summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h')
-rw-r--r--c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h47
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h
index d03b812437..673be173b1 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/include/genirq.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct genirq_stats {
extern genirq_t genirq_init(int number_of_irqs);
/* Free the dynamically allocated memory that the genirq interface has
- * allocated.
+ * allocated. Also the handlers will be freed.
*
* Returns zero on success, otherwise failure.
*/
@@ -47,33 +47,54 @@ extern void genirq_destroy(genirq_t d);
*/
extern int genirq_check(genirq_t d, int irq);
-/* Register shared interrupt handler.
+/* Allocate one ISR handler and initialize it. Input to genirq_register().
*
- * \param irq The interrupt number to register ISR on
* \param isr The interrupt service routine called upon IRQ
* \param arg The argument given to isr() when called.
*
+ * Returns a pointer on success, on failure NULL is returned.
+ */
+extern void *genirq_alloc_handler(genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
+
+/* Free handler memory */
+#define genirq_free_handler(handler) free(handler)
+
+/* Register shared interrupt handler previously initialized with
+ * genirq_alloc_handler().
+ *
+ * NOTE: internal list structures are accessed and needs to be protected by
+ * spin-locks/IRQ disable by the user to guarantee a correct behaviour.
+ *
+ * \param irq The interrupt number to register ISR on
+ * \param handler Install the pre- allocated and initialized handler.
+ *
* Return Values
* -1 = Failed
* 0 = Handler registered Successfully, first handler on this IRQ
* 1 = Handler registered Successfully, _not_ first handler on this IRQ
*/
-extern int genirq_register(genirq_t d, int irq, genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
+extern int genirq_register(genirq_t d, int irq, void *handler);
-/* Unregister an previous registered interrupt handler
+/* Unregister an previous registered interrupt handler. It is the user's
+ * responsibility to free the handler returned by genirq_unregister().
+ *
+ * NOTE: internal list structures are accessed and needs to be protected by
+ * spin-locks/IRQ disable by the user to guarantee a correct behaviour.
*
* Return Values
- * -1 = ISR not registered before
- * 0 = ISR unregistered
- * 1 = Unable to unregister enabled ISR
+ * NULL = ISR not registered before or unable to unregister enabled ISR
+ * Pointer = ISR sucessfully unregistered. Returned is the handler pointer
+ * previously allocated with genirq_alloc_handler().
*/
-extern int genirq_unregister(genirq_t d, int irq, genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
+extern void *genirq_unregister(genirq_t d, int irq,
+ genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
/* Enables IRQ only for this isr[arg] combination. Records if this
* is the first interrupt enable, only then must interrupts be enabled
* on the interrupt controller.
*
- * IRQs must be disabled before entering this function.
+ * NOTE: internal list structures are accessed and needs to be protected by
+ * spin-locks/IRQ disable by the user to guarantee a correct behaviour.
*
* Return values
* -1 = Failure, for example isr[arg] not registered on this irq
@@ -86,7 +107,8 @@ extern int genirq_enable(genirq_t d, int irq, genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
* is the only interrupt handler that is enabled on this IRQ, only then
* must interrupts be disabled on the interrupt controller.
*
- * IRQs must be disabled before entering this function.
+ * NOTE: internal list structures are accessed and needs to be protected by
+ * spin-locks/IRQ disable by the user to guarantee a correct behaviour.
*
* Return values
* -1 = Failure, for example isr[arg] not registered on this irq
@@ -97,6 +119,9 @@ extern int genirq_disable(genirq_t d, int irq, genirq_handler isr, void *arg);
/* Must be called by user when an IRQ has fired, the argument 'irq'
* is the IRQ number of the IRQ which was fired.
+ *
+ * NOTE: internal list structures are accessed and needs to be protected by
+ * spin-locks/IRQ disable by the user to guarantee a correct behaviour.
*/
extern void genirq_doirq(genirq_t d, int irq);