[PATCH v2 04/10] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Exclude reserved slots from db_valid_mask

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 03:54:33 EST


In pci-epf-vntb, db_count represents the total number of doorbell slots
exposed to the peer, including:
- slot #0 reserved for link events, and
- slot #1 historically unused (kept for compatibility).

Only the remaining slots correspond to actual doorbell bits. The current
db_valid_mask() exposes all slots as valid doorbells.

Limit db_valid_mask() to the real doorbell bits by returning
BIT_ULL(db_count - 2) - 1, and guard against db_count < 2.

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.
- Use EPF_IRQ_DB_START instead of magic number 2, to be consistent
with the change on Patch 8.

drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
index b13e0d2db6cd..b94e2e1d3421 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,10 @@ static int vntb_epf_peer_mw_count(struct ntb_dev *ntb)

static u64 vntb_epf_db_valid_mask(struct ntb_dev *ntb)
{
- return BIT_ULL(ntb_ndev(ntb)->db_count) - 1;
+ if (ntb_ndev(ntb)->db_count < EPF_IRQ_DB_START)
+ return 0;
+
+ return BIT_ULL(ntb_ndev(ntb)->db_count - EPF_IRQ_DB_START) - 1;
}

static int vntb_epf_db_set_mask(struct ntb_dev *ntb, u64 db_bits)
--
2.51.0