RE: Updated MSI Patches

["Nguyen, Tom L" <tom.l.nguyen@intel.com>]

> diff -X excludes -urN linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c linux-2.6.0-test2-create-vectorbase/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
> --- linux-2.6.0-test2/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c	2003-07-27 13:00:21.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.0-test2-create-vectorbase/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c	2003-08-05 09:25:54.000000000 -0400
> @@ -76,6 +76,20 @@
>  	int apic, pin, next;
>  } irq_2_pin[PIN_MAP_SIZE];
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_USE_VECTOR
> +int vector_irq[NR_IRQS] = { [0 ... NR_IRQS -1] = -1};
> + 
> +static int platform_irq(int irq) 	
> +{ 	
> +	if (platform_legacy_irq(irq))
> +		return irq;
> +	else
> +		return vector_irq[irq];
> +}
> +#else
> +#define platform_irq(irq)	(irq)
> +#endif 

> I wish you wouldn't mix up vector and irq like this :( This is really 
> beginning to look like IPF. When is an irq an irq and when is a vector a 
> vector? This can get very confusing very quickly. I spent a fair 
> amount of time debugging this last time due to the confusion in the 
> common_interrupt -> do_IRQ path, i'd hate for this to be a permanent 
> fixture. If you're going to change things just change everything 
> (including variable names) instead of making it conditional.
I understand that mixing up vector and irq is very confusing. However, to support non-PCI legacy devices with IRQ less than 16, such as keyboard and mouse for example, may be impossilbe to achieve without mixing up. Some existing driver of legacy keyboard/mouse devices, for example, may use fixed IO ranges and fixed IRQs (as assigned to 1 for keyboard and 12 for mouse). If these device drivers use these fixed legacy IRQs and the interrupt routings for these non-PCI legacy devices use vectors, then the system may break. As you know, MSI support requires vector allocation instead of IRQ allocation since MSI does not require a support of BIOS IRQ table. Mixing vector with IRQ to be compatible with non-PCI legacy devices must be achieved. Last time, your suggestion of changing variable name from irq to vector is the good approach. I am looking at restructuring the code of the vector-base patch. I will send you an update when I am done for your feedback.

> diff -X excludes -urN linux-2.6.0-test2-create-vectorbase/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c linux-2.6.0-test2-create-msi/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
> --- linux-2.6.0-test2-create-vectorbase/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c	2003-08-05 09:25:54.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.0-test2-create-msi/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c	2003-08-05 09:45:25.000000000 -0400
> @@ -427,6 +427,11 @@
>  			/* Is this an active IRQ? */
>  			if (!irq_desc[j].action)
>  				continue;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
> +			/* Is this an active MSI? */
> +			if (msi_desc[j])
> +				continue;
> +#endif

> Is there any locking for msi_desc? Or are you relying on something else?
Since the code determinces whether this entry is NULL or not, I think any locking for msi_desc may not be required.


> +	if (current_vector == FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR) 
> +		panic("ran out of interrupt sources!");

> Please just fail and return -ENOSPC or something like that.
Good. Thanks!

Thanks,
Long