Re: [PATCH v11 07/16] genirq/msi: Cache MSI message in irq_chip_write_msi_msg()

[Pranjal Shrivastava]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 11:52:41PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29 2026 at 03:45, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:
> > Currently, PCI MSI caches the composed MSI message into the MSI
> > descriptor inside __pci_write_msi_msg(), whereas platform MSI and other
> > device MSI domains do not cache the message in the core, forcing
> > individual drivers to manually copy the message into desc->msg if they
> > need to restore it across power transitions.
> >
> > Cache desc->msg in irq_chip_write_msi_msg() before invoking the chip
> > callback so all hierarchical MSI domains automatically record the
> > latest message. Document why the redundant assignment in
> > __pci_write_msi_msg() must remain for direct callers outside the
> > irq_chip hierarchy.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/msi/msi.c | 6 ++++++
> >  kernel/irq/msi.c      | 9 +++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
> > index 80a9db417dc8..f7bedc31d486 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
> > @@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ void __pci_write_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg)
> >  		pci_write_msg_msi(dev, entry, msg);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Although irq_chip_write_msi_msg() already caches the message,
> > +	 * keep the assignment here for callers that invoke
> > +	 * __pci_write_msi_msg() or pci_write_msi_msg() directly outside
> > +	 * the irq_chip hierarchy.
> > +	 */
> >  	entry->msg = *msg;
> >  
> >  	if (entry->write_msi_msg)
> > diff --git a/kernel/irq/msi.c b/kernel/irq/msi.c
> > index fb5f372215bf..df460a574d80 100644
> > --- a/kernel/irq/msi.c
> > +++ b/kernel/irq/msi.c
> > @@ -634,6 +634,15 @@ static unsigned int msi_domain_get_hwsize(struct device *dev, unsigned int domid
> >  static inline void irq_chip_write_msi_msg(struct irq_data *data,
> >  					  struct msi_msg *msg)
> >  {
> > +	struct msi_desc *desc = irq_data_get_msi_desc(data);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * PCI Multi-MSI shares a single descriptor across all vectors and
> > +	 * the device stores only the base message. Cache the message of the
> > +	 * first interrupt only, so that sub-vectors cannot overwrite it.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (desc->irq == data->irq)
> > +		desc->msg = *msg;
> >  	data->chip->irq_write_msi_msg(data, msg);
> >  }
> 
> Sashiko reported correctly:
> 
> > [Severity: Critical]
> > Does this code cause a NULL pointer dereference for domains without an
> > msi_desc object?
> 
> So this needs to be:
> 
> 	if (desc && desc->irq == data->irq)
> 		desc->msg = *msg;
> 
> Did not think about that, but that also means that this patch was not
> tested on any recent (less than 10 years old) Intel x86 platform or a
> x86 VM exposing HPET...
> 

Ack, I'll fix that, and yes, I've tested this on arm64 platforms only.
I'll pick up a recent Intel x86 platform as well, to test this.

> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx
> 
> 

Thanks,
Praan