[PATCH v2 03/10] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Report 0-based doorbell vector via ntb_db_event()

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 03:52:57 EST


ntb_db_event() expects the vector number to be relative to the first
doorbell vector starting at 0.

pci-epf-vntb reserves vector 0 for link events and uses higher vector
indices for doorbells. By passing the raw slot index to ntb_db_event(),
it effectively assumes that doorbell 0 maps to vector 1.

However, because the host uses a legacy slot layout and writes doorbell
0 into the third slot, doorbell 0 ultimately appears as vector 2 from
the NTB core perspective.

Adjust pci-epf-vntb to:
- skip the unused second slot, and
- report doorbells as 0-based vectors (DB#0 -> vector 0).

This change does not introduce a behavioral difference until
.db_vector_count()/.db_vector_mask() are implemented, because without
those callbacks NTB clients effectively ignore the vector number.

Fixes: e35f56bb0330 ("PCI: endpoint: Support NTB transfer between RC and EP")
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- No functional changes.
- Introduced enum epf_irq_slot and replaced hard-coded magic numbers,
to be consistent with the change on Patch 8.

drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
index e2c0b6dba793..b13e0d2db6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ enum epf_ntb_bar {
VNTB_BAR_NUM,
};

+enum epf_irq_slot {
+ EPF_IRQ_LINK = 0,
+ EPF_IRQ_RESERVED_DB, /* Historically skipped slot */
+ EPF_IRQ_DB_START,
+};
+
/*
* +--------------------------------------------------+ Base
* | |
@@ -266,10 +272,11 @@ static void epf_ntb_cmd_handler(struct work_struct *work)

ntb = container_of(work, struct epf_ntb, cmd_handler.work);

- for (i = 1; i < ntb->db_count && !ntb->msi_doorbell; i++) {
+ for (i = EPF_IRQ_DB_START; i < ntb->db_count && !ntb->msi_doorbell;
+ i++) {
if (ntb->epf_db[i]) {
- atomic64_or(1 << (i - 1), &ntb->db);
- ntb_db_event(&ntb->ntb, i);
+ atomic64_or(1 << (i - EPF_IRQ_DB_START), &ntb->db);
+ ntb_db_event(&ntb->ntb, i - EPF_IRQ_DB_START);
ntb->epf_db[i] = 0;
}
}
@@ -335,10 +342,10 @@ static irqreturn_t epf_ntb_doorbell_handler(int irq, void *data)
struct epf_ntb *ntb = data;
int i;

- for (i = 1; i < ntb->db_count; i++)
+ for (i = EPF_IRQ_DB_START; i < ntb->db_count; i++)
if (irq == ntb->epf->db_msg[i].virq) {
- atomic64_or(1 << (i - 1), &ntb->db);
- ntb_db_event(&ntb->ntb, i);
+ atomic64_or(1 << (i - EPF_IRQ_DB_START), &ntb->db);
+ ntb_db_event(&ntb->ntb, i - EPF_IRQ_DB_START);
}

return IRQ_HANDLED;
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