*
* Note: We don't assign an event channel until the irq actually started
* up. Return an existing irq if we've already got one for the gsi.
+ *
+ * Shareable implies level triggered, not shareable implies edge
+ * triggered here.
*/
int xen_bind_pirq_gsi_to_irq(unsigned gsi,
unsigned pirq, int shareable, char *name)
pirq_query_unmask(irq);
/* We try to use the handler with the appropriate semantic for the
- * type of interrupt: if the interrupt doesn't need an eoi
- * (pirq_needs_eoi returns false), we treat it like an edge
- * triggered interrupt so we use handle_edge_irq.
- * As a matter of fact this only happens when the corresponding
- * physical interrupt is edge triggered or an msi.
+ * type of interrupt: if the interrupt is an edge triggered
+ * interrupt we use handle_edge_irq.
*
- * On the other hand if the interrupt needs an eoi (pirq_needs_eoi
- * returns true) we treat it like a level triggered interrupt so we
- * use handle_fasteoi_irq like the native code does for this kind of
+ * On the other hand if the interrupt is level triggered we use
+ * handle_fasteoi_irq like the native code does for this kind of
* interrupts.
+ *
* Depending on the Xen version, pirq_needs_eoi might return true
* not only for level triggered interrupts but for edge triggered
* interrupts too. In any case Xen always honors the eoi mechanism,
* hasn't received an eoi yet. Therefore using the fasteoi handler
* is the right choice either way.
*/
- if (pirq_needs_eoi(irq))
+ if (shareable)
irq_set_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &xen_pirq_chip,
handle_fasteoi_irq, name);
else