linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/pci/xen: populate MSI sysfs entries

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Date:   Mon, 8 May 2023 17:53:28 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@...zon.de>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/pci/xen: populate MSI sysfs entries

On 03.05.23 15:16, Maximilian Heyne wrote:
> Commit bf5e758f02fc ("genirq/msi: Simplify sysfs handling") reworked the
> creation of sysfs entries for MSI IRQs. The creation used to be in
> msi_domain_alloc_irqs_descs_locked after calling ops->domain_alloc_irqs.
> Then it moved into __msi_domain_alloc_irqs which is an implementation of
> domain_alloc_irqs. However, Xen comes with the only other implementation
> of domain_alloc_irqs and hence doesn't run the sysfs population code
> anymore.
> 
> Commit 6c796996ee70 ("x86/pci/xen: Fixup fallout from the PCI/MSI
> overhaul") set the flag MSI_FLAG_DEV_SYSFS for the xen msi_domain_info
> but that doesn't actually have an effect because Xen uses it's own
> domain_alloc_irqs implementation.
> 
> Fix this by making use of the fallback functions for sysfs population.
> 
> Fixes: bf5e758f02fc ("genirq/msi: Simplify sysfs handling")
> Signed-off-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@...zon.de>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen


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