Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: hv: Reuse existing ITRE allocation in compose_msi_msg()

[Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@quicinc.com>]

On 5/9/2022 5:13 PM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
>> From: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@quicinc.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 2:48 PM
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: hv: Reuse existing ITRE allocation in
> 
> s/ITRE/IRTE. I suppose Wei can help fix this without a v2 :-)

Thanks for the review.

I have no problem sending out a V2.  Especially since you pointed out my 
mistakes on both patches.  I'll wait a little bit for any additional 
feedback, and then send out a V2.

> 
>> compose_msi_msg()
>> ...
>> Currently if compose_msi_msg() is called multiple times, it will free any
>> previous ITRE allocation, and generate a new allocation.  While nothing
>> prevents this from occurring, it is extranious when Linux could just reuse
> 
> s/extranious/extraneous
> 
>> the existing allocation and avoid a bunch of overhead.
>>
>> However, when future ITRE allocations operate on blocks of MSIs instead of
> 
> s/ITRE/IRTE
> 
>> a single line, freeing the allocation will impact all of the lines.  This
>> could cause an issue where an allocation of N MSIs occurs, then some of
>> the lines are retargeted, and finally the allocation is freed/reallocated.
>> The freeing of the allocation removes all of the configuration for the
>> entire block, which requires all the lines to be retargeted, which might
>> not happen since some lines might already be unmasked/active.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@quicinc.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> Tested-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>