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		<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
		<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
		"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>

		<book id="Generic-IRQ-Guide">
		<bookinfo>
		<title>Linux generic IRQ handling</title>

		<authorgroup>
		<author>
		<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
		<surname>Gleixner</surname>
		<affiliation>
		<address>
		<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
		</address>
		</affiliation>
		</author>
		<author>
		<firstname>Ingo</firstname>
		<surname>Molnar</surname>
		<affiliation>
		<address>
		<email>mingo@elte.hu</email>
		</address>
		</affiliation>
		</author>
		</authorgroup>

		<copyright>
		<year>2005-2010</year>
		<holder>Thomas Gleixner</holder>
		</copyright>
		<copyright>
		<year>2005-2006</year>
		<holder>Ingo Molnar</holder>
		</copyright>

		<legalnotice>
		<para>
		This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
		it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
		License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
		</para>

		<para>
		This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
		useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
		warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
		See the GNU General Public License for more details.
		</para>

		<para>
		You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
		License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
		Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
		MA 02111-1307 USA
		</para>

		<para>
		For more details see the file COPYING in the source
		distribution of Linux.
		</para>
		</legalnotice>
		</bookinfo>

		<toc></toc>

		<chapter id="intro">
		<title>Introduction</title>
		<para>
		The generic interrupt handling layer is designed to provide a
		complete abstraction of interrupt handling for device drivers.
		It is able to handle all the different types of interrupt controller
		hardware. Device drivers use generic API functions to request, enable,
		disable and free interrupts. The drivers do not have to know anything
		about interrupt hardware details, so they can be used on different
		platforms without code changes.
		</para>
		<para>
		This documentation is provided to developers who want to implement
		an interrupt subsystem based for their architecture, with the help
		of the generic IRQ handling layer.
		</para>
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="rationale">
		<title>Rationale</title>
		<para>
		The original implementation of interrupt handling in Linux uses
		the __do_IRQ() super-handler, which is able to deal with every
		type of interrupt logic.
		</para>
		<para>
		Originally, Russell King identified different types of handlers to
		build a quite universal set for the ARM interrupt handler
		implementation in Linux 2.5/2.6. He distinguished between:
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Level type</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>Edge type</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>Simple type</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		During the implementation we identified another type:
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Fast EOI type</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		In the SMP world of the __do_IRQ() super-handler another type
		was identified:
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>Per CPU type</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		</para>
		<para>
		This split implementation of high-level IRQ handlers allows us to
		optimize the flow of the interrupt handling for each specific
		interrupt type. This reduces complexity in that particular code path
		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 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>
		<para>
		A more natural abstraction is the clean separation of the
		'irq flow' and the 'chip details'.
		</para>
		<para>
		Analysing a couple of architecture's IRQ subsystem implementations
		reveals that most of them can use a generic set of 'irq flow'
		methods and only need to add the chip-level specific code.
		The separation is also valuable for (sub)architectures
		which need specific quirks in the IRQ flow itself but not in the
		chip details - and thus provides a more transparent IRQ subsystem
		design.
		</para>
		<para>
		Each interrupt descriptor is assigned its own high-level flow
		handler, which is normally one of the generic
		implementations. (This high-level flow handler implementation also
		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
		use a generic IRQ-flow implementation for 'level type' interrupts
		and add a (sub)architecture specific 'edge type' implementation.
		</para>
		<para>
		To make the transition to the new model easier and prevent the
		breakage of existing implementations, the __do_IRQ() super-handler
		is still available. This leads to a kind of duality for the time
		being. Over time the new model should be used in more and more
		architectures, as it enables smaller and cleaner IRQ subsystems.
		It's deprecated for three years now and about to be removed.
		</para>
		</chapter>
		<chapter id="bugs">
		<title>Known Bugs And Assumptions</title>
		<para>
		None (knock on wood).
		</para>
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="Abstraction">
		<title>Abstraction layers</title>
		<para>
		There are three main levels of abstraction in the interrupt code:
		<orderedlist>
		<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>
		</orderedlist>
		</para>
		<sect1 id="Interrupt_control_flow">
		<title>Interrupt control flow</title>
		<para>
		Each interrupt is described by an interrupt descriptor structure
		irq_desc. The interrupt is referenced by an 'unsigned int' numeric
		value which selects the corresponding interrupt description structure
		in the descriptor structures array.
		The descriptor structure contains status information and pointers
		to the interrupt flow method and the interrupt chip structure
		which are assigned to this interrupt.
		</para>
		<para>
		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
		primitives referenced by the assigned chip descriptor structure.
		</para>
		</sect1>
		<sect1 id="Highlevel_Driver_API">
		<title>High-level Driver API</title>
		<para>
		The high-level Driver API consists of following functions:
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>request_irq()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>free_irq()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>disable_irq()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>enable_irq()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>disable_irq_nosync() (SMP only)</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>synchronize_irq() (SMP only)</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>irq_set_irq_type()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>irq_set_irq_wake()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>irq_set_handler_data()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>irq_set_chip()</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>irq_set_chip_data()</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		See the autogenerated function documentation for details.
		</para>
		</sect1>
		<sect1 id="Highlevel_IRQ_flow_handlers">
		<title>High-level IRQ flow handlers</title>
		<para>
		The generic layer provides a set of pre-defined irq-flow methods:
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>handle_level_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_edge_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_fasteoi_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_simple_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_percpu_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_edge_eoi_irq</para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>handle_bad_irq</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		The interrupt flow handlers (either pre-defined or architecture
		specific) are assigned to specific interrupts by the architecture
		either during bootup or during device initialization.
		</para>
		<sect2 id="Default_flow_implementations">
		<title>Default flow implementations</title>
		<sect3 id="Helper_functions">
		<title>Helper functions</title>
		<para>
		The helper functions call the chip primitives and
		are used by the default flow implementations.
		The following helper functions are implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		default_enable(struct irq_data *data)
		{
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(data);
		}

		default_disable(struct irq_data *data)
		{
		if (!delay_disable(data))
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(data);
		}

		default_ack(struct irq_data *data)
		{
		chip->irq_ack(data);
		}

		default_mask_ack(struct irq_data *data)
		{
		if (chip->irq_mask_ack) {
		chip->irq_mask_ack(data);
		} else {
		chip->irq_mask(data);
		chip->irq_ack(data);
		}
		}

		noop(struct irq_data *data))
		{
		}

		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		</sect2>
		<sect2 id="Default_flow_handler_implementations">
		<title>Default flow handler implementations</title>
		<sect3 id="Default_Level_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>Default Level IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_level_irq provides a generic implementation
		for level-triggered interrupts.
		</para>
		<para>
		The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack();
		handle_irq_event(desc->action);
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask();
		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="Default_FASTEOI_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>Default Fast EOI IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_fasteoi_irq provides a generic implementation
		for interrupts, which only need an EOI at the end of
		the handler.
		</para>
		<para>
		The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		handle_irq_event(desc->action);
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi();
		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="Default_Edge_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>Default Edge IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_edge_irq provides a generic implementation
		for edge-triggered interrupts.
		</para>
		<para>
		The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		if (desc->status & running) {
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask_ack();
		desc->status \|= pending \| masked;
		return;
		}
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack();
		desc->status \|= running;
		do {
		if (desc->status & masked)
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask();
		desc->status &= ~pending;
		handle_irq_event(desc->action);
		} while (status & pending);
		desc->status &= ~running;
		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="Default_simple_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>Default simple IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_simple_irq provides a generic implementation
		for simple interrupts.
		</para>
		<para>
		Note: The simple flow handler does not call any
		handler/chip primitives.
		</para>
		<para>
		The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		handle_irq_event(desc->action);
		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="Default_per_CPU_flow_handler">
		<title>Default per CPU flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_percpu_irq provides a generic implementation
		for per CPU interrupts.
		</para>
		<para>
		Per CPU interrupts are only available on SMP and
		the handler provides a simplified version without
		locking.
		</para>
		<para>
		The following control flow is implemented (simplified excerpt):
		<programlisting>
		if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack)
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_ack();
		handle_irq_event(desc->action);
		if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi)
		desc->irq_data.chip->irq_eoi();
		</programlisting>
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="EOI_Edge_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>EOI Edge IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_edge_eoi_irq provides an abnomination of the edge
		handler which is solely used to tame a badly wreckaged
		irq controller on powerpc/cell.
		</para>
		</sect3>
		<sect3 id="BAD_IRQ_flow_handler">
		<title>Bad IRQ flow handler</title>
		<para>
		handle_bad_irq is used for spurious interrupts which
		have no real handler assigned..
		</para>
		</sect3>
		</sect2>
		<sect2 id="Quirks_and_optimizations">
		<title>Quirks and optimizations</title>
		<para>
		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
		overriding the high-level irq-flow handler.
		</para>
		</sect2>
		<sect2 id="Delayed_interrupt_disable">
		<title>Delayed interrupt disable</title>
		<para>
		This per interrupt selectable feature, which was introduced by Russell
		King in the ARM interrupt implementation, does not mask an interrupt
		at the hardware level when disable_irq() is called. The interrupt is
		kept enabled and is masked in the flow handler when an interrupt event
		happens. This prevents losing edge interrupts on hardware which does
		not store an edge interrupt event while the interrupt is disabled at
		the hardware level. When an interrupt arrives while the IRQ_DISABLED
		flag is set, then the interrupt is masked at the hardware level and
		the IRQ_PENDING bit is set. When the interrupt is re-enabled by
		enable_irq() the pending bit is checked and if it is set, the
		interrupt is resent either via hardware or by a software resend
		mechanism. (It's necessary to enable CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND when
		you want to use the delayed interrupt disable feature and your
		hardware is not capable of retriggering an interrupt.)
		The delayed interrupt disable is not configurable.
		</para>
		</sect2>
		</sect1>
		<sect1 id="Chiplevel_hardware_encapsulation">
		<title>Chip-level hardware encapsulation</title>
		<para>
		The chip-level hardware descriptor structure irq_chip
		contains all the direct chip relevant functions, which
		can be utilized by the irq flow implementations.
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para>irq_ack()</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_eoi() - Optional, required for EOI flow handlers</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
		handler(s) to use these basic units of low-level functionality.
		</para>
		</sect1>
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="doirq">
		<title>__do_IRQ entry point</title>
		<para>
		The original implementation __do_IRQ() was an alternative entry
		point for all types of interrupts. It no longer exists.
		</para>
		<para>
		This handler turned out to be not suitable for all
		interrupt hardware and was therefore reimplemented with split
		functionality for edge/level/simple/percpu interrupts. This is not
		only a functional optimization. It also shortens code paths for
		interrupts.
		</para>
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="locking">
		<title>Locking on SMP</title>
		<para>
		The locking of chip registers is up to the architecture that
		defines the chip primitives. The per-irq structure is
		protected via desc->lock, by the generic layer.
		</para>
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="genericchip">
		<title>Generic interrupt chip</title>
		<para>
		To avoid copies of identical implementations of IRQ chips the
		core provides a configurable generic interrupt chip
		implementation. Developers should check carefully whether the
		generic chip fits their needs before implementing the same
		functionality slightly differently themselves.
		</para>
		!Ekernel/irq/generic-chip.c
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="structs">
		<title>Structures</title>
		<para>
		This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the structures which are
		used in the generic IRQ layer.
		</para>
		!Iinclude/linux/irq.h
		!Iinclude/linux/interrupt.h
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="pubfunctions">
		<title>Public Functions Provided</title>
		<para>
		This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the kernel API functions
		which are exported.
		</para>
		!Ekernel/irq/manage.c
		!Ekernel/irq/chip.c
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="intfunctions">
		<title>Internal Functions Provided</title>
		<para>
		This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the internal functions.
		</para>
		!Ikernel/irq/irqdesc.c
		!Ikernel/irq/handle.c
		!Ikernel/irq/chip.c
		</chapter>

		<chapter id="credits">
		<title>Credits</title>
		<para>
		The following people have contributed to this document:
		<orderedlist>
		<listitem><para>Thomas Gleixner<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email></para></listitem>
		<listitem><para>Ingo Molnar<email>mingo@elte.hu</email></para></listitem>
		</orderedlist>
		</para>
		</chapter>
		</book>

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