Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Allow dyn MSI-X vector allocation of MANA

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 08:57:33AM -0700, Shradha Gupta wrote:
> In this patchset we want to enable the MANA driver to be able to
> allocate MSI-X vectors in PCI dynamically.
> 
> The first patch exports pci_msix_prepare_desc() in PCI to be able to
> correctly prepare descriptors for dynamically added MSI-X vectors.
> 
> The second patch adds the support of dynamic vector allocation in
> pci-hyperv PCI controller by enabling the MSI_FLAG_PCI_MSIX_ALLOC_DYN
> flag and using the pci_msix_prepare_desc() exported in first patch.
> 
> The third patch adds a detailed description of the irq_setup(), to
> help understand the function design better.
> 
> The fourth patch is a preparation patch for mana changes to support
> dynamic IRQ allocation. It contains changes in irq_setup() to allow
> skipping first sibling CPU sets, in case certain IRQs are already
> affinitized to them.
> 
> The fifth patch has the changes in MANA driver to be able to allocate
> MSI-X vectors dynamically. If the support does not exist it defaults to
> older behavior.

Hi Shradha,

It's unclear what the target tree for this patch-set is.
But if it is net-next, which seems likely given the code under
drivers/net/, then:

Please include that target in the subject of each patch in the patch-set.

	Subject: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/5] ...

And, moreover, ...

## Form letter - net-next-closed

The merge window for v6.16 has begun and therefore net-next is closed
for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations. We are
currently accepting bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after June 8th.

RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.