linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] pci/xen: Use xen_allocate_pirq

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Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:52:55 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@...citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] pci/xen: Use xen_allocate_pirq_msi

> All callers have this (type == MSIX) ? "msi-x" : "msi" construct,
> differing only in their use of a "pcifront-" prefix. Something which
> could be hoisted into the function perhaps?

I was thinking to defer this for a cleanup patch.
> 
> Another aside: I think there are other cleanups which could be made to
> the various pirq allocation/mapping interfaces (of which there seem to
> be too many, or at least their individual unique qualities are
> indistinguishable by their names), I made a start on this at one point
> since I wanted to get rid of the pirq_to_irq[nr_irqs] array, for obvious
> reasons, but didn't finish it off. I'll hopefully revisit this soon.

Excellent. Looking forward to it.
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