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Subject[PATCH 12/72] Blackfin: document __ipipe_call_irqtail
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From: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>

Signed-off-by: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
---
arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
index 29fbf67..c754ff7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/interrupt.S
@@ -261,6 +261,31 @@ ENTRY(_evt_system_call)
ENDPROC(_evt_system_call)

#ifdef CONFIG_IPIPE
+/*
+ * __ipipe_call_irqtail: lowers the current priority level to EVT15
+ * before running a user-defined routine, then raises the priority
+ * level to EVT14 to prepare the caller for a normal interrupt
+ * return through RTI.
+ *
+ * We currently use this facility in two occasions:
+ *
+ * - to branch to __ipipe_irq_tail_hook as requested by a high
+ * priority domain after the pipeline delivered an interrupt,
+ * e.g. such as Xenomai, in order to start its rescheduling
+ * procedure, since we may not switch tasks when IRQ levels are
+ * nested on the Blackfin, so we have to fake an interrupt return
+ * so that we may reschedule immediately.
+ *
+ * - to branch to sync_root_irqs, in order to play any interrupt
+ * pending for the root domain (i.e. the Linux kernel). This lowers
+ * the core priority level enough so that Linux IRQ handlers may
+ * never delay interrupts handled by high priority domains; we defer
+ * those handlers until this point instead. This is a substitute
+ * to using a threaded interrupt model for the Linux kernel.
+ *
+ * r0: address of user-defined routine
+ * context: caller must have preempted EVT15, hw interrupts must be off.
+ */
ENTRY(___ipipe_call_irqtail)
p0 = r0;
r0.l = 1f;
--
1.6.4.2


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