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

[Michael Ellerman]

Quoting Michael Ellerman (2016-07-11 16:29:20)
> 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?

Hi Greg,

I don't see this series anywhere, do you mind if I take them via the
powerpc tree for 4.8 ? Or do you want to pick them up.

cheers