linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] x86: print out irq nr for msi/ht -v2

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <200809251152.23021.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:52:22 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Jesse Barnes" <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] x86: print out irq nr for msi/ht -v2

On Thursday 25 September 2008 11:07:17 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 September 2008 12:13:43 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> v2: fix hpet compiling
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c    |    3 +++
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c |    7 +++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> >> index 422c577..686505a 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> >> @@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ static int hpet_setup_irq(struct hpet_dev *dev)
> >>       irq_set_affinity(dev->irq, cpumask_of_cpu(dev->cpu));
> >>       enable_irq(dev->irq);
> >>
> >> +     printk(KERN_DEBUG "hpet: %s is using irq %#x aka %d for MSI\n",
> >> +                      dev->name, dev->irq, dev->irq);
> >> +
> >
> > Why do we want to print the irq as hex?  Do we do that anywhere else?
> > I think we should pick one format and stick with it, and I think
> > decimal is the logical choice because it's the most common.
> 
> when sparseirq is enabled, irq for msi will be bus_nr/dev/func + 12bits.
> so show it as hex is more straight. but we can not use hex in
> /proc/interrupts --ABI want decimal.
> 
> just try to print out...in log, so user could get some idea that who
> is using it...

I think it'd be better to just print the MSI IRQ number in decimal
using a dev_printk().  Then the connection is obvious and we don't
need to make everything ugly by having IRQs in both decimal and hex.

I know it's a nuisance to make hpet use dev_printk because it's
pretty muddled as far as getting a struct device.  But I'd rather
fix that than add confusion like this.

Bjorn
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/