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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] PCI PCIe portdrv: Fix allocation of interrupts
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On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Kenji Kaneshige wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Kenji Kaneshige wrote:
> >> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>> On Saturday 10 January 2009, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:45 pm Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>>>> On Thursday 08 January 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>>>>> On Thursday 08 January 2009, Kenji Kaneshige wrote:
> >>>>>>> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Thursday 08 January 2009, Kenji Kaneshige wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> If MSI-X interrupt mode is used by the PCI Express port driver, too
> >>>>>>>>>> many vectors are allocated and it is not ensured that the right
> >>>>>>>>>> vectors will be used for various services. Namely, the PCI Express
> >>>>>>>>>> specification states that both PCI Express native PME and PCI
> >>>>>>>>>> Express hotplug will always use the same MSI or MSI-X message for
> >>>>>>>>>> signalling interrupts, which implies that the same vector will be
> >>>>>>>>>> used by both of them. Also, the VC service does not use interrupts
> >>>>>>>>>> at all. Moreover, is not clear which of the vectors allocated by
> >>>>>>>>>> pci_enable_msix() will be used for PME and hotplug and which of
> >>>>>>>>>> them will be used for AER if all of these services are configured.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> For these reasons, rework the allocation of interrupts for PCI
> >>>>>>>>>> Express ports so that at most two vectors are allocated and ensure
> >>>>>>>>>> that the right vector will be used for the right purpose.
> >>>>> Appended is a cleaned-up version of the patch that also contains comments
> >>>>> with references to the appropriate sections of the PCI Express spec.
> >>>> We'll need testing here in any case; I'll have to re-read the specs carefully
> >>>> to see if we can really rely on the vector numbers you have here (at first
> >>>> glance Kenji-san's approach seems more robust).
> >>> It has a catch too. Namely, is there any warranty that we'll get the same
> >>> vectors when the second pci_enable_msix() is called and that they will be in
> >>> the same order?
> >>>
> >> In my understanding, the following description of Interrupt Message
> >> Number in the PCI Express spec explains this.
> >>
> >> "[...] For a given MSI-X implementation, the entry must remain constant. [...]"
> >
> > The entry - yes, but the associated interrupt vector as sent to the CPU? That
> > seems to be platform-dependent.
> >
>
> I'm sorry but I don't understand what the problem is.
> Do you mean pci_disable_msix() doesn't work on some platforms?

No, I don't. It was just confusion on my side, sorry.

Please have a look at the new version of the patch I sent yesterday
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=123185510828181&w=4).

Thanks,
Rafael


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