linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] nvme: Fix invalid call to irq_set_affinity

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:38:36 +0100
From:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
To:	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] nvme: Fix invalid call to irq_set_affinity_hint()

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 03:01:10PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> >dev->entry[0].vector is initialized in nvme_dev_map(), and it's used
> >for free_irq() above the area of your patch, so I don't think this is
> >actually a bug, though it might be somewhat confusing.
> 
> It is confusing, but there's a reason. :)
> 
> We send a single command using legacy irq to discover how many msix
> vectors we want. The legacy entry needs to be set some time before calling
> request_irq in nvme_configure_admin_queue, but also within nvme_dev_start
> (for power-management). I don't think there's a place to set it that
> won't look odd when looking at nvme_setup_io_queues. I settled on
> 'nvme_dev_map' was because 'nvme_dev_unmap' invalidates the entries,
> so this seemed to provide some amount of symmetry.

I am sending v3 of the patch which concerns Bjorn's comment.

I am also sending two follow-up patches an attempt to make nvme_dev_start()
more readable and fix couple of (what I suspect are) issues.

Thanks!

-- 
Regards,
Alexander Gordeev
agordeev@...hat.com
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