From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FB61C2BBCA for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:47:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Type:MIME-Version: Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=Mmc8MTuCh1XCrp70mw+LT/QclMruRuIsIjy/tVuxlrw=; b=y4ULCCCEwodY4B8g+w8n06u2h2 lTOxMml5XSRh1cUASwQOvKmGdV9bT4G+ARTrbOzYbrn0ulrsWyrIbsqnjTUDsKrbCz7lhG1AG4FcO lkHHoaRnW1NlmZ70vEFBwft1oSW5m70JwaF4RkrrYVTmZTTOxkXqnHs+BZQUCZcSmpJvYtj/gN56I Xrmx/JYW+On5UPgFysVyzELHC7X6Ta/PTDqsDD6opVPoUE9rMfmqiNOOowKGSXt63ERNcebdsbbK9 Xd+HPbe007HNTcPeawaCMxBZzCa60V/OvuoGxO71l+m4azv1kZlf/gerTfHRRkEaWBRnWyiLounm5 32ZZ5rDg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1sM0tc-000000020mG-3bf8; Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:47:20 +0000 Received: from galois.linutronix.de ([193.142.43.55]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1sM0tT-000000020jN-1GC7 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:47:16 +0000 From: Thomas Gleixner DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020; t=1719301629; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Mmc8MTuCh1XCrp70mw+LT/QclMruRuIsIjy/tVuxlrw=; b=mo1Xgvi7bxKmw3jZDLjqwirC327EDsQAiAq08xzB7VAlehA93FORjbUKpStmSa6CbKCbAy PC/UhoMw9UbSJyybkGK1t7bLTDdEZhC4iMJOCEgq4uVnf45hptoKPXYzuL/cH3X+W5Qkj3 GVIv3rgU5QVMlfQAW1CF/yXRGsTLU/ts/YZMyC49d0YnTT4LQmp06a7dNkkMd9CpJV+QmT dnxgWM2NXzjEhzCQVuqD3FSyDXT8lDi4l24g7LjHTPc8UjblcPv+tRB5fp5m3SVmy6Ukt5 iJviyFR1RTw71pRcWbay5i8QX6SktSXzL2sKq8bkQr9nXZ46xVVRcsMIi0eEbQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020e; t=1719301629; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Mmc8MTuCh1XCrp70mw+LT/QclMruRuIsIjy/tVuxlrw=; b=9TcXMfp10CwedtYwFQElarbStZO2GM/gZvs3ZJhbqzGtsFef7nID5+hZZ1mkVoUWVoy0bj Dqpir1j95KbgEQCA== To: Marc Zyngier Cc: Shivamurthy Shastri , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, anna-maria@linutronix.de, shawnguo@kernel.org, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, festevam@gmail.com, bhelgaas@google.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, vidyas@nvidia.com, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com, apatel@ventanamicro.com, kevin.tian@intel.com, nipun.gupta@amd.com, den@valinux.co.jp, andrew@lunn.ch, gregory.clement@bootlin.com, sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org, alex.williamson@redhat.com, will@kernel.org, lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com, jgg@mellanox.com, ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org, robin.murphy@arm.com, lpieralisi@kernel.org, nm@ti.com, kristo@kernel.org, vkoul@kernel.org, okaya@kernel.org, agross@kernel.org, andersson@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/24] genirq/gic-v3-mbi: Remove unused wired MSI mechanics In-Reply-To: <86y16tiica.wl-maz@kernel.org> References: <20240614102403.13610-1-shivamurthy.shastri@linutronix.de> <20240614102403.13610-15-shivamurthy.shastri@linutronix.de> <86le36jf0q.wl-maz@kernel.org> <87plsfu3sz.ffs@tglx> <86h6drk9h1.wl-maz@kernel.org> <87h6dru0pb.ffs@tglx> <87ed8vu033.ffs@tglx> <86y16tiica.wl-maz@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:47:09 +0200 Message-ID: <8734p179c2.ffs@tglx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20240625_004711_513910_5350CFB3 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.60 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Jun 25 2024 at 08:37, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:15:44 +0100, > Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> just install their special MSI write callback. I don't see any of those >> setting up LEVEL triggered MSIs. >> >> But then I'm might be missing something. If so can you point me please >> to the usage instance which actually uses level signaled MSI? > > Good question. I'm pretty sure we had *something* at some point that > used it, or that was planning on using it. I even vividly remember who > was asking for this. > > But either that never really made it upstream, or they decided to move > away from the kernel setting the MSI up and relied on firmware for > that (which is fine as long as the device isn't behind an IOMMU). > > In the end, it begs the question of what we want to do with this > feature. I don't think it is a big deal to keep it around, but maybe > we should plan for it to be retired. That's independent of this > series, IMO. I reworked the conversion so that it keeps it alive. We can remove it later nevertheless :) Thanks, tglx