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From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>,
	Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@renesas.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: MSI: Only use the generic MSI layer when domain is hierarchical
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:43:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56607130.2010002@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1511231838130.3913@nanos>

On 23/11/15 17:38, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2015, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> 
>> Since d8a1cb757550 ("PCI/MSI: Let pci_msi_get_domain use struct
>> device::msi_domain"), we use the MSI domain associated to the PCI device.
>>
>> But finding a MSI domain doesn't mean that the domain is implemented
>> using the generic MSI domain API, and a number of MSI controllers
>> are still using the arch_setup_msi_irq/arch_teardown_msi_irqs.
>>
>> In order to avoid a firework on these systems, check that the domain
>> we just obtained is hierarchical. If not, don't use the generic MSI
>> stuff and stick with the old one. Not pretty, but reliable.
>>
>> Another insentive to rework those drivers and phase out this API.
>>
>> Reported-by: Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@renesas.com>
>> Tested-by: Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@renesas.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> 

Hi Bjorn,

Do you have any objection to taking this patch? It fixes a real issue
for drivers not using the generic MSI domains.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-03 16:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-23 14:27 [PATCH] PCI: MSI: Only use the generic MSI layer when domain is hierarchical Marc Zyngier
2015-11-23 17:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-03 16:43   ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2015-11-30 10:25 ` Phil Edworthy
2015-12-04  0:27   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2015-12-04  8:13     ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-04 16:17       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2015-12-04 17:07         ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-04 17:46           ` Bjorn Helgaas

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