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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/pci/common.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pci/quirks.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/pci.h | 2 |
5 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f5662b7a34d1..62b6e8067a5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1536,6 +1536,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs when the system masks IRQs. + noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the + boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to + a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. + The opposite of ioapicreroute. biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table. These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 96e0c2ebc388..09521332636b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -665,6 +665,30 @@ config X86_VISWS_APIC def_bool y depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS +config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS + bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs" + default n + depends on X86_IO_APIC + help + This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of + spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded + interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of + superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled. + + Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ + entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT + kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this + boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps + the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot + IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the + kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this + way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise + the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring + down (vital) interrupt lines. + + Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be + increased on these systems. + config X86_MCE bool "Machine Check Exception" depends on !X86_VOYAGER diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c index 1485a26ddcef..bb1a01f089e2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c @@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ unsigned int pci_early_dump_regs; static int pci_bf_sort; int pci_routeirq; int noioapicquirk; +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS +int noioapicreroute = 0; +#else int noioapicreroute = 1; +#endif int pcibios_last_bus = -1; unsigned long pirq_table_addr; struct pci_bus *pci_root_bus; @@ -528,6 +532,10 @@ char * __devinit pcibios_setup(char *str) if (noioapicreroute != -1) noioapicreroute = 0; return NULL; + } else if (!strcmp(str, "noioapicreroute")) { + if (noioapicreroute != -1) + noioapicreroute = 1; + return NULL; } return str; } diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c index 0911b0c60b64..c880dd0bbfb5 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c @@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x260b, quirk_intel_pcie_pm); */ static void quirk_reroute_to_boot_interrupts_intel(struct pci_dev *dev) { - if (noioapicquirk) + if (noioapicquirk || noioapicreroute) return; dev->irq_reroute_variant = INTEL_IRQ_REROUTE_VARIANT; diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pci.h b/include/asm-x86/pci.h index 52a29f7668ef..9584d6d5eb93 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/pci.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/pci.h @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct pci_sysdata { extern int pci_routeirq; extern int noioapicquirk; -extern int ioapicreroute; +extern int noioapicreroute; /* scan a bus after allocating a pci_sysdata for it */ extern struct pci_bus *pci_scan_bus_on_node(int busno, struct pci_ops *ops, |