linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 50/77] mlx5: Update MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement code

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Message-ID: <20131003071433.GA7299@mtldesk30>
Date:	Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:14:33 +0300
From:	Eli Cohen <eli@....mellanox.co.il>
To:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
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	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 50/77] mlx5: Update MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement
 code

On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 12:49:06PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>  
> +	err = pci_msix_table_size(dev->pdev);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		return err;
> +
>  	nvec = dev->caps.num_ports * num_online_cpus() + MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE;
>  	nvec = min_t(int, nvec, num_eqs);
> +	nvec = min_t(int, nvec, err);
>  	if (nvec <= MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE)
>  		return -ENOSPC;

Making sure we don't request more vectors then the device's is capable
of -- looks good.
>  
> @@ -131,20 +136,15 @@ static int mlx5_enable_msix(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
>  	for (i = 0; i < nvec; i++)
>  		table->msix_arr[i].entry = i;
>  
> -retry:
> -	table->num_comp_vectors = nvec - MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE;
>  	err = pci_enable_msix(dev->pdev, table->msix_arr, nvec);
> -	if (err <= 0) {
> +	if (err) {
> +		kfree(table->msix_arr);
>  		return err;
> -	} else if (err > MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE) {
> -		nvec = err;
> -		goto retry;
>  	}
>  

According to latest sources, pci_enable_msix() may still fail so why
do you want to remove this code?

> -	mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "received %d MSI vectors out of %d requested\n", err, nvec);
> -	kfree(table->msix_arr);
> +	table->num_comp_vectors = nvec - MLX5_EQ_VEC_COMP_BASE;
>  
> -	return -ENOSPC;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static void mlx5_disable_msix(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
> -- 
> 1.7.7.6
> 
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