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Re: mpic IRQ_TYPE_BOTH handling

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On 08/31/2017 01:52 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Hi Gregory,
>
> Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c , it looks like IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH is
>> handled the same way as IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING:
>>
>> static unsigned int mpic_type_to_vecpri(struct mpic *mpic, unsigned int type)
>> {
>>          /* Now convert sense value */
>>          switch(type & IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK) {
>>          case IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING:
>>                  return MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_SENSE_EDGE) |
>>                         MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_POLARITY_POSITIVE);
>>          case IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING:
>>          case IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH:
>>                  return MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_SENSE_EDGE) |
>>                         MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_POLARITY_NEGATIVE);
>>          case IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH:
>>                  return MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_SENSE_LEVEL) |
>>                         MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_POLARITY_POSITIVE);
>>          case IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW:
>>          default:
>>                  return MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_SENSE_LEVEL) |
>>                         MPIC_INFO(VECPRI_POLARITY_NEGATIVE);
>>          }
>> }
>>
>> If IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH is unsupported, shouldn't we be returning an
>> error, instead of silently setting to use IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING?
>> Something like the following (sorry if the diff wraps weirdly, on
>> webmail at the moment):
>
> I don't know this code so I asked Ben and he said something like
> "PowerMacs never use BOTH, so it hasn't mattered, but Freescale machines
> might".

IIRC, the mpic in freescale MPICs the interrupts are either low or high, 
so not both. There's a bit which controls the interrupt polarity which 
selects if the interrupt triggers on high-to-low or low-to-high.
So i guess it doesn't matter on freescale machines too.

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Best Regards, Laurentiu

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Re: mpic IRQ_TYPE_BOTH handling Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-08-31 01:00 +0200
  Re: mpic IRQ_TYPE_BOTH handling Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@nxp.com> - 2017-09-06 11:40 +0200

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