[1/2] tty/hvc: Use IRQF_SHARED for OPAL hvc consoles

[Michael Ellerman]

On Tue, 2016-28-06 at 03:11:38 UTC, Sam Mendoza-Jonas wrote:
> Commit 2def86a7200c
> ("hvc: Convert to using interrupts instead of opal events")
> enabled the use of interrupts in the hvc_driver for OPAL platforms.
> However on machines with more than one hvc console, any console after
> the first will fail to register an interrupt handler in
> notifier_add_irq() since all consoles share the same IRQ number but do
> not set the IRQF_SHARED flag:
> 
> [   51.179907] genirq: Flags mismatch irq 31. 00000000 (hvc_console) vs.
> 00000000 (hvc_console)
> [   51.180010] hvc_open: request_irq failed with rc -16.
> 
> This error propagates up to hvc_open() and the console is closed, but
> OPAL will still generate interrupts that are not handled, leading to
> rcu_sched stall warnings.
> 
> Set IRQF_SHARED when calling request_irq, allowing additional consoles
> to start properly. This is only set for consoles handled by
> hvc_opal_probe(), leaving other types unaffected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com>

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>


Greg I'm assuming you'll take this unless you tell me otherwise.

cheers