Re: [PATCH RFC 00/77] Re-design MSI/MSI-X interrupts enablement pattern

From: Mark Lord
Date: Tue Oct 08 2013 - 21:56:45 EST


On 13-10-02 06:29 AM, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
..
> This update converts pci_enable_msix() and pci_enable_msi_block()
> interfaces to canonical kernel functions and makes them return a
> error code in case of failure or 0 in case of success.

Rather than silently break dozens of drivers in mysterious ways,
please invent new function names for the replacements to the
existing pci_enable_msix() and pci_enable_msi_block() functions.

That way, both in-tree and out-of-tree drivers will notice the API change,
rather than having it go unseen and just failing for unknown reasons.

Thanks.
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