Re: [RFC PATCH v1] irqchip: add support for SMP irq router

[Sebastian Frias]

Hi Marc,

On 07/06/2016 03:50 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> I think that's where part the misunderstanding comes from.
>> IMHO the output line is not a direct function of the input line.
>> Any of the 64 IRQ lines entering the "old controller" (irq-tango.c) can be
>> routed to any of its 3 outputs.
> 
> Then the current DT binding isn't properly describing the HW.

Ok, thanks, so it is not a good example then.

>> In a nutshell:
>> - "old controller": routes [0...N] => GIC inputs [2...4]
>> - "new controller": routes [0...M] => GIC inputs [0...23]
>>
>> So, when we think about it, if the "new DT" specified 24 domains, it would
>> be equivalent of the "old DT" with 3 domains, right?
> 
> Indeed, but I consider the "old" binding to be rather misleading. It
> should have been described as a router too, rather than hardcoding
> things in DT. Granted, it doesn't matter much when you only have 3
> possible output lines. But with 24 outputs, that becomes much more relevant.

I see.

>> So, putting aside routing considerations and the discussion above, I think
>> a simpler question is: if the domains should not be described in the DT,
>> how can we define the IRQ sharing in the DT?
> 
> You could have a set of sub-nodes saying something like this:
> 
> 	mux-hint0 {
> 		inputs = <1 45 127>;
> 	}
> 
> 	mux-hint1 {
> 		inputs = <2 33>;
> 	}
> 
> (or maybe you can have that as direct properties, but you get the idea).
> Here, you have two output pins dedicated to muxed interrupts (assuming
> they are all level interrupts), and the last 22 can be freely allocated
> as direct routes.
> 

Ok, I'll try to do that.
So, aside from the DT issues (that is, that it is describing domains),
would it be ok to create a domain for each of the outputs?

Because I was looking at:
- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/samsung,exynos4210-combiner.txt
- drivers/irqchip/exynos-combiner.c
- arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210.dtsi

and what I see is that the DT basically list all outputs [0...15] connected
to the parent interrupt controller, although the driver does not creates
separate domains, just one. Then it attaches a chained handler for each of
the outputs. On the .map callback it attaches a irqchip to the domain.

There is also:
- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt
- drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c
- arch/arm/boot/dts/dra7.dtsi

This one creates a domain hierarchy linked to the parent domain and uses
irq_domain_alloc_irqs_parent() and irq_domain_set_hwirq_and_chip() to attach
a irqchip to the domain on the .alloc callback.

Both use a single domain, as opposed to irq-tango.c which creates 3 domains.
Right now irq-tango_v2.c is supposed to create one domain per output (if
so the DT says)
Are there guidelines regarding that?

Thanks in advance.
Best regards,

Sebastian