hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks

This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if
the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use hvc_console
without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq.

In addition, together with patch 2/3 it improves the performance for virtio
console input. (an earlier version of this patch was tested by Yajin on lguest)

The irq specific code is moved to hvc_irq.c and selected by the drivers that
use irqs (System p, System i, XEN).

I replaced "int irq" with the opaque "int data". The request_irq and
free_irq calls are replaced with notifier_add and notifier_del. I have also
changed the code a bit to call the notifier_add and notifier_del inside the
spinlock area as the callbacks are found via hp->ops.

Changes since last version:
o remove ifdef
o reintroduce "irq_requested" as "notified"
o cleanups, sparse..

I did not move the timer based polling into a separate polling scheme. I
played with several variants, but it seems we need to sleep/schedule in
a thread even for irq based consoles, as there are throttleing and buffer
size constraints.

I also kept hvc_struct defined in hvc_console.h so that hvc_irq.c can access
the irq_requested element.

Feedback is appreciated. virtio_console is currently the only available console
for kvm on s390. I plan to push this change as soon as all affected parties
agree on it. I would love to get test results from System p, Xen etc.

Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_irq.c b/drivers/char/hvc_irq.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73a59cdb8947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_irq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2001,2008
+ *
+ * This file contains the IRQ specific code for hvc_console
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+
+#include "hvc_console.h"
+
+static irqreturn_t hvc_handle_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
+{
+	/* if hvc_poll request a repoll, then kick the hvcd thread */
+	if (hvc_poll(dev_instance))
+		hvc_kick();
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For IRQ based systems these callbacks can be used
+ */
+int notifier_add_irq(struct hvc_struct *hp, int irq)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!irq) {
+		hp->irq_requested = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	rc = request_irq(irq, hvc_handle_interrupt, IRQF_DISABLED,
+			   "hvc_console", hp);
+	if (!rc)
+		hp->irq_requested = 1;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+void notifier_del_irq(struct hvc_struct *hp, int irq)
+{
+	if (!irq)
+		return;
+	free_irq(irq, hp);
+	hp->irq_requested = 0;
+}