linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] mpt3sas: Fix for incorrect numbers for MSIX vectors enabled when non RDPQ card is enumerated first.

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:38:10 +0200
From:   Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>
To:     Suganath Prabu S <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        JBottomley@...allels.com, jejb@...nel.org, hch@...radead.org
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Sathya.Prakash@...adcom.com, kashyap.desai@...adcom.com,
        krishnaraddi.mankani@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com, sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] mpt3sas: Fix for incorrect numbers for MSIX vectors
 enabled when non RDPQ card is enumerated first.

On 20.10.2016 14:20, Suganath Prabu S wrote:
> No. of MSIX vectors supported = min (Total no. of CPU cores,
> MSIX vectors supported by card)
>
> when RDPQ is disabled "max_msix_vectors" module parameter which was
> declared as global was set to '8' and hence if there are more than one card
> in system among which if RDPQ disabled card is enumerated first then only 8
> MSIX vectors was getting enabled for all the cards(including RDPQ enabled
> card,which can support more than 8 MSIX vectors).
>
> Used local variable instead of global variable ,if RDPQ is disabled this
> local variable is set to '8' else it is set to "max_msix_vectors" (by
> default this is set to -1, whose value can be set by user during driver
> load time).So now regardless of whether RDPQ disabled card is enumerated
> first or RDPQ enabled card is enumerated first , MSIX vectors enabled
> depends on the cards capability.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suganath Prabu S <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>

Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>

Tomas