linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 9/9] vfio: Remove the pcie check for VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ

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Message-ID: <6acb9f29-28bc-431c-bf72-099d698add29@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:38:10 -0800
From: Farhan Ali <alifm@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Julian Ruess <julianr@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Cc: helgaas@...nel.org, lukas@...ner.de, alex@...zbot.org, clg@...hat.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, schnelle@...ux.ibm.com, mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 9/9] vfio: Remove the pcie check for
 VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX


On 1/26/2026 7:31 AM, Julian Ruess wrote:
> On Thu Jan 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM CET, Farhan Ali wrote:
>> We are configuring the error signaling on the vast majority of devices and
>> it's extremely rare that it fires anyway. This allows userspace to be
>> notified on errors for legacy PCI devices. The Internal Shared Memory (ISM)
>> device on s390x is one such device. For PCI devices on IBM s390x error
>> recovery involves platform firmware and notification to operating system
>> is done by architecture specific way. So the ISM device can still be
>> recovered when notified of an error.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@...ux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c  | 8 ++------
>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 3 +--
>>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
>> index c92c6c512b24..9d44df9e21db 100644
>> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
>> @@ -778,8 +778,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_get_irq_count(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, int irq_typ
>>   			return (flags & PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_QSIZE) + 1;
>>   		}
>>   	} else if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX) {
>> -		if (pci_is_pcie(vdev->pdev))
> I'm wondering why this pci_is_pcie was introduced here in the first place.
>
> Do you have any ideas?
>
We actually don't know why it was originally added. The change was added 
with the commit dad9f89 "VFIO-AER:Vfio-pci driver changes for supporting 
AER".

But after discussion on it with Alex, we decided to remove the check 
(https://lore.kernel.org/all/ffc2fc08-2e95-4b35-840c-be8f5511340f@linux.ibm.com/) 


Thanks

Farhan

> -- snip --