Writing Device Drivers

Registering MSI Interrupts

To register a driver's interrupt handler, the driver typically performs the following steps in its attach(9E) entry point:

  1. Use ddi_intr_get_supported_types(9F) to determine which types of interrupts are supported.

  2. Use ddi_intr_get_nintrs(9F) to determine the number of supported MSI interrupt types.

  3. Use ddi_intr_alloc(9F) to allocate memory for the MSI interrupts.

  4. For each interrupt type that you allocate, take the following steps:

    1. Use ddi_intr_get_pri(9F) to get the priority for the interrupt.

    2. If you need to set a new priority for the interrupt, use ddi_intr_set_pri(9F).

    3. Use mutex_init(9F) to initialize the lock.

    4. Use ddi_intr_add_handler(9F) to register the handler for the interrupt.

  5. Use one of the following functions to enable all the interrupts:


Example 8–7 Registering a Set of MSI Interrupts

The following example illustrates how to register an MSI interrupt for a device called mydev.

/* Get supported interrupt types */
if (ddi_intr_get_supported_types(devinfo, &intr_types) != DDI_SUCCESS) {
    cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_get_supported_types failed");
    goto attach_fail;
}

if (intr_types & DDI_INTR_TYPE_MSI) 
    mydev_add_msi_intrs(mydevp);

/* Check count, available and actual interrupts */
static int
mydev_add_msi_intrs(mydev_t *mydevp)
{
    dev_info_t    *devinfo = mydevp->devinfo;
    int           count, avail, actual;
    int           x, y, rc, inum = 0;

    /* Get number of interrupts */
    rc = ddi_intr_get_nintrs(devinfo, DDI_INTR_TYPE_MSI, &count);
    if ((rc != DDI_SUCCESS) || (count == 0)) {
        cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_get_nintrs() failure, rc: %d, "
            "count: %d", rc, count);

        return (DDI_FAILURE);
    }
    /* Get number of available interrupts */
    rc = ddi_intr_get_navail(devinfo, DDI_INTR_TYPE_MSI, &avail);
    if ((rc != DDI_SUCCESS) || (avail == 0)) {
        cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_get_navail() failure, "
            "rc: %d, avail: %d\n", rc, avail);
        return (DDI_FAILURE);
    }
    if (avail < count) {
        cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "nitrs() returned %d, navail returned %d",
            count, avail);
    }
    /* Allocate memory for MSI interrupts */
    mydevp->intr_size = count * sizeof (ddi_intr_handle_t);
    mydevp->htable = kmem_alloc(mydevp->intr_size, KM_SLEEP);

    rc = ddi_intr_alloc(devinfo, mydevp->htable, DDI_INTR_TYPE_MSI, inum,
        count, &actual, DDI_INTR_ALLOC_NORMAL);

    if ((rc != DDI_SUCCESS) || (actual == 0)) {
        cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_alloc() failed: %d", rc);

        kmem_free(mydevp->htable, mydevp->intr_size);
        return (DDI_FAILURE);
    }

    if (actual < count) {
        cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "Requested: %d, Received: %d", count, actual);
    }

    mydevp->intr_cnt = actual;
    /*
     * Get priority for first msi, assume remaining are all the same
     */
    if (ddi_intr_get_pri(mydevp->htable[0], &mydev->intr_pri) !=
        DDI_SUCCESS) {
        cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_get_pri() failed");

        /* Free already allocated intr */
        for (y = 0; y < actual; y++) {
            (void) ddi_intr_free(mydevp->htable[y]);
        }

        kmem_free(mydevp->htable, mydevp->intr_size);
        return (DDI_FAILURE);
    }
    /* Call ddi_intr_add_handler() */
    for (x = 0; x < actual; x++) {
        if (ddi_intr_add_handler(mydevp->htable[x], mydev_intr,
           (caddr_t)mydevp, NULL) != DDI_SUCCESS) {
            cmn_err(CE_WARN, "ddi_intr_add_handler() failed");

            /* Free already allocated intr */
            for (y = 0; y < actual; y++) {
                (void) ddi_intr_free(mydevp->htable[y]);
            }

            kmem_free(mydevp->htable, mydevp->intr_size);
            return (DDI_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    (void) ddi_intr_get_cap(mydevp->htable[0], &mydevp->intr_cap);
    if (mydev->m_intr_cap & DDI_INTR_FLAG_BLOCK) {
        /* Call ddi_intr_block_enable() for MSI */
        (void) ddi_intr_block_enable(mydev->m_htable, mydev->m_intr_cnt);
    } else {
        /* Call ddi_intr_enable() for MSI non block enable */
        for (x = 0; x < mydev->m_intr_cnt; x++) {
            (void) ddi_intr_enable(mydev->m_htable[x]);
        }
    }
    return (DDI_SUCCESS);
}


Example 8–8 Removing MSI Interrupts

The following example shows how to remove MSI interrupts.

static void
mydev_rem_intrs(mydev_t *mydev)
{
    int        x;

    /* Disable all interrupts */
    if (mydev->m_intr_cap & DDI_INTR_FLAG_BLOCK) {
        /* Call ddi_intr_block_disable() */
        (void) ddi_intr_block_disable(mydev->m_htable, mydev->m_intr_cnt);
    } else {
        for (x = 0; x < mydev->m_intr_cnt; x++) {
            (void) ddi_intr_disable(mydev->m_htable[x]);
        }
    }

    /* Call ddi_intr_remove_handler() */
    for (x = 0; x < mydev->m_intr_cnt; x++) {
        (void) ddi_intr_remove_handler(mydev->m_htable[x]);
        (void) ddi_intr_free(mydev->m_htable[x]);
    }

    kmem_free(mydev->m_htable, mydev->m_intr_size);
}