Re: [PATCH v11 06/10] genirq/msi-doorbell: msi_doorbell_safe

From: Auger Eric
Date: Thu Jul 21 2016 - 09:39:04 EST


Hi,

On 20/07/2016 10:12, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Eric Auger wrote:
>> +bool msi_doorbell_safe(void)
>> +{
>> + struct irqchip_doorbell *db;
>> + bool irq_remapping = true;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&irqchip_doorbell_mutex);
>> + list_for_each_entry(db, &irqchip_doorbell_list, next) {
>> + irq_remapping &= db->info.irq_remapping;
>
> db->info.irq_remapping is set in msi_doorbell_register(). So you can keep book
> about that there. No need to iterate here.
Yes makes sense to store the info at registration time. Currently this
function is not in any fast path but that's cleaner from a general
perspective. I will need to do such iteration at un-registration though.

Thanks

Eric
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
>
>