Re: [PATCH 5/8] arm64: irq: add a default handle_irq panic function

On 2021-02-22 11:25, Mark Rutland wrote:

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:48:11AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:

quoted

On 2021-02-22 09:59, Mark Rutland wrote:

quoted

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:39:01AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:

quoted

+void (*handle_arch_irq)(struct pt_regs *) __ro_after_init =
default_handle_irq;

 int __init set_handle_irq(void (*handle_irq)(struct pt_regs *))
 {
-	if (handle_arch_irq)
+	if (handle_arch_irq != default_handle_irq)
 		return -EBUSY;

 	handle_arch_irq = handle_irq;

@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ void __init init_IRQ(void)
 	init_irq_stacks();
 	init_irq_scs();
 	irqchip_init();
-	if (!handle_arch_irq)
+	if (handle_arch_irq == default_handle_irq)
 		panic("No interrupt controller found.");

It also seems odd to have both default_handle_irq() that panics,
and init_IRQ that panics as well. Not a big deal, but maybe
we should just drop this altogether and get the firework on the
first interrupt.

My gut feeling was that both were useful, and served slightly different
cases:

* The panic in default_handle_irq() helps if we unexpectedly unmask IRQ
  too early. This is mostly a nicety over the current behaviour of
  branching to NULL in this case.

* The panic in init_IRQ() gives us a consistent point at which we can
  note the absence of a root IRQ controller even if all IRQs are
  quiescent. This is a bit nicer to debug than seeing a load of driver
  probes fail their request_irq() or whatever.

... so I'd err on the side of keeping both, but if you think otherwise
I'm happy to change this.

As I said, it's not a big deal. I doubt that we'll see 
default_handle_irq()
exploding in practice. But the real nit here is the difference of 
treatment
between IRQ and FIQ. *IF* we ever get a system that only signals its
interrupt as FIQ (and I don't see why we'd forbid that), then we would

To be clear, I don't think we should care too much either way, and I'm
fine with the code as is.

         M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

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