linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] pci: Provide sensible irq vector alloc/free routines

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:13:00 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, tglx@...utronix.de, axboe@...com,
	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] pci: Provide sensible irq vector alloc/free
	routines

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:43:41PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > I diagreed - if we deprecated functions the only thing that should
> > be mentioned is a "don't use these". 
> 
> I will try to paraphrase myself. The new API deprecates pci_enable_msi*_range
> functions, but I am not that sure about others. Certainly, pci_msi*_vec_count
> and pci_enable_msi*_exact could have (and AFAIR do have) uses that can not be
> covered by automatic initialization of pci_alloc_irq_vectors().

pci_enable_msi*_exact is the equivalent of pci_enable_msi*_range
with minvecs == maxvecs and treating any return value >= 0 as 0.

I've updated the documentation so that the old usage examples are kept
around, but now use pci_alloc_irq_vectors.  I've also added a more detaild
blurb on pci_msi*_vec_count - I think there is no need for them, but
if I'm proven wrong we'll have to add a pci_irq_vector_count that handles
all interrupt types later.