Re: [PATCH 2/2] PCI PCIe portdrv: Fix allocation of interrupts (rev.6)

[Hidetoshi Seto]

Reviewed-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nice work, Rafael!

Thanks,
H.Seto

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> 
> If MSI-X interrupt mode is used by the PCI Express port driver, too
> many vectors are allocated and it is not ensured that the right
> vectors will be used for the right services.  Namely, the PCI Express
> specification states that both PCI Express native PME and PCI Express
> hotplug will always use the same MSI or MSI-X message for signalling
> interrupts, which implies that the same vector will be used by both
> of them.  Also, the VC service does not use interrupts at all.
> Moreover, is not clear which of the vectors allocated by
> pci_enable_msix() in the current code will be used for PME and
> hotplug and which of them will be used for AER if all of these
> services are configured.
> 
> For these reasons, rework the allocation of interrupts for PCI
> Express ports so that if MSI-X are enabled, the right vectors will be
> used for the right purposes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> ---

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