On 10/02/2013 03:29 AM, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > > As result, device drivers will cease to use the overcomplicated > repeated fallbacks technique and resort to a straightforward > pattern - determine the number of MSI/MSI-X interrupts required > before calling pci_enable_msi_block() and pci_enable_msix() > interfaces: > > > rc = pci_msix_table_size(adapter->pdev); > if (rc < 0) > return rc; > > nvec = min(nvec, rc); > if (nvec < FOO_DRIVER_MINIMUM_NVEC) { > return -ENOSPC; > > for (i = 0; i < nvec; i++) > adapter->msix_entries[i].entry = i; > > rc = pci_enable_msix(adapter->pdev, > adapter->msix_entries, nvec); > return rc; > Why not add a minimum number to pci_enable_msix(), i.e.: pci_enable_msix(pdev, msix_entries, nvec, minvec) ... which means "nvec" is the number of interrupts *requested*, and "minvec" is the minimum acceptable number (otherwise fail). -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html