Re: [PATCH] PCI: export MSI mode using attributes, not kobjects

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Mon Dec 02 2013 - 20:24:36 EST


On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:41:37AM +0100, Veaceslav Falico wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:46:52AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> >From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> >The PCI MSI sysfs code is a mess with kobjects for things that don't
>> >really need to be kobjects. This patch creates attributes dynamically
>> >for the MSI interrupts instead of using kobjects.
>> >
>> >Note, this removes a directory from the current MSI interrupt sysfs
>> >code:
>> >
>> >old MSI kobjects:
>> >pci_device
>> > âââ msi_irqs
>> > âââ 40
>> > âââ mode
>> >
>> >new MSI attributes:
>> >pci_device
>> > âââ msi_irqs
>> > âââ 40
>> >
>> >As there was only one file "mode" with the kobject model, the interrupt
>> >number is now a file that returns the "mode" of the interrupt (msi vs.
>> >msix).
>> >
>> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Works like a charm for me.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 10:14:19PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote:
>> ACK, Testing with git-head irqbalance on F19 with this patch and it works fine.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Great, thanks for both of you testing this.
>
> Bjorn, any objection to take this through your tree for 3.14-rc1?

Nope, I don't object at all. We probably should update
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci at the same time, though.

Bjorn
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