Merge branch '100GbE' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue
Tony Nguyen says: ==================== ice: Improve miscellaneous interrupt code Jacob Keller says: This series improves the driver's use of the threaded IRQ and the communication between ice_misc_intr() and the ice_misc_intr_thread_fn() which was previously introduced by commit 1229b339 ("ice: Add low latency Tx timestamp read"). First, a new custom enumerated return value is used instead of a boolean for ice_ptp_process_ts(). This significantly reduces the cognitive burden when reviewing the logic for this function, as the expected action is clear from the return value name. Second, the unconditional loop in ice_misc_intr_thread_fn() is removed, replacing it with a write to the Other Interrupt Cause register. This causes the MAC to trigger the Tx timestamp interrupt again. This makes it possible to safely use the ice_misc_intr_thread_fn() to handle other tasks beyond just the Tx timestamps. It is also easier to reason about since the thread function will exit cleanly if we do something like disable the interrupt and call synchronize_irq(). Third, refactor the handling for external timestamp events to use the miscellaneous thread function. This resolves an issue with the external time stamps getting blocked while processing the periodic work function task. Fourth, a simplification of the ice_misc_intr() function to always return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD, and schedule the ice service task in the ice_misc_intr_thread_fn() instead. Finally, the Other Interrupt Cause is kept disabled over the thread function processing, rather than immediately re-enabled. Special thanks to Michal Schmidt for the careful review of the series and pointing out my misunderstandings of the kernel IRQ code. It has been determined that the race outlined as being fixed in previous series was actually introduced by this series itself, which I've since corrected. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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