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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: use the trigger info we already have to choose the irq handler



Do not use pirq_needs_eoi to decide which irq handler to use because Xen
always returns true if the guest does not support pirq_eoi_map.
Use the trigger information we already have from MP-tables and ACPI.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Thomas Goetz <tcgoetz@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Thomas Goetz <tcgoetz@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index 7f676f8..8418398 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ int xen_allocate_pirq_gsi(unsigned gsi)
  *
  * 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)
@@ -665,16 +668,13 @@ int xen_bind_pirq_gsi_to_irq(unsigned gsi,
 
        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,
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int xen_bind_pirq_gsi_to_irq(unsigned gsi,
         * 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

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