Re: [PATCH RFC 01/15] drivers/base: Introduce platform_msi_ops

[Dave Jiang]

On 4/26/2020 12:01 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 04:33:53PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> > From: Megha Dey <megha.dey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This is a preparatory patch to introduce Interrupt Message Store (IMS).
> >
> > Until now, platform-msi.c provided a generic way to handle non-PCI MSI
> > interrupts. Platform-msi uses its parent chip's mask/unmask routines
> > and only provides a way to write the message in the generating device.
> >
> > Newly creeping non-PCI complaint MSI-like interrupts (Intel's IMS for
> > instance) might need to provide a device specific mask and unmask callback
> > as well, apart from the write function.
> >
> > Hence, introduce a new structure platform_msi_ops, which would provide
> > device specific write function as well as other device specific callbacks
> > (mask/unmask).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Megha Dey <megha.dey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As this is not following the Intel-specific rules for sending me new
> code, I am just deleting it all from my inbox.

That is my fault. As the aggregator of the patches, I should've signed 
off Megha's patches.

> Please follow the rules you all have been given, they are specific and
> there for a reason.  And in looking at this code, those rules are not
> going away any time soon.
>
> greg k-h