and allows the optimized handling of a given type.
</para>
<para>
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
and allows the optimized handling of a given type.
</para>
<para>
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 lowlevel hardware logic, and it also leads
- to unnecessary code duplication: for example in i386, there is a
- ioapic_level_irq and a ioapic_edge_irq irq-type which share many
- of the lowlevel details but have different flow handling.
+ 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.
<para>
Analysing a couple of architecture's IRQ subsystem implementations
reveals that most of them can use a generic set of 'irq flow'
<para>
Analysing a couple of architecture's IRQ subsystem implementations
reveals that most of them can use a generic set of 'irq flow'
- which need specific quirks in the irq flow itself but not in the
- chip-details - and thus provides a more transparent IRQ subsystem
+ which need specific quirks in the IRQ flow itself but not in the
+ chip details - and thus provides a more transparent IRQ subsystem
makes it simple to provide demultiplexing handlers which can be
found in embedded platforms on various architectures.)
</para>
<para>
The separation makes the generic interrupt handling layer more
flexible and extensible. For example, an (sub)architecture can
makes it simple to provide demultiplexing handlers which can be
found in embedded platforms on various architectures.)
</para>
<para>
The separation makes the generic interrupt handling layer more
flexible and extensible. For example, an (sub)architecture can
- <listitem><para>Highlevel driver API</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Highlevel IRQ flow handlers</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Chiplevel hardware encapsulation</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>High-level driver API</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>High-level IRQ flow handlers</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Chip-level hardware encapsulation</para></listitem>
- Whenever an interrupt triggers, the lowlevel arch code calls into
- the generic interrupt code by calling desc->handle_irq().
- This highlevel IRQ handling function only uses desc->irq_data.chip
+ Whenever an interrupt triggers, the low-level architecture code calls
+ into the generic interrupt code by calling desc->handle_irq().
+ This high-level IRQ handling function only uses desc->irq_data.chip
<listitem><para>handle_edge_eoi_irq</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>handle_bad_irq</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>handle_edge_eoi_irq</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>handle_bad_irq</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture
either during bootup or during device initialization.
</para>
specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture
either during bootup or during device initialization.
</para>
<para>
handle_fasteoi_irq provides a generic implementation
for interrupts, which only need an EOI at the end of
<para>
handle_fasteoi_irq provides a generic implementation
for interrupts, which only need an EOI at the end of
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
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
contains all the direct chip relevant functions, which
can be utilized by the irq flow implementations.
<itemizedlist>
contains all the direct chip relevant functions, which
can be utilized by the irq flow implementations.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>irq_mask_ack() - Optional, recommended for performance</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_mask()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_unmask()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_mask_ack() - Optional, recommended for performance</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_mask()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_unmask()</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_retrigger() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_type() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_wake() - Optional</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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
<listitem><para>irq_retrigger() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_type() - Optional</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>irq_set_wake() - Optional</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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
core provides a configurable generic interrupt chip
implementation. Developers should check carefuly whether the
generic chip fits their needs before implementing the same
core provides a configurable generic interrupt chip
implementation. Developers should check carefuly whether the
generic chip fits their needs before implementing the same