Re: [PATCH] ntb: Use pci_enable_msix_range() instead of pci_enable_msix()

From: Alexander Gordeev
Date: Thu Feb 20 2014 - 08:21:14 EST


On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:09:27AM -0700, Jon Mason wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:15:21AM +0100, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > @@ -1112,26 +1106,21 @@ static int ntb_setup_msix(struct ntb_device *ndev)
> > for (i = 0; i < msix_entries; i++)
> > ndev->msix_entries[i].entry = i;
> >
> > - rc = pci_enable_msix(pdev, ndev->msix_entries, msix_entries);
> > - if (rc < 0)
> > - goto err1;
> > - if (rc > 0) {
> > + if (ndev->hw_type != BWD_HW)
> > /* On SNB, the link interrupt is always tied to 4th vector. If
> > * we can't get all 4, then we can't use MSI-X.
> > */
> > - if (ndev->hw_type != BWD_HW) {
> > - rc = -EIO;
> > - goto err1;
> > - }
> > -
> > - dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
> > - "Only %d MSI-X vectors. Limiting the number of queues to that number.\n",
> > - rc);
> > + rc = pci_enable_msix_range(pdev, ndev->msix_entries,
> > + msix_entries, msix_entries);
> > + else
> > + rc = pci_enable_msix_range(pdev, ndev->msix_entries,
> > + 1, msix_entries);
>
> Actually, this must be 2 for the min. One for the Data and one for
> the Link. If you look a few lines after this in the original code,
> there is a grabbing of the last vector for the link. I realize there
> is currently no check for this in the driver and a potential error
> case occurs. I can make a separate patch to correct this issue if
> this patch is not going through my tree.

I am confused here again. In the original code I see "ntb-callback-msix"
is requested for all MSI-Xs on BWD_HW and "ntb-event-msix" requested for
the last vector on SNB_HW. Therefore, the range [1..msix_entries] should
be fine for BWD_HW, isn't it?

> Thanks,
> Jon

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Regards,
Alexander Gordeev
agordeev@xxxxxxxxxx
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