linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] pci/msi: Provide pci_alloc_irq_vectors

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:27:02 +0100
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] pci/msi: Provide pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity()

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 09:17:33AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 11/07/2016 07:47 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > From: Christogh Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > 
> > This is a variant of pci_alloc_irq_vectors() that allows passing a
> > struct irq_affinity to provide fine-grainded IRQ affinity control.
> > For now this means being able to exclude vectors at the beginning or
> > end of the MSI vector space, but it could also be used for any other
> > quirks needed in the future (e.g. more vectors than CPUs, or exluding
> > CPUs from the spreading).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christogh Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > ---

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>

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