linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: change msi-x vector to 32bit

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:11:12 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: change msi-x vector to 32bit

Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> writes:

> On Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:47 pm Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> writes:
>> > On Friday, August 15, 2008 7:36 pm Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> >> we are using 28bit pci (bus/dev/fn + 12 bits) as irq number, so the
>> >> cache for irq number should be 32 bit too.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
>> >> Cc: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h |    2 +-
>> >>  include/linux/pci.h            |    2 +-
>> >>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>> >> ===================================================================
>> >> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>> >> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
>> >> @@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ struct scsi_qla_host;
>> >>
>> >>  struct qla_msix_entry {
>> >>  	int have_irq;
>> >> -	uint16_t msix_vector;
>> >> +	uint32_t msix_vector;
>> >>  	uint16_t msix_entry;
>> >>  };
>> >>
>> >> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/pci.h
>> >> ===================================================================
>> >> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/pci.h
>> >> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/pci.h
>> >> @@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ enum pci_dma_burst_strategy {
>> >>  };
>> >>
>> >>  struct msix_entry {
>> >> -	u16 	vector;	/* kernel uses to write allocated vector */
>> >> +	u32	vector;	/* kernel uses to write allocated vector */
>> >>  	u16	entry;	/* driver uses to specify entry, OS writes */
>> >>  };
>> >
>> > I see a lot of smoke about this, but not a clear consensus.  It sounds
>> > like no one objects to making the MSI vector field 32 bits, but there
>> > were a lot of concerns about IRQ vector naming/numbering in general?  And
>> > I assume this particular patch isn't 2.6.27 material...
>>
>> There is no need for this particular patch in 2.6.27.
>> It is a trivial bug fix so it can go in whenever.
>>
>> Mostly this is a discussion about code that should land in the 2.6.28
>> timeframe assuming all is well.
>
> Ok, thanks Eric.  I'll queue it up for linux-next after the next 2.6.27 pull.

Are you maintaining the pci tree now?  I get lost who is doing what some days.

Eric

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