[PATCH v2 2/6] PCI/MSI: Factor out pci_get_msi_cap() interface
Tejun Heo
tj at kernel.org
Thu Sep 26 07:00:16 EST 2013
Hello,
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:58:05PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> Unfortunately, pSeries is a shows-topper here :( It seems we have to
> introduce pci_get_msi{,x}_limit() interfaces to honour the quota
> thing. I just hope the hardware set for pSeries is limited and we
> won't need to use it for all drivers.
Can you please go into a bit of detail on that? Why does it matter?
Is it because you're worried you might cause performance regression by
forcing prevoius partial multiple allocations to single interrupt
operation?
Thanks.
--
tejun
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