linux-kernel - Re: [Patch Part2 v4 20/31] PCI/MSI: Kill redundant calling for irq_set_msi

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Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 21:04:22 -0700
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
Cc:	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch Part2 v4 20/31] PCI/MSI: Kill redundant calling for
 irq_set_msi_desc() for MSIx interrupts

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com> wrote:
> On 2014/11/6 6:45, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 08:01:54PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote:
>>> It's arch_setup_msi_irq()/arch_setup_msi_irqs()'s responsibility to call
>>> irq_set_msi_desc() to associate IRQ descriptors and MSI descriptors,
>>> so kill the redundant call of irq_set_msi_desc() for MSIx interrupts
>>> in PCI MSI core.
>>
>> "MSI-X" in English text, "msix" in code.
>>
>> The default arch_setup_msi_irq() in drivers/pci/msi.c doesn't call
>> irq_set_msi_desc().  Does it happen somewhere inside chip->setup_irq()?
>
> Yes.
>
> I also found this.
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg34256.html

Yes, and I asked the same question then :)

It's just impractical to review things like this that make assumptions
about lots of code scattered all over the place with no direct linkage
to the change.

Bjorn
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