Linux Kernel Module Cheat

17.11.2. dummy-irq

The Linux kernel v4.16 mainline also has a dummy-irq module at drivers/misc/dummy-irq.c for monitoring a single IRQ.

We build it by default with:

CONFIG_DUMMY_IRQ=m

And then you can do

./run --graphic

and in guest:

modprobe dummy-irq irq=1

Outcome: when you click a key on the keyboard, dmesg shows:

dummy-irq: interrupt occurred on IRQ 1

However, this module is intended to fire only once as can be seen from its source:

    static int count = 0;

    if (count == 0) {
        printk(KERN_INFO "dummy-irq: interrupt occurred on IRQ %d\n",
            irq);
        count++;
    }

and furthermore interrupt 1 and 12 happen immediately TODO why, were they somehow pending?