Re: [PATCH v14 01/18] irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform driver

Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-05-29T14:22:16Z

Hi Anup,

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:41 AM Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com> wrote:
> The PLIC driver does not require very early initialization so convert
> it into a platform driver.
>
> After conversion, the PLIC driver is probed after CPUs are brought-up
> so setup cpuhp state after context handler of all online CPUs are
> initialized otherwise PLIC driver crashes for platforms with multiple
> PLIC instances.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 8ec99b033147ef3b
("irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform
driver") in v6.9.

It looks like this conversion is causing issues on BeagleV Starlight
Beta. After updating esmil/visionfive to v6.10-rc1, the kernel usually
fails to boot. Adding "earlycon keep_bootcon" reveals these differences:

-riscv-plic c000000.interrupt-controller: mapped 133 interrupts with 2
handlers for 4 contexts.
+------------[ cut here ]------------
+WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c:373
plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6
+Modules linked in:
+CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
6.10.0-rc1-starlight-02342-g0ba4c76ca0e8-dirty #323
+Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT)
+epc : plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6
+ ra : generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a
+epc : ffffffff8033f994 ra : ffffffff8006319a sp : ffffffc800003f50
+ gp : ffffffff812d63f0 tp : ffffffd8800b8000 t0 : 0000000000000040
+ t1 : 0000000000000000 t2 : 0000000000001000 s0 : ffffffc800003fa0
+ s1 : 0000000000000009 a0 : ffffffd880183600 a1 : 0000000000000009
+ a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000
+ a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : ffffffd880400248 a7 : ffffffd8804002b8
+ s2 : ffffffd9f8fac458 s3 : 0000000000000004 s4 : 0000000000000000
+ s5 : ffffffff81293f58 s6 : ffffffd88014ac00 s7 : 0000000000000004
+ s8 : ffffffc800013b2c s9 : ffffffc800013b34 s10: 0000000000000006
+ s11: ffffffd9f8fc1458 t3 : 0000000000000002 t4 : 0000000000000402
+ t5 : ffffffd8800610c0 t6 : ffffffd8800610e0
+status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: ffffffd9f8fac458 cause: 0000000000000003
+[<ffffffff8033f994>] plic_handle_irq+0xf2/0xf6
+[<ffffffff8006319a>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a
+[<ffffffff8033d7aa>] riscv_intc_irq+0x26/0x60
+[<ffffffff806c92ee>] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74
+[<ffffffff806d2346>] call_on_irq_stack+0x32/0x40
+---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
+Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000004
+Oops [#1]
+Modules linked in:
+CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W
6.10.0-rc1-starlight-02342-g0ba4c76ca0e8-dirty #323
+Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT)
+epc : plic_handle_irq+0x66/0xf6
+ ra : generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a
+epc : ffffffff8033f908 ra : ffffffff8006319a sp : ffffffc800003f50
+ gp : ffffffff812d63f0 tp : ffffffd8800b8000 t0 : 0000000000000040
+ t1 : 0000000000000000 t2 : 0000000000001000 s0 : ffffffc800003fa0
+ s1 : 0000000000000009 a0 : ffffffd880183600 a1 : 0000000000000009
+ a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000
+ a5 : ffffffff8033d72a a6 : ffffffd880400248 a7 : ffffffd8804002b8
+ s2 : ffffffd9f8fac458 s3 : 0000000000000004 s4 : ffffffd880183630
+ s5 : ffffffff81293f58 s6 : ffffffff812948a0 s7 : ffffffff80c4e660
+ s8 : ffffffff80d9eea0 s9 : ffffffc800013b34 s10: 0000000000000006
+ s11: ffffffd9f8fc1458 t3 : 0000000000000002 t4 : 0000000000000402
+ t5 : ffffffd8800610c0 t6 : ffffffd8800610e0
+status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000004 cause: 000000000000000d
+[<ffffffff8033f908>] plic_handle_irq+0x66/0xf6
+[<ffffffff8006319a>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x1c/0x2a
+[<ffffffff8033d7aa>] riscv_intc_irq+0x26/0x60
+[<ffffffff806c92ee>] handle_riscv_irq+0x4a/0x74
+[<ffffffff806d2346>] call_on_irq_stack+0x32/0x40
+Code: 8b93 d70b 5b17 00f5 0b13 fa8b fc17 00a5 0c13 5a0c (a783) 0009
+---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
+Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
+SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
+---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

As "mapped 133 interrupts" is no longer printed, it looks like an
unexpected early interrupt comes in while still in plic_probe().

Esmil suggested reverting all of:
a7fb69ffd7ce438a irqchip/sifive-plic: Avoid explicit cpumask allocation on stack
abb7205794900503 irqchip/sifive-plic: Improve locking safety by using
irqsave/irqrestore
95652106478030f5 irqchip/sifive-plic: Parse number of interrupts and
contexts early in plic_probe()
a15587277a246c38 irqchip/sifive-plic: Cleanup PLIC contexts upon
irqdomain creation failure
6c725f33d67b53f2 irqchip/sifive-plic: Use riscv_get_intc_hwnode() to
get parent fwnode
b68d0ff529a939a1 irqchip/sifive-plic: Use devm_xyz() for managed allocation
25d862e183d4efeb irqchip/sifive-plic: Use dev_xyz() in-place of pr_xyz()
8ec99b033147ef3b irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform driver

After this, the PLIC is initialized earlier again, and this indeed
seems to fix the issue for me.
Before, the kernel booted fine in only ca. 1 out of 5 tries.
After the reverts, it booted 5/5.

Do you know what's going on? Is there a simpler fix?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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