Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] serial: 8250_pci: Always try MSI/MSI-X
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jul 14 2021 - 05:16:08 EST
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:55 AM Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 13. 07. 21, 12:40, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > There is no need to try MSI/MSI-X only on selected devices.
> > If MSI is not supported while neing advertised it means device
>
> being
>
> > is broken and we rather introduce a list of such devices which
> > hopefully will be small or never appear.
>
> Hmm, have you checked the commit which introduced the whitelist?
Nope, my bad.
> Nevertheless, this needs to handled with care: while many 8250 devices
> actually claim to support MSI(-X) interrupts it should not be
> enabled be
> default. I had at least one device in my hands with broken MSI
> implementation.
>
> So better introduce a whitelist with devices that are known to support
> MSI(-X) interrupts. I tested all devices mentioned in the patch.
Thanks, but I still think that blacklisting is better. All drivers I
have split (or participated in splitting) from 8250_pci have enabled
MSI for the entire subset they serve for.
> You should have at least CCed the author for an input.
Thanks. I also added Randy, who extended the list.
...
> > + pci_set_master(dev);
>
> But bus mastering is not about MSIs.
Strictly speaking it's not, but MSI won't work without DMA.
> I *think* it's still OK, but you
> need to document that in the commit log too.
>
> Actually, why the commit which added this code turns on bus mastering?
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko