linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/8] PCI/MSI, x86: Cure a couple of inconsistencies

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Message-ID: <20210721211036.GA676232@otc-nc-03>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:10:36 -0700
From:   "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/8] PCI/MSI, x86: Cure a couple of inconsistencies

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 09:11:26PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> A recent discussion about the PCI/MSI management for virtio unearthed a

nit:
virtio or VFIO? :-)

> violation of the MSI-X specification vs. writing the MSI-X message: under
> certain circumstances the entry is written without being masked.
> 
> While looking at that and the related violation of the x86 non-remapped
> interrupt affinity mechanism a few other issues were discovered by
> inspection.

Cheers,
Ashok