netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 01/16] qlge: Remove irq

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:21:52 +0000
From:   Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>
To:     Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
CC:     GR-Linux-NIC-Dev <GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 01/16] qlge: Remove irq_cnt

> In msix mode there's no need to explicitly disable completion interrupts, they
> are reliably auto-masked, according to my observations.
> I tested this on two QLE8142 adapters.
> 
> Do you have reason to believe this might not always be the case?

How did you check auto-masking of MSI-X interrupts ?
I was just wondering about the below comment in ql_disable_completion_interrupt(), where for MSI-X it does disable completion intr for zeroth intr.
Seems special case for zeroth intr in MSI-X particular to this device.

        /* HW disables for us if we're MSIX multi interrupts and
         * it's not the default (zeroeth) interrupt.
         */
        if (likely(test_bit(QL_MSIX_ENABLED, &qdev->flags) && intr))
                return 0;