linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REPOST] IB/ehca: In case of lost interrupts, trigger EOI to reenable interrupts

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:39:14 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Stefan Roscher <ossrosch@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
	"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"OF-EWG" <ewg@...ts.openfabrics.org>,
	general@...ts.openfabrics.org, fenkes@...ibm.com,
	raisch@...ibm.com, hnguyen@...ibm.com, TKLEIN@...ibm.com,
	THEMANN@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST] IB/ehca: In case of lost interrupts, trigger EOI to reenable interrupts

Stefan Roscher writes:

> During corner case testing, we noticed that some versions of ehca 
> do not properly transition to interrupt done in special load situations.
> This can be resolved by periodically triggering EOI through H_EOI, 
> if eqes are pending.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>

If this is OKed by the hypervisor team, then you can add:
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>

Paul.
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