Re: [RFC PATCH v1 05/10] irqchip: Add ACLINT software interrupt driver
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-06-14 09:38:22
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From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-06-14 09:38:22
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:25:40 +0100, Anup Patel [off-list ref] wrote:
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 3:11 PM Marc Zyngier [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
I'm sorry, but this really isn't an irqchip driver. This is a piece of arch-specific code that uses *none* of the irq subsystem abstractions apart from the IRQCHIP_DECLARE() macro.Yes, I was not sure we can call it IRQCHIP hence the RFC PATCH. Both ACLINT MSWI and SSWI are special devices providing only IPI support so I will re-think how to fit this.
It depends on how you think of IPIs in your architecture. arm64 (and even now 32bit) have been moved to a mode where IPIs are normal interrupts, as it helps with other things such as our pseudo NMIs, and reduces code duplication. MIPS has done the same for a long time (they don't have dedicated HW for that). M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.