linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/13] blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI device

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Message-ID: <20160919134932.GB28585@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:49:32 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, axboe@...com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        keith.busch@...el.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI
        device

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:33:14AM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> Considering this code is to be used by any device - an assumption
> that queue number and interrupt vector are always equal seems
> questionable. I.e. what about non-contiguous MSI-Xs?

It's just a generic default - see the discussion with Jens in the
intro mail for the thread for anyother example that can't be handled
easily.  If we get enough devices for a given scheme we can add another
common helper, in the worst case we'll need driver code for the scheme.