Re: [Patch v5] x86: irq_comm: Add check for RH bit in kvm_set_msi_irq

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2015-04-21 14:18+0200, Paolo Bonzini:
> On 19/03/2015 23:51, James Sullivan wrote:
> > I played around with native_compose_msi_msg and discovered the following:
> > 
> > * dm=0, rh=0 => Physical Destination Mode
> > * dm=0, rh=1 => Failed delivery
> > * dm=1, rh=0 => Logical Destination Mode, No Redirection
> > * dm=1, rh=1 => Logical Destination Mode, Redirection
> > 
> > So it seems to be the case that logical destination mode is used whenever
> > DM=1, regardless of RH. Furthermore, the case where DM=0 and RH=1 is
> > undefined, as was indicated in the closing response to the thread in
> > https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/288883 :
> 
> So this means this patch is not necessary, right?

Yes, and this patch was obsolete even before;  the latest version is
  [PATCH v4 0/2] kvm: x86: Implement handling of RH=1 for MSI delivery in KVM

which delivers DM=1+RH=1 as lowest priority.
(Several unfortunate things made this quite confusing ...)
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