_mask_nowait)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_mask_ack)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_unmask)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_eoi)(struct irq_data *data);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index de754db414d1d..4e76f025b5f68 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -399,6 +399,37 @@ void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc)
__irq_disable(desc, irq_settings_disable_unlazy(desc));
}
+static void mask_irq_nowait(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+ if (irqd_irq_masked(&desc->irq_data))
+ return;
+
+ if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_nowait) {
+ desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_nowait(&desc->irq_data);
+ irq_state_set_masked(desc);
+ } else {
+ mask_irq(desc);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * irq_disable_nowait - Mark interrupt disabled and mask it without waiting
+ * @desc: irq descriptor which should be disabled
+ *
+ * Like irq_disable() with lazy disable turned off, but the hardware may
+ * still deliver an interrupt after this returns. The flow handler deals
+ * with that the same way it does for a lazily disabled interrupt.
+ */
+void irq_disable_nowait(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+ if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_disable) {
+ __irq_disable(desc, true);
+ return;
+ }
+ irq_state_set_disabled(desc);
+ mask_irq_nowait(desc);
+}
+
void irq_percpu_enable(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu)
{
if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_enable)
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 0ce21dd454047..3ba13932ba831 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ extern void irq_startup_managed(struct irq_desc *desc);
extern void irq_shutdown(struct irq_desc *desc);
extern void irq_shutdown_and_deactivate(struct irq_desc *desc);
extern void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc);
+extern void irq_disable_nowait(struct irq_desc *desc);
extern void irq_percpu_enable(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu);
extern void irq_percpu_disable(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu);
extern void mask_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 57eff26fa646a..7a4d7f1024133 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -705,6 +705,27 @@ void disable_irq_nosync(unsigned int irq)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(disable_irq_nosync);
+/**
+ * disable_irq_nowait - mask an irq without waiting for the hardware
+ * @irq: Interrupt to disable
+ *
+ * Like disable_irq_nosync(), but masks the interrupt at the chip right away
+ * instead of lazily, and does not wait for the hardware to acknowledge the
+ * mask. An interrupt that still arrives is held pending and replayed by
+ * enable_irq(). Use this when an extra interrupt is cheaper than flushing
+ * the mask, e.g. switching from interrupts to polling.
+ *
+ * This function may be called from IRQ context.
+ */
+void disable_irq_nowait(unsigned int irq)
+{
+ scoped_irqdesc_get_and_buslock(irq, IRQ_GET_DESC_CHECK_GLOBAL) {
+ if (!scoped_irqdesc->depth++)
+ irq_disable_nowait(scoped_irqdesc);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(disable_irq_nowait);
+
/**
* disable_irq - disable an irq and wait for completion
* @irq: Interrupt to disable
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 22:35 [RFC PATCH 0/3] nvme-pci: dynamic interrupt moderation Keith Busch
2026-10-13 22:35 ` Keith Busch [this message]
2026-10-13 22:46 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] genirq: Add disable_irq_nowait() sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 22:35 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] PCI/MSI: Implement irq_mask_nowait() for MSI-x Keith Busch
2026-10-13 22:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 17:31 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-10-13 22:35 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] nvme-pci: hybrid irq+polling Keith Busch
2026-10-13 22:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 7:58 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] nvme-pci: dynamic interrupt moderation Fengnan
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