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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/3] uio_pci_generic: add MSI/MSI-X support
On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 11:43:17PM +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> Add support for MSI and MSI-X interrupt modes:
> - Interrupt mode selection order is:
> INT#X (for backward compatibility) -> MSI-X -> MSI.
> - Add ioctl() commands:
> - UIO_PCI_GENERIC_INT_MODE_GET: query the current interrupt mode.
> - UIO_PCI_GENERIC_IRQ_NUM_GET: query the maximum number of IRQs.
> - UIO_PCI_GENERIC_IRQ_SET: bind the IRQ to eventfd (similar to vfio).
> - Add mappings to all bars (memory and portio): some devices have
> registers related to MSI/MSI-X handling outside BAR0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@cloudius-systems.com>
> ---
> New in v3:
> - Add __iomem qualifier to temp buffer receiving ioremap value.
>
> New in v2:
> - Added #include <linux/uaccess.h> to uio_pci_generic.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@cloudius-systems.com>
> ---
> drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c | 410 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> include/linux/uio_pci_generic.h | 36 ++++
> 2 files changed, 423 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/uio_pci_generic.h
>
> diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> index d0b508b..6b8b1789 100644
> --- a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> @@ -22,16 +22,32 @@
> #include <linux/device.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/pci.h>
> +#include <linux/msi.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/uio_driver.h>
> +#include <linux/uio_pci_generic.h>
> +#include <linux/eventfd.h>
> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
>
> #define DRIVER_VERSION "0.01.0"
> #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>"
> #define DRIVER_DESC "Generic UIO driver for PCI 2.3 devices"
>
> +struct msix_info {
> + int num_irqs;
> + struct msix_entry *table;
> + struct uio_msix_irq_ctx {
> + struct eventfd_ctx *trigger; /* MSI-x vector to eventfd */

Why are you using eventfd for msi vectors? What's the reason for
needing this?

You haven't documented how this api works at all, you are going to have
to a lot more work to justify this, as this greatly increases the
complexity of the user/kernel api in unknown ways.

greg k-h


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