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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst b/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0054bd48be84 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,440 @@ +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +========================== +Linux generic IRQ handling +========================== + +:Copyright: |copy| 2005-2010: Thomas Gleixner +:Copyright: |copy| 2005-2006: Ingo Molnar + +Introduction +============ + +The generic interrupt handling layer is designed to provide a complete +abstraction of interrupt handling for device drivers. It is able to +handle all the different types of interrupt controller hardware. Device +drivers use generic API functions to request, enable, disable and free +interrupts. The drivers do not have to know anything about interrupt +hardware details, so they can be used on different platforms without +code changes. + +This documentation is provided to developers who want to implement an +interrupt subsystem based for their architecture, with the help of the +generic IRQ handling layer. + +Rationale +========= + +The original implementation of interrupt handling in Linux uses the +:c:func:`__do_IRQ` super-handler, which is able to deal with every type of +interrupt logic. + +Originally, Russell King identified different types of handlers to build +a quite universal set for the ARM interrupt handler implementation in +Linux 2.5/2.6. He distinguished between: + +- Level type + +- Edge type + +- Simple type + +During the implementation we identified another type: + +- Fast EOI type + +In the SMP world of the :c:func:`__do_IRQ` super-handler another type was +identified: + +- Per CPU type + +This split implementation of high-level IRQ handlers allows us to +optimize the flow of the interrupt handling for each specific interrupt +type. This reduces complexity in that particular code path and allows +the optimized handling of a given type. + +The original general IRQ implementation used hw_interrupt_type +structures and their ``->ack``, ``->end`` [etc.] callbacks to differentiate +the flow control in the super-handler. This leads to a mix of flow logic +and low-level hardware logic, and it also leads to unnecessary code +duplication: for example in i386, there is an ``ioapic_level_irq`` and an +``ioapic_edge_irq`` IRQ-type which share many of the low-level details but +have different flow handling. + +A more natural abstraction is the clean separation of the 'irq flow' and +the 'chip details'. + +Analysing a couple of architecture's IRQ subsystem implementations +reveals that most of them can use a generic set of 'irq flow' methods +and only need to add the chip-level specific code. The separation is +also valuable for (sub)architectures which need specific quirks in the +IRQ flow itself but not in the chip details - and thus provides a more +transparent IRQ subsystem design. + +Each interrupt descriptor is assigned its own high-level flow handler, +which is normally one of the generic implementations. (This high-level +flow handler implementation also makes it simple to provide +demultiplexing handlers which can be found in embedded platforms on +various architectures.) + +The separation makes the generic interrupt handling layer more flexible +and extensible. For example, an (sub)architecture can use a generic +IRQ-flow implementation for 'level type' interrupts and add a +(sub)architecture specific 'edge type' implementation. + +To make the transition to the new model easier and prevent the breakage +of existing implementations, the :c:func:`__do_IRQ` super-handler is still +available. This leads to a kind of duality for the time being. Over time +the new model should be used in more and more architectures, as it +enables smaller and cleaner IRQ subsystems. It's deprecated for three +years now and about to be removed. + +Known Bugs And Assumptions +========================== + +None (knock on wood). + +Abstraction layers +================== + +There are three main levels of abstraction in the interrupt code: + +1. High-level driver API + +2. High-level IRQ flow handlers + +3. Chip-level hardware encapsulation + +Interrupt control flow +---------------------- + +Each interrupt is described by an interrupt descriptor structure +irq_desc. The interrupt is referenced by an 'unsigned int' numeric +value which selects the corresponding interrupt description structure in +the descriptor structures array. The descriptor structure contains +status information and pointers to the interrupt flow method and the +interrupt chip structure which are assigned to this interrupt. + +Whenever an interrupt triggers, the low-level architecture code calls +into the generic interrupt code by calling :c:func:`desc->handle_irq`. This +high-level IRQ handling function only uses desc->irq_data.chip +primitives referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure. + +High-level Driver API +--------------------- + +The high-level Driver API consists of following functions: + +- :c:func:`request_irq` + +- :c:func:`free_irq` + +- :c:func:`disable_irq` + +- :c:func:`enable_irq` + +- :c:func:`disable_irq_nosync` (SMP only) + +- :c:func:`synchronize_irq` (SMP only) + +- :c:func:`irq_set_irq_type` + +- :c:func:`irq_set_irq_wake` + +- :c:func:`irq_set_handler_data` + +- :c:func:`irq_set_chip` + +- :c:func:`irq_set_chip_data` + +See the autogenerated function documentation for details. + +High-level IRQ flow handlers +---------------------------- + +The generic layer provides a set of pre-defined irq-flow methods: + +- :c:func:`handle_level_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_edge_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_fasteoi_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_simple_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_percpu_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_edge_eoi_irq` + +- :c:func:`handle_bad_irq` + +The interrupt flow handlers (either pre-defined or architecture +specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture either +during bootup or during device initialization. + +Default flow implementations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Helper functions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The helper functions call the chip primitives and are used by the +default flow implementations. The following helper functions are +implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + default_enable(struct irq_data *data) + { + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(data); + } + + default_disable(struct irq_data *data) + { + if (!delay_disable(data)) + desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(data); + } + + default_ack(struct irq_data *data) + { + chip->irq_ack(data); + } + + default_mask_ack(struct irq_data *data) + { + if (chip->irq_mask_ack) { + chip->irq_mask_ack(data); + } else { + chip->irq_mask(data); + chip->irq_ack(data); + } + } + + noop(struct irq_data *data)) + { + } + + + +Default flow handler implementations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Default Level IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_level_irq provides a generic implementation for level-triggered +interrupts. + +The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack`; + handle_irq_event(desc->action); + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask`; + + +Default Fast EOI IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_fasteoi_irq provides a generic implementation for interrupts, +which only need an EOI at the end of the handler. + +The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + handle_irq_event(desc->action); + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi`; + + +Default Edge IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_edge_irq provides a generic implementation for edge-triggered +interrupts. + +The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + if (desc->status & running) { + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack`; + desc->status |= pending | masked; + return; + } + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack`; + desc->status |= running; + do { + if (desc->status & masked) + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask`; + desc->status &= ~pending; + handle_irq_event(desc->action); + } while (status & pending); + desc->status &= ~running; + + +Default simple IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_simple_irq provides a generic implementation for simple +interrupts. + +.. note:: + + The simple flow handler does not call any handler/chip primitives. + +The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + handle_irq_event(desc->action); + + +Default per CPU flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_percpu_irq provides a generic implementation for per CPU +interrupts. + +Per CPU interrupts are only available on SMP and the handler provides a +simplified version without locking. + +The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):: + + if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack) + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack`; + handle_irq_event(desc->action); + if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi) + :c:func:`desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi`; + + +EOI Edge IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_edge_eoi_irq provides an abnomination of the edge handler +which is solely used to tame a badly wreckaged irq controller on +powerpc/cell. + +Bad IRQ flow handler +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +handle_bad_irq is used for spurious interrupts which have no real +handler assigned.. + +Quirks and optimizations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The generic functions are intended for 'clean' architectures and chips, +which have no platform-specific IRQ handling quirks. If an architecture +needs to implement quirks on the 'flow' level then it can do so by +overriding the high-level irq-flow handler. + +Delayed interrupt disable +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This per interrupt selectable feature, which was introduced by Russell +King in the ARM interrupt implementation, does not mask an interrupt at +the hardware level when :c:func:`disable_irq` is called. The interrupt is kept +enabled and is masked in the flow handler when an interrupt event +happens. This prevents losing edge interrupts on hardware which does not +store an edge interrupt event while the interrupt is disabled at the +hardware level. When an interrupt arrives while the IRQ_DISABLED flag +is set, then the interrupt is masked at the hardware level and the +IRQ_PENDING bit is set. When the interrupt is re-enabled by +:c:func:`enable_irq` the pending bit is checked and if it is set, the interrupt +is resent either via hardware or by a software resend mechanism. (It's +necessary to enable CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND when you want to use +the delayed interrupt disable feature and your hardware is not capable +of retriggering an interrupt.) The delayed interrupt disable is not +configurable. + +Chip-level hardware encapsulation +--------------------------------- + +The chip-level hardware descriptor structure :c:type:`irq_chip` contains all +the direct chip relevant functions, which can be utilized by the irq flow +implementations. + +- ``irq_ack`` + +- ``irq_mask_ack`` - Optional, recommended for performance + +- ``irq_mask`` + +- ``irq_unmask`` + +- ``irq_eoi`` - Optional, required for EOI flow handlers + +- ``irq_retrigger`` - Optional + +- ``irq_set_type`` - Optional + +- ``irq_set_wake`` - Optional + +These primitives are strictly intended to mean what they say: ack means +ACK, masking means masking of an IRQ line, etc. It is up to the flow +handler(s) to use these basic units of low-level functionality. + +__do_IRQ entry point +==================== + +The original implementation :c:func:`__do_IRQ` was an alternative entry point +for all types of interrupts. It no longer exists. + +This handler turned out to be not suitable for all interrupt hardware +and was therefore reimplemented with split functionality for +edge/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not only a functional +optimization. It also shortens code paths for interrupts. + +Locking on SMP +============== + +The locking of chip registers is up to the architecture that defines the +chip primitives. The per-irq structure is protected via desc->lock, by +the generic layer. + +Generic interrupt chip +====================== + +To avoid copies of identical implementations of IRQ chips the core +provides a configurable generic interrupt chip implementation. +Developers should check carefully whether the generic chip fits their +needs before implementing the same functionality slightly differently +themselves. + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/generic-chip.c + :export: + +Structures +========== + +This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the structures +which are used in the generic IRQ layer. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/irq.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/interrupt.h + :internal: + +Public Functions Provided +========================= + +This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the kernel API +functions which are exported. + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/manage.c + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/chip.c + +Internal Functions Provided +=========================== + +This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the internal +functions. + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/irqdesc.c + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/handle.c + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/irq/chip.c + +Credits +======= + +The following people have contributed to this document: + +1. Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de + +2. Ingo Molnar mingo@elte.hu |