[PATCH V2 1/2] tty/hvc: Use IRQF_SHARED for OPAL hvc consoles

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Mon Jul 11 16:29:20 AEST 2016


Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com> writes:

> 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>
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 4.1.x-
> ---
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.h | 1 +
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_irq.c     | 7 +++++--
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_opal.c    | 3 +++
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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

Greg are you happy to take these two?

cheers


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