Timer Interrupt

Local APIC

IDT

• arch/x86/kernel/idt.c

/*
 * The APIC and SMP idt entries
 */
static const __initconst struct idt_data apic_idts[] = {
...
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
	INTG(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR,		asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt),
	...
#endif
};

asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt()

• arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c

/*
 * Local APIC timer interrupt. This is the most natural way for doing
 * local interrupts, but local timer interrupts can be emulated by
 * broadcast interrupts too. [in case the hw doesn't support APIC timers]
 *
 * [ if a single-CPU system runs an SMP kernel then we call the local
 *   interrupt as well. Thus we cannot inline the local irq ... ]
 */
DEFINE_IDTENTRY_SYSVEC(sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt)
{
	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);

	ack_APIC_irq();
	trace_local_timer_entry(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR);
	local_apic_timer_interrupt();
	trace_local_timer_exit(LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR);

	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
}

PIT/HPET

timer_interrupt()

• arch/x86/kernel/time.c

/*
 * Default timer interrupt handler for PIT/HPET
 */
static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
	global_clock_event->event_handler(global_clock_event);
	return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

setup_default_timer_irq()

static void __init setup_default_timer_irq(void)
{
	unsigned long flags = IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_TIMER;

	/*
	 * Unconditionally register the legacy timer interrupt; even
	 * without legacy PIC/PIT we need this for the HPET0 in legacy
	 * replacement mode.
	 */
	if (request_irq(0, timer_interrupt, flags, "timer", NULL))
		pr_info("Failed to register legacy timer interrupt\n");
}

request_irq()

/**
 * request_irq - Add a handler for an interrupt line
 * @irq:	The interrupt line to allocate
 * @handler:	Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
 *		Primary handler for threaded interrupts
 *		If NULL, the default primary handler is installed
 * @flags:	Handling flags
 * @name:	Name of the device generating this interrupt
 * @dev:	A cookie passed to the handler function
 *
 * This call allocates an interrupt and establishes a handler; see
 * the documentation for request_threaded_irq() for details.
 */
static inline int __must_check
request_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler, unsigned long flags,
	    const char *name, void *dev)
{
	return request_threaded_irq(irq, handler, NULL, flags, name, dev);
}

request_threaded_irq()

/**
 *	request_threaded_irq - allocate an interrupt line
 *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
 *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
 *		  Primary handler for threaded interrupts
 *		  If NULL and thread_fn != NULL the default
 *		  primary handler is installed
 *	@thread_fn: Function called from the irq handler thread
 *		    If NULL, no irq thread is created
 *	@irqflags: Interrupt type flags
 *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
 *	@dev_id: A cookie passed back to the handler function
 *
 *	This call allocates interrupt resources and enables the
 *	interrupt line and IRQ handling. From the point this
 *	call is made your handler function may be invoked. Since
 *	your handler function must clear any interrupt the board
 *	raises, you must take care both to initialise your hardware
 *	and to set up the interrupt handler in the right order.
 *
 *	If you want to set up a threaded irq handler for your device
 *	then you need to supply @handler and @thread_fn. @handler is
 *	still called in hard interrupt context and has to check
 *	whether the interrupt originates from the device. If yes it
 *	needs to disable the interrupt on the device and return
 *	IRQ_WAKE_THREAD which will wake up the handler thread and run
 *	@thread_fn. This split handler design is necessary to support
 *	shared interrupts.
 *
 *	Dev_id must be globally unique. Normally the address of the
 *	device data structure is used as the cookie. Since the handler
 *	receives this value it makes sense to use it.
 *
 *	If your interrupt is shared you must pass a non NULL dev_id
 *	as this is required when freeing the interrupt.
 *
 *	Flags:
 *
 *	IRQF_SHARED		Interrupt is shared
 *	IRQF_TRIGGER_*		Specify active edge(s) or level
 *
 */
int request_threaded_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
			 irq_handler_t thread_fn, unsigned long irqflags,
			 const char *devname, void *dev_id)
{
	struct irqaction *action;
	struct irq_desc *desc;
	int retval;

	if (irq == IRQ_NOTCONNECTED)
		return -ENOTCONN;

	/*
	 * Sanity-check: shared interrupts must pass in a real dev-ID,
	 * otherwise we'll have trouble later trying to figure out
	 * which interrupt is which (messes up the interrupt freeing
	 * logic etc).
	 *
	 * Also IRQF_COND_SUSPEND only makes sense for shared interrupts and
	 * it cannot be set along with IRQF_NO_SUSPEND.
	 */
	if (((irqflags & IRQF_SHARED) && !dev_id) ||
	    (!(irqflags & IRQF_SHARED) && (irqflags & IRQF_COND_SUSPEND)) ||
	    ((irqflags & IRQF_NO_SUSPEND) && (irqflags & IRQF_COND_SUSPEND)))
		return -EINVAL;

	desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
	if (!desc)
		return -EINVAL;

	if (!irq_settings_can_request(desc) ||
	    WARN_ON(irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc)))
		return -EINVAL;

	if (!handler) {
		if (!thread_fn)
			return -EINVAL;
		handler = irq_default_primary_handler;
	}

	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!action)
		return -ENOMEM;

	action->handler = handler;
	action->thread_fn = thread_fn;
	action->flags = irqflags;
	action->name = devname;
	action->dev_id = dev_id;

	retval = irq_chip_pm_get(&desc->irq_data);
	if (retval < 0) {
		kfree(action);
		return retval;
	}

	retval = __setup_irq(irq, desc, action);

	if (retval) {
		irq_chip_pm_put(&desc->irq_data);
		kfree(action->secondary);
		kfree(action);
	}

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ_FIXME
	if (!retval && (irqflags & IRQF_SHARED)) {
		/*
		 * It's a shared IRQ -- the driver ought to be prepared for it
		 * to happen immediately, so let's make sure....
		 * We disable the irq to make sure that a 'real' IRQ doesn't
		 * run in parallel with our fake.
		 */
		unsigned long flags;

		disable_irq(irq);
		local_irq_save(flags);

		handler(irq, dev_id);

		local_irq_restore(flags);
		enable_irq(irq);
	}
#endif
	return retval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_threaded_irq);

Data Structures

struct clock_event_device

/**
 * struct clock_event_device - clock event device descriptor
 * @event_handler:	Assigned by the framework to be called by the low
 *			level handler of the event source
 * @set_next_event:	set next event function using a clocksource delta
 * @set_next_ktime:	set next event function using a direct ktime value
 * @next_event:		local storage for the next event in oneshot mode
 * @max_delta_ns:	maximum delta value in ns
 * @min_delta_ns:	minimum delta value in ns
 * @mult:		nanosecond to cycles multiplier
 * @shift:		nanoseconds to cycles divisor (power of two)
 * @state_use_accessors:current state of the device, assigned by the core code
 * @features:		features
 * @retries:		number of forced programming retries
 * @set_state_periodic:	switch state to periodic
 * @set_state_oneshot:	switch state to oneshot
 * @set_state_oneshot_stopped: switch state to oneshot_stopped
 * @set_state_shutdown:	switch state to shutdown
 * @tick_resume:	resume clkevt device
 * @broadcast:		function to broadcast events
 * @min_delta_ticks:	minimum delta value in ticks stored for reconfiguration
 * @max_delta_ticks:	maximum delta value in ticks stored for reconfiguration
 * @name:		ptr to clock event name
 * @rating:		variable to rate clock event devices
 * @irq:		IRQ number (only for non CPU local devices)
 * @bound_on:		Bound on CPU
 * @cpumask:		cpumask to indicate for which CPUs this device works
 * @list:		list head for the management code
 * @owner:		module reference
 */
struct clock_event_device {
	void			(*event_handler)(struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*set_next_event)(unsigned long evt, struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*set_next_ktime)(ktime_t expires, struct clock_event_device *);
	ktime_t			next_event;
	u64			max_delta_ns;
	u64			min_delta_ns;
	u32			mult;
	u32			shift;
	enum clock_event_state	state_use_accessors;
	unsigned int		features;
	unsigned long		retries;

	int			(*set_state_periodic)(struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*set_state_oneshot)(struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*set_state_oneshot_stopped)(struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*set_state_shutdown)(struct clock_event_device *);
	int			(*tick_resume)(struct clock_event_device *);

	void			(*broadcast)(const struct cpumask *mask);
	void			(*suspend)(struct clock_event_device *);
	void			(*resume)(struct clock_event_device *);
	unsigned long		min_delta_ticks;
	unsigned long		max_delta_ticks;

	const char		*name;
	int			rating;
	int			irq;
	int			bound_on;
	const struct cpumask	*cpumask;
	struct list_head	list;
	struct module		*owner;
} ____cacheline_aligned;

struct irqaction

/**
 * struct irqaction - per interrupt action descriptor
 * @handler:	interrupt handler function
 * @name:	name of the device
 * @dev_id:	cookie to identify the device
 * @percpu_dev_id:	cookie to identify the device
 * @next:	pointer to the next irqaction for shared interrupts
 * @irq:	interrupt number
 * @flags:	flags (see IRQF_* above)
 * @thread_fn:	interrupt handler function for threaded interrupts
 * @thread:	thread pointer for threaded interrupts
 * @secondary:	pointer to secondary irqaction (force threading)
 * @thread_flags:	flags related to @thread
 * @thread_mask:	bitmask for keeping track of @thread activity
 * @dir:	pointer to the proc/irq/NN/name entry
 */
struct irqaction {
	irq_handler_t		handler;
	void			*dev_id;
	void __percpu		*percpu_dev_id;
	struct irqaction	*next;
	irq_handler_t		thread_fn;
	struct task_struct	*thread;
	struct irqaction	*secondary;
	unsigned int		irq;
	unsigned int		flags;
	unsigned long		thread_flags;
	unsigned long		thread_mask;
	const char		*name;
	struct proc_dir_entry	*dir;
} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;