Re: [PATCH v3 -tip 2/5] x86, MSI: Allocate as many multiple IRQs as requested

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com> wrote:

> When multiple MSIs are enabled with pci_enable_msi_block() the number of
> allocated IRQs 'nvec' is rounded up to the nearest value of power of two.
> That could lead to a condition when number of requested and used IRQs is
> less than number of actually allocated IRQs.
> 
> This fix introduces 'msi_desc::nvec' field to address the above issue -
> when non-zero, it holds the number of allocated IRQs. Otherwise, the old
> method is used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |   16 +++++++---------
>  drivers/pci/msi.c              |   10 ++++++++--
>  include/linux/msi.h            |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

This should be switched with the first patch: first extend the 
generic MSI code, then add x86 support for that variant.

Adding multi-MSI support in one patch then tweaking it in the 
very next patch makes little sense and cannot possibly have been 
tested much so it's a potential bisection trap.

Thanks,

	Ingo