linux-kernel - Re: Multiple MSI, take 3

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"grundler@...isc-linux.org" <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"jgarzik@...ox.com" <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org" <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"rdunlap@...otime.net" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"mtk.manpages@...il.com" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Multiple MSI, take 3

On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:59 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> writes:
> 
> > With interrupt-remapping, we can program the individual interrupt
> > remapping table entries to point to different cpu's etc. All we have
> > to take care is, do the IRTE allocation in a consecutive block and
> > program the starting index to the MSI registers.
> >
> > Just curious Eric, why do you think that won't work?
> 
> Working mask/unmask.  With MSI-X as specced if I mask an irq and then unmask
> it, an msi message will fire if something happened while the irq was masked
> and not taken care of before the irq was unmasked.  That is the correct
> behavior for an irq and a mmu won't let me get that.

And ? It's just a message, we can ignore it if masked, ie, do
software-masking. Not a big deal... no ?

Ben.


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