Re: [PATCH v5 04/34] x86/traps: add external_interrupt() to dispatch external interrupts

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 11:46:39 EST


On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 06:39:16PM -0800, Xin Li wrote:

> +#ifndef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
> +/*
> + * Used when local APIC is not compiled into the kernel, but
> + * external_interrupt() needs dispatch_spurious_interrupt().
> + */
> +DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ(spurious_interrupt)
> +{
> + pr_info("Spurious interrupt (vector 0x%x) on CPU#%d, should never happen.\n",
> + vector, smp_processor_id());
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * External interrupt dispatch function.
> + *
> + * Until/unless dispatch_common_interrupt() can be taught to deal with the
> + * special system vectors, split the dispatch.
> + *
> + * Note: dispatch_common_interrupt() already deals with IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR.
> + */
> +int external_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int vector)
> +{
> + unsigned int sysvec = vector - FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR;
> +
> + if (vector < FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR) {
> + pr_err("invalid external interrupt vector %d\n", vector);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + if (sysvec < NR_SYSTEM_VECTORS) {
> + if (system_interrupt_handlers[sysvec])
> + system_interrupt_handlers[sysvec](regs);
> + else
> + dispatch_spurious_interrupt(regs, vector);

ISTR suggesting you can get rid of this branch if you stuff
system_interrupt_handlers[] with dispatch_spurious_interrupt instead of
NULL.

> + } else {
> + dispatch_common_interrupt(regs, vector);
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}