linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] scsi/mpt2sas: remove unnecesscary preempt requirement for MSIX

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:59:24 +0530
From:	"Nandigama, Nagalakshmi" <Nagalakshmi.Nandigama@....com>
To:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>,
	"JBottomley@...allels.com" <JBottomley@...allels.com>
CC:	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] scsi/mpt2sas: remove unnecesscary preempt requirement
 for MSIX

Alex, 
I submitted this patch already. 

James, request you to pick up the patch that I previously submitted for fixing this issue. Attaching the patch that I submitted previously.


Regards,
Nagalakshmi


-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Shi [mailto:alex.shi@...el.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:58 AM
To: JBottomley@...allels.com; Nandigama, Nagalakshmi
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; alex.shi@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH] scsi/mpt2sas: remove unnecesscary preempt requirement for MSIX

smp_processor_id() need used in preempt safe ENV. Otherwise, the
cpu may be preempted and run on other cpus. But here, we don't care much
the specific CPU which handler the MSI, so just replace it by
raw_smp_processor_id() to avoid preempt debug warning.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index 8a59a77..3f518ba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ static inline void _base_writeq(__u64 b, volatile void __iomem *addr,
 static inline u8
 _base_get_msix_index(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 {
-	return ioc->cpu_msix_table[smp_processor_id()];
+	return ioc->cpu_msix_table[raw_smp_processor_id()];
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.5.4


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