Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Allow dyn MSI-X vector allocation of MANA

[Shradha Gupta]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 04:53:31PM +0200, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> ??? 2025/5/27 17:57, Shradha Gupta ??????:
> >In this patchset we want to enable the MANA driver to be able to
> >allocate MSI-X vectors in PCI dynamically.
> >
> >The first patch exports pci_msix_prepare_desc() in PCI to be able to
> >correctly prepare descriptors for dynamically added MSI-X vectors.
> >
> >The second patch adds the support of dynamic vector allocation in
> >pci-hyperv PCI controller by enabling the MSI_FLAG_PCI_MSIX_ALLOC_DYN
> >flag and using the pci_msix_prepare_desc() exported in first patch.
> >
> >The third patch adds a detailed description of the irq_setup(), to
> >help understand the function design better.
> >
> >The fourth patch is a preparation patch for mana changes to support
> >dynamic IRQ allocation. It contains changes in irq_setup() to allow
> >skipping first sibling CPU sets, in case certain IRQs are already
> >affinitized to them.
> >
> >The fifth patch has the changes in MANA driver to be able to allocate
> >MSI-X vectors dynamically. If the support does not exist it defaults to
> >older behavior.
> >---
> >  Change in v4
> >  * add a patch describing the functionality of irq_setup() through a
> >    comment
> >  * In irq_setup(), avoid using a label next_cpumask:
> >  * modify the changes in MANA patch about restructuring the error
> >    handling path in mana_gd_setup_dyn_irqs()
> >  * modify the mana_gd_setup_irqs() to simplify handling around
> >    start_irq_index
> >  * add warning if an invalid gic is returned
> >  * place the xa_destroy() cleanup in mana_gd_remove
> >---
> >  Changes in v3
> >  * split the 3rd patch into preparation patch around irq_setup() and
> >    changes in mana driver to allow dynamic IRQ allocation
> >  * Add arm64 support for dynamic MSI-X allocation in pci_hyperv
> >    controller
> >---
> >  Changes in v2
> >  * split the first patch into two(exporting the preapre_desc
> >    func and using the function and flag in pci-hyperv)
> >  * replace 'pci vectors' by 'MSI-X vectors'
> >  * Change the cover letter description to align with changes made
> >---
> >
> >Shradha Gupta (5):
> >   PCI/MSI: Export pci_msix_prepare_desc() for dynamic MSI-X allocations
> >   PCI: hv: Allow dynamic MSI-X vector allocation
> >   net: mana: explain irq_setup() algorithm
> >   net: mana: Allow irq_setup() to skip cpus for affinity
> >   net: mana: Allocate MSI-X vectors dynamically
> 
> In this patchset, base-commit seems missing.
> 
> Please see this link:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.15#n868
> 
> "
> When you open ``outgoing/0000-cover-letter.patch`` for editing, you will
> notice that it will have the ``base-commit:`` trailer at the very
> bottom, which provides the reviewer and the CI tools enough information
> to properly perform ``git am`` without worrying about conflicts::
> "
> 
> When creating patches:
> "
> git format-patch --base=main origin/main
> "
> 
> This will include a base-commit: line in each patch file:
> 
> "
> base-commit: abcdef1234567890...
> "
> 
> This is useful when submitting patches to mailing lists or other tooling.
> 
> Please follow the submitting-patches.rst to add base-commit.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Zhu Yanjun
>

Thank you, I will make the necessary changes in the next version.

Regards,
Shradha. 
> >
> >  .../net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/gdma_main.c   | 356 ++++++++++++++----
> >  drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c           |   5 +-
> >  drivers/pci/msi/irqdomain.c                   |   5 +-
> >  include/linux/msi.h                           |   2 +
> >  include/net/mana/gdma.h                       |   8 +-
> >  5 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
> >