linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 20/23] PCI/MSI: Move msi_lock to struct pci

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Date:   Wed, 08 Dec 2021 21:56:50 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Marc Zygnier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Megha Dey <megha.dey@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Cedric Le Goater <clg@...d.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
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        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 20/23] PCI/MSI: Move msi_lock to struct pci_dev

On Wed, Dec 08 2021 at 11:29, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 11:27:56PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>  	if (!desc->pci.msi_attrib.can_mask)
>
> It looks like most of the time this is called by an irq_chip, except
> for a few special cases list pci_msi_shutdown()
>
> Is this something that should ideally go away someday and use some
> lock in the irq_chip - not unlike what we've thought is needed for
> IMS?

Some day we'll have that yes.