linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] scsi: arcmsr: add driver module parameter - (linux-kernel: dan.carpenter@...cle.com exclusive) msi_enable, msix

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Date:   Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:31:25 +0100
From:   Kristian Rasmussen <kr@...nnes.no>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] scsi: arcmsr: add driver module parameter -
 (linux-kernel: dan.carpenter@...cle.com exclusive) msi_enable, msix_enable

On 24.11.2017 15:53, Dan Carpenter - dan.carpenter@...cle.com wrote:
> Is there a crash or a performance issue?  What does the bug in the
> current code look like from a user perspective?
It looks like this: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197877

dmesg output can be found in the bug report.

Disabling MSI interrupts with msi_enable=0 (and Ching's patches) does
resolve the issue, but whether it should be considered a fix or a
workaround is not for me to say.

Regards,

Kristian Rasmussen