[PATCH v8 6/9] PCI: endpoint: pci-ep-msi: Refactor doorbell allocation for new backends

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Tue Feb 17 2026 - 03:08:07 EST


Prepare pci-ep-msi for non-MSI doorbell backends.

Factor MSI doorbell allocation into a helper and extend struct
pci_epf_doorbell_msg with:

- irq_flags: required IRQ request flags (e.g. IRQF_SHARED for some
backends)
- type: doorbell backend type
- bar/offset: pre-exposed doorbell target location, if any

Initialize these fields for the existing MSI-backed doorbell
implementation.

Also add PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_EMBEDDED type, which is to be implemented in a
follow-up patch.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v7:
- Switch to designated initializer and rely on implicit
zero-initialization.

drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
include/linux/pci-epf.h | 23 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
index ad8a81d6ad77..50badffa9d72 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@

#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/msi.h>
@@ -35,23 +36,13 @@ static void pci_epf_write_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *desc, struct msi_msg *msg)
pci_epc_put(epc);
}

-int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
+static int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell_msi(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
{
- struct pci_epc *epc = epf->epc;
+ struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg *msg;
struct device *dev = &epf->dev;
+ struct pci_epc *epc = epf->epc;
struct irq_domain *domain;
- void *msg;
- int ret;
- int i;
-
- /* TODO: Multi-EPF support */
- if (list_first_entry_or_null(&epc->pci_epf, struct pci_epf, list) != epf) {
- dev_err(dev, "MSI doorbell doesn't support multiple EPF\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
- if (epf->db_msg)
- return -EBUSY;
+ int ret, i;

domain = of_msi_map_get_device_domain(epc->dev.parent, 0,
DOMAIN_BUS_PLATFORM_MSI);
@@ -74,6 +65,12 @@ int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
if (!msg)
return -ENOMEM;

+ for (i = 0; i < num_db; i++)
+ msg[i] = (struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg) {
+ .type = PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_MSI,
+ .bar = NO_BAR,
+ };
+
epf->num_db = num_db;
epf->db_msg = msg;

@@ -90,13 +87,40 @@ int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
for (i = 0; i < num_db; i++)
epf->db_msg[i].virq = msi_get_virq(epc->dev.parent, i);

+ return 0;
+}
+
+int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
+{
+ struct pci_epc *epc = epf->epc;
+ struct device *dev = &epf->dev;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* TODO: Multi-EPF support */
+ if (list_first_entry_or_null(&epc->pci_epf, struct pci_epf, list) != epf) {
+ dev_err(dev, "Doorbell doesn't support multiple EPF\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (epf->db_msg)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ ret = pci_epf_alloc_doorbell_msi(epf, num_db);
+ if (!ret)
+ return 0;
+
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate doorbell: %d\n", ret);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_epf_alloc_doorbell);

void pci_epf_free_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf)
{
- platform_device_msi_free_irqs_all(epf->epc->dev.parent);
+ if (!epf->db_msg)
+ return;
+
+ if (epf->db_msg[0].type == PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_MSI)
+ platform_device_msi_free_irqs_all(epf->epc->dev.parent);

kfree(epf->db_msg);
epf->db_msg = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/pci-epf.h b/include/linux/pci-epf.h
index 7737a7c03260..cd747447a1ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci-epf.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci-epf.h
@@ -152,14 +152,33 @@ struct pci_epf_bar {
struct pci_epf_bar_submap *submap;
};

+enum pci_epf_doorbell_type {
+ PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_MSI = 0,
+ PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_EMBEDDED,
+};
+
/**
* struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg - represents doorbell message
- * @msg: MSI message
- * @virq: IRQ number of this doorbell MSI message
+ * @msg: Doorbell address/data pair to be mapped into BAR space.
+ * For MSI-backed doorbells this is the MSI message, while for
+ * "embedded" doorbells this represents an MMIO write that asserts
+ * an interrupt on the EP side.
+ * @virq: IRQ number of this doorbell message
+ * @irq_flags: Required flags for request_irq()/request_threaded_irq().
+ * Callers may OR-in additional flags (e.g. IRQF_ONESHOT).
+ * @type: Doorbell type.
+ * @bar: BAR number where the doorbell target is already exposed to the RC
+ * (NO_BAR if not)
+ * @offset: offset within @bar for the doorbell target (valid iff
+ * @bar != NO_BAR)
*/
struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg {
struct msi_msg msg;
int virq;
+ unsigned long irq_flags;
+ enum pci_epf_doorbell_type type;
+ enum pci_barno bar;
+ resource_size_t offset;
};

/**
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