netdev - Re: [PATCH] mlx4_core: module param to limit msix vec allocation

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Date:	Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:51:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akepner@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlx4_core: module param to limit msix vec allocation

From: Arthur Kepner <akepner@....com>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:42:45 -0700

> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 07:30:46PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> This also means there would have to be notifications sent to
>> drivers when the distribution and allocation policy of MSI-X
>> interrupts is changed.  This is so that, for example, network
>> drivers can reconfigure their network queues for the new set
>> of MSI-X vectors available to them after the policy change.
> 
> Hadn't considered this. Will have to add it.

BTW, reading this again made me consider another case that
needs to invoke a notifier.

Let's say that a policy specifies an even distribution of
MSI-X allocation amongst all present devices behind a PCI
domain.  Well, if a PCI-E device hot-plugs you'll have to
do notifications for that too because a card might now be
able to get more of the MSI-X vectors it wants.
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