Re: [PATCH v5 8/8] PCI: dwc: Do not write to MSI control registers if the platform doesn't use it

From: Kishon Vijay Abraham I
Date: Thu Apr 04 2019 - 03:43:40 EST


Hi Lorenzo,

On 03/04/19 10:49 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:29:27PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> Platforms which populate msi_host_init, has it's own MSI controller
>> logic. Writing to MSI control registers on platforms which doesn't use
>> Designware's MSI controller logic might have side effects. To
>> be safe, do not write to MSI control registers if the platform uses
>> it's own MSI controller logic instead of Designware's MSI controller
>> logic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> .../pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c | 24 ++++++++++---------
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> This patch is needed regardless of the rest of the series, correct ?
> A.k.a. it is fixing an issue already in the mainline.

That's correct.

Thanks
Kishon