[RFC/PATCH 4/7] Powerpc MSI implementation

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 06:21:23PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> We currently (ab)use the pci_dev to store our msi_info structure. We
> were hoping to stash it in the pci_dn, but that's not a goer, so the
> pci_dev seems like the right place, even though it seems naughty to
> bloat generic structs.

We have the per-irq void *chip_data; could this be the right place to
keep it instead?  That way, it won't take up space in the pci_dev for
devices which don't use MSI.

Or do you rely on mpic_from_irq() working for MSI interrupts too?