From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] PCI/MSI: Factor out pci_get_msi_cap() interface
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:44:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130905154436.GC24148@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130905154041.GD30984@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com>
Hello,
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 05:40:42PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 11:04:42AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > The thing is, do we even have cases where arch code returns positive
> > return to indicate possible partial allocation? If not, the whole
> > interface is convoluted for no good reason and we can just make
> > everything return 0 or -errno, which is a lot simpler. No?
>
> As I mentioned in my other note, at least PPC has a concept of MSI quota,
> so exceeding it would be the very case, I believe.
Given that multiple MSI is something which isn't too popular / already
superseded and that the condition is highly unlikely, do we really
care about possible partial success? This sort of interface is
unnecessarily complex and actively harmful. It forces all users to
wonder what could possibly happen and implement all sorts of nutty
fallback logic which is highly likely to be error-prone on both the
software and hardware side. Seriously, how much testing would such
code path would get both on the driver and firmware sides?
It's an operation which isn't too likely to fail with a firm
known-to-work fallback. It's pointless and error-prone to try to
extract the last point zero zero one percent.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-05 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-05 12:51 [PATCH v2 0/6] AHCI: Conserve interrupts with pci_enable_msi_block_part() interface Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 12:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] PCI/MSI: Introduce " Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 12:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] PCI/MSI: Factor out pci_get_msi_cap() interface Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 13:09 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-05 15:03 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 15:04 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-05 15:40 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 15:44 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2013-09-05 18:54 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 20:06 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-06 16:01 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-09-06 16:06 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-06 23:32 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-09-09 15:20 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:22 ` [PATCH 1/9] PCI/MSI/PPC: Fix wrong RTAS error code reporting Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:22 ` [PATCH 2/9] PCI/MSI/PPC: Make return values only 0/-errno when MSIs allocated Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:24 ` [PATCH 3/9] PCI/MSI/x86: " Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:24 ` [PATCH 4/9] PCI/MSI/MIPS: " Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:25 ` [PATCH 2/9] PCI/MSI/PPC: Make return values only 0/-errno when MSIs allocated[PATCH 5/9] PCI/MSI/s390: " Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:38 ` scrap this one Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:26 ` [PATCH 5/9] PCI/MSI/s390: Make return values only 0/-errno when MSIs allocated Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-10 12:42 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-09-10 13:09 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:27 ` [PATCH 6/9] PCI/MSI/s390: Remove superfluous check of MSI type Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:28 ` [PATCH 7/9] PCI/MSI/s390: Make return values only 0/-errno when MSIs allocated Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:29 ` [PATCH 8/9] PCI/MSI: Fix return value when populate_msi_sysfs() failed Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:29 ` [PATCH 9/9] PCI/MSI: Make return values only 0/-errno when MSIs allocated Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-09 15:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] PCI/MSI: Factor out pci_get_msi_cap() interface Tejun Heo
2013-09-09 15:45 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-16 10:22 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-17 14:30 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-09-18 9:48 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-18 14:22 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-18 16:50 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-20 8:24 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-20 12:27 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-25 18:02 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-09-25 20:58 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-25 21:00 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-26 7:46 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-26 8:58 ` David Laight
2013-09-26 10:45 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-26 11:34 ` David Laight
2013-09-26 12:13 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-26 13:11 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-26 14:39 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-26 14:42 ` Tejun Heo
2013-10-01 7:19 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-09-20 12:26 ` Tejun Heo
2013-10-01 7:26 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-10-01 7:35 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-10-01 11:55 ` Tejun Heo
2013-10-02 2:33 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-10-02 3:23 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-26 12:32 ` Mark Lord
2013-09-26 13:03 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-10-02 2:46 ` Mark Lord
2013-10-02 7:26 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-12-18 18:26 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-10-01 7:51 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-10-01 10:35 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-10-02 2:43 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-10-02 7:10 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-06 13:17 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] MSI/x86: Support pci_enable_msi_block_part() interface Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] AHCI: Conserve interrupts with " Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 13:10 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-05 15:23 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 12:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] AHCI: Check MRSM bit when multiple MSIs enabled Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 13:11 ` Tejun Heo
2013-09-05 15:25 ` Alexander Gordeev
2013-09-05 14:32 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-09-05 12:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] PCI/MSI: Get rid of pci_enable_msi_block_auto() interface Alexander Gordeev
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