linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] PCI/MSI: Initial hook for archs to declare multivector MSI support

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:08:33 -0700
From:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:	bhelgaas@...gle.com
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, joro@...tes.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] PCI/MSI: Initial hook for archs to declare multivector
	MSI support

For the most part multivector MSI is not supported and drivers and
hardware wanting multiple vectors opt for MSI-X instead.  It seems
though that having the ability to query the arch/platform code to
determine whether allocating multiple MSI vectors will ever succeed
is a useful thing.  For instance, vfio-pci can use this to determine
whether to expose multiple MSI vectors to the user.  If we know we
cannot ever support more than one vector, we have a better shot at
the userspace driver working, especially if it's a guest OS, if we
only expose one vector as being available in the interface.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
---

 drivers/pci/msi.c   |    5 +++++
 include/linux/msi.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
index 9fab30a..36b503a 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ int __weak arch_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool __weak arch_supports_multivector_msi(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * We have a default implementation available as a separate non-weak
  * function, as it is used by the Xen x86 PCI code
diff --git a/include/linux/msi.h b/include/linux/msi.h
index 44f4746..2365c64 100644
--- a/include/linux/msi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msi.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ void arch_teardown_msi_irq(unsigned int irq);
 int arch_setup_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, int type);
 void arch_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void arch_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
+bool arch_supports_multivector_msi(struct pci_dev *dev);
 
 void default_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void default_restore_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev);

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