Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI: remove pci_enable_msix

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 09:24:15AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> On 03/27/2017 11:41 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:30:46AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> >>>Use pci_enable_msix_{exact,range} for now, as I told you before.
> >>>
> >>
> >>That still results in twice as many MSI-X being provisioned than are needed.
> >
> >How so?  Except for the return value, a pci_enable_msix_exact call with the
> >same arguments as your previous pci_enable_msix will work exactly the
> >same.
> >
> 
> Sorry, I think it was my misunderstanding.  I didn't realize that we
> had essentially renamed the function, but left the functionality
> mostly unchanged.

Does this mean you're OK with this patch?  I know it may require some
work on out-of-tree drivers and so on, but if that work is possible
and you don't actually lose functionality, I'm OK with this patch.

Bjorn



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