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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
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Merge tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-mediagrafted
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- v4l2-core: added ISP statistics support and per-block validation
- v4l2-core: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance
- New camera sensors: Sony IMX678 and IMX471m, Himax HM1092 IR sensor
- New codec: Milos: VPU v2.0 codec support
- isp driver: gained support for Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP framework
- vsp1 driver: gained support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H
- Novalake driver: gained CVS support for new NVL hardware
- dvb-core: fix feed leak on failed DMX_ADD_PID
- several driver fixes, cleanups and minor improvements
* tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (308 commits)
media: ipu-bridge: check all DMI entries when overriding sensor rotation
media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error
media: rzg2l-cru: Align bytesperline to hardware DMA stride requirement
media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path
media: amd: isp4: release partial allocations in isp4if_alloc_fw_gpumem()
media: rcar-isp: Fix VSPX reference leaks
media: rcar-isp: Release ISPCORE resources
media: i2c: imx415: Release runtime PM reference on VBLANK error
media: i2c: imx415: Return test pattern write errors
media: renesas: vsp1: Declare index variables in for loop statement
media: renesas: vsp1: Make reset control optional to support platforms without a reset line
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,vsp1: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,fcp: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add additional 32-bit RGB format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add 16-bit raw Bayer format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Implement per-stream reference counting for multiplexed streams
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Use BIT_ULL() for 64-bit stream masks
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Correct color map between V4L2 and ISI
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/boot-interrupts.rst b/Documentation/PCI/boot-interrupts.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..931077bb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/PCI/boot-interrupts.rst @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============== +Boot Interrupts +=============== + +:Author: - Sean V Kelley <sean.v.kelley@linux.intel.com> + +Overview +======== + +On PCI Express, interrupts are represented with either MSI or inbound +interrupt messages (Assert_INTx/Deassert_INTx). The integrated IO-APIC in a +given Core IO converts the legacy interrupt messages from PCI Express to +MSI interrupts. If the IO-APIC is disabled (via the mask bits in the +IO-APIC table entries), the messages are routed to the legacy PCH. This +in-band interrupt mechanism was traditionally necessary for systems that +did not support the IO-APIC and for boot. Intel in the past has used the +term "boot interrupts" to describe this mechanism. Further, the PCI Express +protocol describes this in-band legacy wire-interrupt INTx mechanism for +I/O devices to signal PCI-style level interrupts. The subsequent paragraphs +describe problems with the Core IO handling of INTx message routing to the +PCH and mitigation within BIOS and the OS. + + +Issue +===== + +When in-band legacy INTx messages are forwarded to the PCH, they in turn +trigger a new interrupt for which the OS likely lacks a handler. When an +interrupt goes unhandled over time, they are tracked by the Linux kernel as +Spurious Interrupts. The IRQ will be disabled by the Linux kernel after it +reaches a specific count with the error "nobody cared". This disabled IRQ +now prevents valid usage by an existing interrupt which may happen to share +the IRQ line:: + + irq 19: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) + CPU: 0 PID: 2988 Comm: irq/34-nipalk Tainted: 4.14.87-rt49-02410-g4a640ec-dirty #1 + Hardware name: National Instruments NI PXIe-8880/NI PXIe-8880, BIOS 2.1.5f1 01/09/2020 + Call Trace: + + <IRQ> + ? dump_stack+0x46/0x5e + ? __report_bad_irq+0x2e/0xb0 + ? note_interrupt+0x242/0x290 + ? nNIKAL100_memoryRead16+0x8/0x10 [nikal] + ? handle_irq_event_percpu+0x55/0x70 + ? handle_irq_event+0x4f/0x80 + ? handle_fasteoi_irq+0x81/0x180 + ? handle_irq+0x1c/0x30 + ? do_IRQ+0x41/0xd0 + ? common_interrupt+0x84/0x84 + </IRQ> + + handlers: + irq_default_primary_handler threaded usb_hcd_irq + Disabling IRQ #19 + + +Conditions +========== + +The use of threaded interrupts is the most likely condition to trigger +this problem today. Threaded interrupts may not be re-enabled after the IRQ +handler wakes. These "one shot" conditions mean that the threaded interrupt +needs to keep the interrupt line masked until the threaded handler has run. +Especially when dealing with high data rate interrupts, the thread needs to +run to completion; otherwise some handlers will end up in stack overflows +since the interrupt of the issuing device is still active. + +Affected Chipsets +================= + +The legacy interrupt forwarding mechanism exists today in a number of +devices including but not limited to chipsets from AMD/ATI, Broadcom, and +Intel. Changes made through the mitigations below have been applied to +drivers/pci/quirks.c + +Starting with ICX there are no longer any IO-APICs in the Core IO's +devices. IO-APIC is only in the PCH. Devices connected to the Core IO's +PCIe Root Ports will use native MSI/MSI-X mechanisms. + +Mitigations +=========== + +The mitigations take the form of PCI quirks. The preference has been to +first identify and make use of a means to disable the routing to the PCH. +In such a case a quirk to disable boot interrupt generation can be +added. [1]_ + +Intel® 6300ESB I/O Controller Hub + Alternate Base Address Register: + BIE: Boot Interrupt Enable + + == =========================== + 0 Boot interrupt is enabled. + 1 Boot interrupt is disabled. + == =========================== + +Intel® Sandy Bridge through Sky Lake based Xeon servers: + Coherent Interface Protocol Interrupt Control + dis_intx_route2pch/dis_intx_route2ich/dis_intx_route2dmi2: + When this bit is set. Local INTx messages received from the + Intel® Quick Data DMA/PCI Express ports are not routed to legacy + PCH - they are either converted into MSI via the integrated IO-APIC + (if the IO-APIC mask bit is clear in the appropriate entries) + or cause no further action (when mask bit is set) + +In the absence of a way to directly disable the routing, another approach +has been to make use of PCI Interrupt pin to INTx routing tables for +purposes of redirecting the interrupt handler to the rerouted interrupt +line by default. Therefore, on chipsets where this INTx routing cannot be +disabled, the Linux kernel will reroute the valid interrupt to its legacy +interrupt. This redirection of the handler will prevent the occurrence of +the spurious interrupt detection which would ordinarily disable the IRQ +line due to excessive unhandled counts. [2]_ + +The config option X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS exists to enable (or +disable) the redirection of the interrupt handler to the PCH interrupt +line. The option can be overridden by either pci=ioapicreroute or +pci=noioapicreroute. [3]_ + + +More Documentation +================== + +There is an overview of the legacy interrupt handling in several datasheets +(6300ESB and 6700PXH below). While largely the same, it provides insight +into the evolution of its handling with chipsets. + +Example of disabling of the boot interrupt +------------------------------------------ + + - Intel® 6300ESB I/O Controller Hub (Document # 300641-004US) + 5.7.3 Boot Interrupt + https://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/datasheet/6300esb-io-controller-hub-datasheet.pdf + + - Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1600/2400/2600/4600 v3 Product Families + Datasheet - Volume 2: Registers (Document # 330784-003) + 6.6.41 cipintrc Coherent Interface Protocol Interrupt Control + https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/xeon-e5-v3-datasheet-vol-2.pdf + +Example of handler rerouting +---------------------------- + + - Intel® 6700PXH 64-bit PCI Hub (Document # 302628) + 2.15.2 PCI Express Legacy INTx Support and Boot Interrupt + https://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/datasheet/6700pxh-64-bit-pci-hub-datasheet.pdf + + +If you have any legacy PCI interrupt questions that aren't answered, email me. + +Cheers, + Sean V Kelley + sean.v.kelley@linux.intel.com + +.. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/12131949181903-git-send-email-sassmann@suse.de/ +.. [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/12131949182094-git-send-email-sassmann@suse.de/ +.. [3] https://lore.kernel.org/r/487C8EA7.6020205@suse.de/ |
