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From: Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2: add write memory barrier before exit
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:32:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231220193207.1089469-1-opendmb@gmail.com> (raw)

It was observed on Broadcom devices that use GIC v3 architecture
L1 interrupt controllers as the parent of brcmstb-l2 interrupt
controllers that the deactivation of the parent irq could happen
before the brcmstb-l2 deasserted its output. This would lead the
GIC to reactivate the irq only to find that no L2 interrupt was
pending. The result was a spurious interrupt invoking the
handle_bad_irq() with its associated messaging. While this did
not create a functional problem it is a waste of cycles.

The hazard exists because the memory mapped bus writes to the
brcmstb-l2 registers are buffered and the GIC v3 architecture
uses a very efficient system register write to deactivate the
interrupt. This commit adds a write memory barrier prior to
invoking chained_irq_exit() to introduce a dsb(st) on those
systems to ensure the system register write cannot be executed
until the memory mapped writes are visible to the system.

Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
index 5559c943f03f..63aed60dd3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Generic Broadcom Set Top Box Level 2 Interrupt controller driver
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Broadcom
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Broadcom
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	KBUILD_MODNAME	": " fmt
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ static void brcmstb_l2_intc_irq_handle(struct irq_desc *desc)
 		generic_handle_domain_irq(b->domain, irq);
 	} while (status);
 out:
+	/* Don't ack parent before all device writes are done */
+	wmb();
+
 	chained_irq_exit(chip, desc);
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2023-12-20 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-20 19:32 Doug Berger [this message]
2023-12-21 11:14 ` Florian Fainelli
2024-01-09 23:05   ` Florian Fainelli

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