On 2015/11/4 23:14, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Keith Busch wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:42:02PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Keith Busch wrote:
>>>>>> +	msi_irqdomain = pci_msi_create_irq_domain(NULL, &pci_chained_msi_domain_info,
>>>>>> +						  vmd_irqdomain);
>>>
>>> But that parent limitation does not matter simply because your
>>> msi_irqdomain does not follow down the hierarchy in the allocation
>>> path.
>>>
>>> So we can avoid the vmd_irqdomain creation completely. It's just
>>> wasting memory and has no value at all. Creating the msi domain with a
>>> NULL parent is possible.
>>
>> I'm having trouble following the hierarchy and didn't understand the
>> connection between the parent and msi comain. It's still new to me,
>> but I don't think a NULL parent is allowable with msi domains:
>>
>>  pci_msi_setup_msi_irqs()
>>   pci_msi_domain_alloc_irqs()
>>    msi_domain_alloc_irqs()
>>     __irq_domain_alloc_irqs()
>>      irq_domain_alloc_irqs_recursive()
>>       msi_domain_alloc()
>>        irq_domain_alloc_irqs_parent()
>>
>> The last call returns -ENOSYS since there parent is NULL. Was the
>> intension to allow no parent, or do I still need to allocate one to
>> achieve the desired chaining?
> 
> Hmm, seems I missed that part. But that's a fixable problem. Jiang?
Hi Keith,
	Could you please try the attached patch?
Thanks!
Gerry

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
>  
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