Re: [PATCH v3] irq/core: synchronize irq_thread startup

[Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@pcs.com>]

On Mon, 2 May 2022, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> But free_irq() stopped issuing synchronize_irq() with commit
> 519cc8652b3a ("genirq: Synchronize only with single thread on
> free_irq()"). And that turns out to be the root cause of the problem.
> I should have caught that back then, but in hindsight ....
> 
> While the proposed patch works, I think the real solution is to ensure
> that both the hardware interrupt _and_ the interrupt threads which are
> associated to the removed action are in quiescent state. This should
> catch the case you observed.

I can confirm that your patch works.
And it also explains why I never had this issue on a 4.4 kernel with
realtime patch ...

> ---
> Subject: genirq: Quiesce interrupt threads in free_irq()
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 15:40:25 +0200
> 
> Fill void...
> 
> Fixes: 519cc8652b3a ("genirq: Synchronize only with single thread on free_irq()")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/irq/manage.c |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -1914,6 +1914,22 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(stru
>  	 */
>  	__synchronize_hardirq(desc, true);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Wait for associated interrupt threads to complete. This cannot
> +	 * use synchronize_irq() due to interrupt sharing in the PCIe
> +	 * layer. See 519cc8652b3a ("genirq: Synchronize only with single
> +	 * thread on free_irq()") for further explanation.
> +	 */
> +	if (action->thread) {
> +		unsigned int thread_mask = action->thread_mask;
> +
> +		if (action->secondary)
> +			thread_mask |= action->secondary->thread_mask;
> +
> +		wait_event(desc->wait_for_threads,
> +			   !(atomic_read(&desc->threads_active) & thread_mask));
> +	}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ
>  	/*
>  	 * It's a shared IRQ -- the driver ought to be prepared for an IRQ
> @@ -1931,10 +1947,11 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(stru
>  #endif
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * The action has already been removed above, but the thread writes
> -	 * its oneshot mask bit when it completes. Though request_mutex is
> -	 * held across this which prevents __setup_irq() from handing out
> -	 * the same bit to a newly requested action.
> +	 * The action has already been removed above and both the hardware
> +	 * interrupt and the associated threads have been synchronized,
> +	 * which means they are in quiescent state. request_mutex is still
> +	 * held which prevents __setup_irq() from handing out action's
> +	 * thread_mask to a newly requested action.
>  	 */
>  	if (action->thread) {
>  		kthread_stop(action->thread);
> 
> 
> 

Tested-by: Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@pcs.com>

Thank you,
	Thomas