Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753909AbaJASgJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2014 14:36:09 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f173.google.com ([209.85.213.173]:60109 "EHLO mail-ig0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753839AbaJASgH (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2014 14:36:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:36:03 -0600 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: Alex Williamson Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wangyijing@huawei.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Revert MSI msg API churn Message-ID: <20141001183603.GA22713@google.com> References: <20141001163814.2709.92885.stgit@gimli.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141001163814.2709.92885.stgit@gimli.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 10:48:16AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > The MSI message API has gone through some churn, that I think results > in an inconsistent interface. We now have this: > > void read_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void get_cached_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void __write_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void write_msi_msg(unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg); > > write_msi_msg() takes an irq arg, but read_msi_msg() takes an > msi_desc. Presumably write_msi_msg() was not converted because it > has a much larger user base, but this sort of inconsitency results > in a poor API. Yeah, that isn't good, thanks for noticing. I rebuilt the pci/msi branch and dropped the commits you mentioned. The ones that are left are these: 56b72b409579 PCI/MSI: Use __write_msi_msg() instead of write_msi_msg() 1e8f4cc82ede MSI/powerpc: Use __read_msi_msg() instead of read_msi_msg() 2b260085e466 PCI/MSI: Use __get_cached_msi_msg() instead of get_cached_msi_msg() which I think are OK. > This series reverts a selection of commits to return us to: > > void __read_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void __get_cached_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void __write_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *entry, struct msi_msg *msg); > void get_cached_msi_msg(unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg); > void write_msi_msg(unsigned int irq, struct msi_msg *msg); > > I've left the removal of read_msi_msg() since it has no users, but > restored get_cached_msi_msg() since it has an imminent user. This > will also cleanup the upcoming merge conflicts in next. Thanks, > > Alex > > --- > > Alex Williamson (3): > Revert "PCI/MSI: Remove unused get_cached_msi_msg()" > Revert "PCI/MSI: Rename __get_cached_msi_msg() to get_cached_msi_msg()" > Revert "PCI/MSI: Rename __read_msi_msg() to read_msi_msg()" > > > arch/ia64/kernel/msi_ia64.c | 2 +- > arch/ia64/sn/kernel/msi_sn.c | 2 +- > arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c | 2 +- > arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 2 +- > arch/x86/pci/xen.c | 2 +- > drivers/pci/msi.c | 11 +++++++++-- > include/linux/msi.h | 5 +++-- > 7 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/