linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: export MSI mode using attributes, not kobjects

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:14:19 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@...nline.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: export MSI mode using attributes, not kobjects

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:46:52AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> The PCI MSI sysfs code is a mess with kobjects for things that don't
> really need to be kobjects.  This patch creates attributes dynamically
> for the MSI interrupts instead of using kobjects.
> 
> Note, this removes a directory from the current MSI interrupt sysfs
> code:
> 
> old MSI kobjects:
> pci_device
>    └── msi_irqs
>        └── 40
>            └── mode
> 
> new MSI attributes:
> pci_device
>    └── msi_irqs
>        └── 40
> 
> As there was only one file "mode" with the kobject model, the interrupt
> number is now a file that returns the "mode" of the interrupt (msi vs.
> msix).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> Neil, can you test this patch to see if irqbalance works as-is or not?
> 
ACK, Testing with git-head irqbalance on F19 with this patch and it works fine.

Thanks!
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

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