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    x86/ACPI/PCI: Recognize that Interrupt Line 255 means "not connected" · e237a551
    Chen Fan authored
    Per the x86-specific footnote to PCI spec r3.0, sec 6.2.4, the value 255 in
    the Interrupt Line register means "unknown" or "no connection."
    Previously, when we couldn't derive an IRQ from the _PRT, we fell back to
    using the value from Interrupt Line as an IRQ.  It's questionable whether
    we should do that at all, but the spec clearly suggests we shouldn't do it
    for the value 255 on x86.
    
    Calling request_irq() with IRQ 255 may succeed, but the driver won't
    receive any interrupts.  Or, if IRQ 255 is shared with another device, it
    may succeed, and the driver's ISR will be called at random times when the
    *other* device interrupts.  Or it may fail if another device is using IRQ
    255 with incompatible flags.  What we *want* is for request_irq() to fail
    predictably so the driver can fall back to polling.
    
    On x86, assume 255 in the Interrupt Line means the INTx line is not
    connected.  In that case, set dev->irq to IRQ_NOTCONNECTED so request_irq()
    will fail gracefully with -ENOTCONN.
    
    We found this problem on a system where Secure Boot firmware assigned
    Interrupt Line 255 to an i801_smbus device and another device was already
    using MSI-X IRQ 255.  This was in v3.10, where i801_probe() fails if
    request_irq() fails:
    
      i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0140 -> 0143)
      i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: can't derive routing for PCI INT C
      i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: PCI INT C: no GSI
      genirq: Flags mismatch irq 255. 00000080 (i801_smbus) vs. 00000000 (megasa)
      CPU: 0 PID: 2487 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 #1
      Hardware name: FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2800E2/D3736, BIOS PRIMEQUEST 2000 Serie5
      Call Trace:
        dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
        __setup_irq+0x54a/0x570
        request_threaded_irq+0xcc/0x170
        i801_probe+0x32f/0x508 [i2c_i801]
        local_pci_probe+0x45/0xa0
      i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: Failed to allocate irq 255: -16
      i801_smbus: probe of 0000:00:1f.3 failed with error -16
    
    After aeb8a3d1
    
     ("i2c: i801: Check if interrupts are disabled"),
    i801_probe() will fall back to polling if request_irq() fails.  But we
    still need this patch because request_irq() may succeed or fail depending
    on other devices in the system.  If request_irq() fails, i801_smbus will
    work by falling back to polling, but if it succeeds, i801_smbus won't work
    because it expects interrupts that it may not receive.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChen Fan <chen.fan.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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