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ARM: 6777/1: gic: Add hooks for architecture specific extensions
Few architectures combine the GIC with an external interrupt controller. On such systems it may be necessary to update both the GIC registers and the external controller's registers to control IRQ behavior. This can be addressed in couple of possible methods. 1. Export common GIC routines along with 'struct irq_chip gic_chip' and allow architectures to have custom function by override. 2. Provide architecture specific function pointer hooks within GIC library and leave platforms to add the necessary code as part of these hooks. First one might be non-intrusive but have few shortcomings like arch needs to have there own custom gic library. Locks used should be common since it caters to same IRQs etc. Maintenance point of view also it leads to multiple file fixes. The second probably is cleaner and portable. It ensures that all the common GIC infrastructure is not touched and also provides archs to address their specific issue. Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> Acked-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com> Tested-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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