linux-kernel - Re: [patch 21/32] NTB/msi: Convert to msi_on_each

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Message-ID: <d6f13729-1b83-fa7d-3f0d-98d4e3f7a2aa@deltatee.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:21:21 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, Marc Zygnier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Megha Dey <megha.dey@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...il.com>, linux-ntb@...glegroups.com,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 21/32] NTB/msi: Convert to msi_on_each_desc()



On 2021-11-29 5:29 p.m., Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> At the conceptual level these interrupts are in separate irq domains:
> 
>      |   _______________________
>      |   |                      |
>      |   | NTB                  |
>      |   |                      |
>      |   | PCI config space     |
>      |   |     MSI-X space      | <- #1 Global or per IOMMU zone PCI/MSI domain
>      |   |_____________________ |
>      |---|                      |
>          | Memory window A      |
>          | Memory window ..     | <- #2 Per device NTB domain
>          | Memory window N      |
>          |______________________|
> 
> You surely can see the disctinction between #1 and #2, right?

I wouldn't say that's entirely obvious or even irrefutable. However, I'm
certainly open to this approach if it improves the code.

> I'm way too tired to come up with a proper solution for that, but that
> PCI_IRQ_VIRTUAL has to die ASAP.

I'm willing to volunteer a bit of my time to clean this up, but I'd need
a bit more direction on what a proper solution would look like. The MSI
domain code is far from well documented nor is it easy to understand.

Logan