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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 06/29] PCI/MSI: Get rid of useless count of
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hmmm... so, before this, the function would have returned the partial
> number of irqs that arch set up successfully.  Is it okay to lose that
> information?  If so, can you please elaborate a bit more on why it's
> okay in the description?

Well, this is embarrassing. A quick check into x86 shows the partially
initialized MSI-Xs are possible - something I should have noticed.

Self-Nack.

> tejun

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