__do_IRQ does not check IRQ_DISABLED when IRQ_PER_CPU is set
authorRuss Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:00:15 +0000 (17:00 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:45:43 +0000 (18:45 -0800)
In __do_IRQ(), the normal case is that IRQ_DISABLED is checked and if set
the handler (handle_IRQ_event()) is not called.

Earlier in __do_IRQ(), if IRQ_PER_CPU is set the code does not check
IRQ_DISABLED and calls the handler even though IRQ_DISABLED is set.  This
behavior seems unintentional.

One user encountering this behavior is the CPE handler (in
arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c).  When the CPE handler encounters too many CPEs
(such as a solid single bit error), it sets up a polling timer and disables
the CPE interrupt (to avoid excessive overhead logging the stream of single
bit errors).  disable_irq_nosync() is called which sets IRQ_DISABLED.  The
IRQ_PER_CPU flag was previously set (in ia64_mca_late_init()).  The net
result is the CPE handler gets called even though it is marked disabled.

If the behavior of not checking IRQ_DISABLED when IRQ_PER_CPU is set is
intentional, it would be worthy of a comment describing the intended
behavior.  disable_irq_nosync() does call chip->disable() to provide a
chipset specifiec interface for disabling the interrupt, which avoids this
issue when used.

Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/irq/handle.c

index e391cbb1f56665e4f751706403d69bd3bd86c471..dc335ad27525f0019d475124322779d6c6ed5f09 100644 (file)
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ fastcall unsigned int __do_IRQ(unsigned int irq)
                 */
                if (desc->chip->ack)
                        desc->chip->ack(irq);
-               action_ret = handle_IRQ_event(irq, desc->action);
-               if (!noirqdebug)
-                       note_interrupt(irq, desc, action_ret);
+               if (likely(!(desc->status & IRQ_DISABLED))) {
+                       action_ret = handle_IRQ_event(irq, desc->action);
+                       if (!noirqdebug)
+                               note_interrupt(irq, desc, action_ret);
+               }
                desc->chip->end(irq);
                return 1;
        }