linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: Disable MSI/MSI-X only if device is shutdown

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:03:01 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: Disable MSI/MSI-X only if device is shutdown



On 13/03/2015 00:21, Fam Zheng wrote:
>> I think the bug here is also that virtio-pci
>> is not defining a .shutdown callback.  It should define one and call
>> free_irq (for INTX) and pci_disable_msix.
> 
> It's not enough. The device has to know we disabled msix, otherwise it will
> send us IRQ, which is wrong.

You can use pci_intx to disable INTX too.  So I think this is a
virtio-pci bug.

Paolo
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