Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: gic: add OF based initialization

On 09/15/2011 11:43 AM, Rob Herring wrote:

Benoit,

On 09/15/2011 08:52 AM, Cousson, Benoit wrote:

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On 9/15/2011 3:11 PM, Rob Herring wrote:

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Benoit,

On 09/15/2011 05:07 AM, Cousson, Benoit wrote:

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Hi Rob,

On 9/15/2011 9:55 AM, Thomas Abraham wrote:

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Hi Rob,

On 14 September 2011 22:01, Rob Herring[off-list ref]   wrote:

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From: Rob Herring<redacted>

This adds gic initialization using device tree data. The
initialization
functions are intended to be called by a generic OF interrupt
controller parsing function once the right pieces are in place.

PPIs are handled using 3rd cell of interrupts properties to specify
the cpu
mask the PPI is assigned to.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring<redacted>
---
   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt |   53
++++++++++++++++++++++++
   arch/arm/common/gic.c                         |   55
+++++++++++++++++++++++--
   arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h           |   10 +++++
   3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt

[...]

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diff --git a/arch/arm/common/gic.c b/arch/arm/common/gic.c
index d1ccc72..14de380 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/gic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/gic.c

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+void __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node
*parent)
+{
+       void __iomem *cpu_base;
+       void __iomem *dist_base;
+       int irq;
+       struct irq_domain *domain =&gic_data[gic_cnt].domain;
+
+       if (WARN_ON(!node))
+               return;
+
+       dist_base = of_iomap(node, 0);
+       WARN(!dist_base, "unable to map gic dist registers\n");
+
+       cpu_base = of_iomap(node, 1);
+       WARN(!cpu_base, "unable to map gic cpu registers\n");
+
+       domain->nr_irq = gic_irq_count(dist_base);
+       domain->irq_base = irq_alloc_descs(-1, 0, domain->nr_irq,
numa_node_id());

For exynos4, all the interrupts originating from GIC are statically
mapped to start from 32 in the linux virq space (GIC SPI interrupts
start from 64). In the above code, since irq_base would be 0 for
exynos4, the interrupt mapping is not working correctly. In your
previous version of the patch, you have given a option to the platform
code to choose the offset. Could that option be added to this series
also. Or a provision to use platform specific translate function
instead of the irq_domain_simple translator.

I have another concern on a similar topic.

On OMAP4 the SoC interrupts external to the MPU (SPI) have an offset of
32. Only the internal PPI are between 0 and 31.

For the moment we add 32 to every SoC interrupts in the irq.h define,

Those defines will not be used in the DT case. So the question is
whether to add 32 or not in the DT. Since we have just a single node and
a linear mapping of PPIs and SPIs, the only choice is to have SPIs start
at 32. And from the h/w definition, SPIs always start at 32, so it's in
agreement.

This is a agreement inside the MPUSS, but not outside.
Both Tegra and OMAP4 must add an offset to the HW irq number to deal
with that today.

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but I'm assuming that this offset calculation should be done thanks to a
dedicated irq domain for the SPI.
The real HW physical number start at 0, and thus this is that value that
should be in the irq binding of the device.

So ideally we should have a irq domain for the PPI starting at 0 and
another one for the SPI starting at 32. Or 32 and 64 for the exynos4
case, but it looks like the PPI/SPI offset is always 32.

That offset of SPIs is always there. If you have a GIC as a secondary
controller, It will have 32 reserved interrupts and the register layout
is exactly the same as a cpu's GIC.

Yep, but that's the GIC view and not the SoC one. My concern is to have
to tweak the HW number provided by the HW spec in order to add that offset.
If you look at SoC level, the MPUSS is just an IP that can be
potentially replaced by other one that will not have a GIC. In that case
you will not change the IRQ mapping at SoC level.
For example if you replace the Dual-cortexA9 by a single CortexA8, then
all the interrupts will have to be shifted by 32 just because the MPU
subsystem is different.

Is that a realistic case? That would be a new chip and new device tree.
You could argue that the whole peripheral subsystem DT could be reused
and the numbering needs to be the same. However, there's one thing that
would prevent that. The number of interrupt cells is defined by the
controller binding. So you have to change the peripheral nodes anyway.

It's good that OMAP is trying to standardize the peripheral layout, but
in my experience that's not something you can rely on.

At some point the interrupt numbering is going to differ from the h/w
documentation. If it's not in the DT, then it will be in linux. Right
now its just offset of 32, but if irqdescs get assigned on demand as PPC
is doing, then there will be no relationship to the documentation.

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Since that offset is dependent of the GIC internals and is not exposed
outside the MPUSS, it should not be visible by the SoC IPs. And the HW
spec is exposing exactly that.

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Since the idea of splitting PPIs for each core out to a flattened linux
irq map has been abandoned, I see no reason to have more than 1 domain
with a simple linear translation. Ultimately, domains will do dynamic
irqdesc allocation and the translation within the gic will be completely
dynamic.

I think the only reason to do that is to separate internal MPU
interrupts with the external ones that should not have a clue about the
GIC.

I see 2 options (besides leaving it as is):

- Revert back to my previous binding where PPIs are a sub-node and a
different interrupt parent.

- Use the current binding, but allow SPIs to start at 0. We can still
distinguish PPIs and SPIs by the cpu mask cell. A cpu mask of 0 is a
SPI. If there was ever a reason to have a cpu mask for an SPI, you would
not be able to with this scheme.

Either way you will still have the above issue with the cell size changing.

I was headed down the path of implementing the 2nd option above, but had
a dilemma. What would be the numbering base for PPIs in this case?
Should it be 0 in the DT as proposed for SPIs or does it stay at 16?
Numbering PPIs at 0 will just cause confusion as will numbering
differently from SPIs. There is absolutely no mention of SPI0 or SPIx
numbering in the GIC spec. All interrupt number references refer to the
absolute interrupt ID, not a relative number based on the type. The fact
that the Cortex-A9 implementation has interrupt lines numbered equal to
the GIC SPI interrupts is an implementation detail of the A9. Other
cores could have different arrangement including bringing out PPI
interrupts or reserving some SPIs.

As there are many users of the GIC, it makes more sense to align with
the GIC documentation rather than the documentation of 1 SOC. BTW, I
have the exact same issue in our documentation.

Rob