Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] ata: libahci_platform: Get rid of dup message when IRQ can't be retrieved

Sergey Shtylyov
2021-12-10T11:14:22Z

Hello!

On 12/10/21 1:44 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

>>>>>>> While at it, drop redundant check for 0 as platform_get_irq() spills
>>>>>>> out a big WARN() in such case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And? IRQ0 is still returned! :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> It should not be returned in the first place.
>>>>
>>>> But it still is, despite the WARN(), right?
>>>
>>> So, you admit that there is a code which does that?
>>
>> I admit *what*?! That platfrom_get_irq() and its ilk return IRQ0 while they
>> shouldn't? =)
>
> That there is a code beneath platform_get_irq() that returns 0, yes.

Look at the ACPI-specific GpioInt handling code (just above the out_not_found label) --
I'm not sure the check there is correct -- I'm not very familiar with ACPI, you seem to
know it much better. :-)
Also, 0 can be specified via the normal IRQ resource. I know of e.g. the Alchemy MIPS SoCs
that have IRQ0 used by UART0; luckily, currently SoC IRQs are mapped starting at Linux IRQ8
(but it wasn't the case in the 2.6.1x time frame where we had issue with the serial driver)...

>>> That code should be fixed first. Have you sent a patch?
>>
>> Which code?! You got me totally muddled. =)
>
> Above mentioned.

What needs to be fixed in this case is the interrupt controller driver. Quoting Linus
(imprecisely :-)), IRQ #s should be either mapped starting with #1 or IRQ0 remapped at
the end of the controller's interrupt range... I currently have no information on the
platforms requiring such kind of fixing (Alchemy don't seem to need it now)...

> ...
>
>>>>>>> - if (!irq)
>>>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is prermature -- let's wait till my patch that stops returning IRQ0 from
>>>>>> platform_get_irq() and friends gets merged....
>>>>>
>>>>> What patch?
>>>>
>>>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163623041902285
>>>>
>>>>> Does it fix platform_get_irq_optional()?
>>>>
>>>> Of course! :-)
>>>
>>> Can you share link to lore.kernel.org, please?
>>> It will make much easier to try and comment.
>>
>> I don't know how to uise it yet, and I'm a little busy with other IRQ0 issues ATM,

A little bit, I meant to type.

>> so I'm afraid you're on your own here...
>
> lore.kernel.org is the official mailing list archive for Linux kernel work
> AFAIU. Other sites may do whatever they want with that information, so -->
> they are unreliable. If you wish to follow the better process, use
> lore.kernel.org. Understanding how it works takes no more than 5 minutes
> by engineer with your kind of experience with Linux kernel development.

OK, I'll explore this archive when I have time. BTW, does it keep the messages not
posted to LKML (I tend to only CC LKML if there's no other mailing lists to post to)?

MBR, Sergey