[PATCH] PCI: vmd: Remove MSI-X check on child devices

From: Nam Cao
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 01:40:03 EST


Commit d7d8ab87e3e7 ("PCI: vmd: Switch to msi_create_parent_irq_domain()")
added a WARN_ON sanity check that child devices support MSI-X, because VMD
document says [1]:

"Intel VMD only supports MSIx Interrupts from child devices and
therefore the BIOS must enable PCIe Hot Plug and MSIx interrups [sic]."

However, on Ammar's machine, a PCIe port below VMD does not support MSI-X,
triggering this WARN_ON.

This inconsistency between the document and reality should be investigated
further. For now, remove the MSI-X check.

Allowing child devices without MSI-X despite what the document says does
sound suspicious, but that's what the driver had been doing before the
WARN_ON is added.

Fixes: d7d8ab87e3e7 ("PCI: vmd: Switch to msi_create_parent_irq_domain()")
Link: https://cdrdv2-public.intel.com/776857/VMD_White_Paper.pdf [1]
Reported-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/aJXYhfc%2F6DfcqfqF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Tested-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
index b679c7f28f51..1bd5bf4a6097 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
@@ -306,9 +306,6 @@ static bool vmd_init_dev_msi_info(struct device *dev, struct irq_domain *domain,
struct irq_domain *real_parent,
struct msi_domain_info *info)
{
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info->bus_token != DOMAIN_BUS_PCI_DEVICE_MSIX))
- return false;
-
if (!msi_lib_init_dev_msi_info(dev, domain, real_parent, info))
return false;

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