[bug report] powerpc: per device MSI irq domain
Nilay Shroff
nilay at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jan 7 02:27:00 AEDT 2026
Hi Nam,
A gentle ping on this one...
I just rebased to the latest kernel and found that this patch is not
yet made to the upstream. So may I ask you to submit this change now
formally to the upstream?
Thanks,
--Nilay
On 12/8/25 5:33 PM, Nilay Shroff wrote:
>
>
> On 12/6/25 8:08 PM, Nam Cao wrote:
>> Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com> writes:
>>> Yes you can find the architecture document here:
>>> https://github.com/linuxppc/public-docs/blob/main/LoPAPR/LoPAR-20200812.pdf
>>>
>>> You may refer section 7 in the above document, which describes RTAS API.
>>
>> Thank you, that helped a lot.
>>
>> Can you please confirm that the below diff fixes the problem? It brings
>> back the "fallback" thing that you mentioned.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nam
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
>> index a82aaa786e9e..8898a968a59b 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
>>
>> #include "pseries.h"
>>
>> +struct pseries_msi_device {
>> + unsigned int msi_quota;
>> + unsigned int msi_used;
>> +};
>> +
>> static int query_token, change_token;
>>
>> #define RTAS_QUERY_FN 0
>> @@ -433,8 +438,26 @@ static int pseries_msi_ops_prepare(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev
>> struct msi_domain_info *info = domain->host_data;
>> struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
>> int type = (info->flags & MSI_FLAG_PCI_MSIX) ? PCI_CAP_ID_MSIX : PCI_CAP_ID_MSI;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + struct pseries_msi_device *pseries_dev __free(kfree)
>> + = kmalloc(sizeof(*pseries_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!pseries_dev)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + ret = rtas_prepare_msi_irqs(pdev, nvec, type, arg);
>> + if (ret > 0) {
>> + nvec = ret;
>> + ret = rtas_prepare_msi_irqs(pdev, nvec, type, arg);
>> + }
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>>
>> - return rtas_prepare_msi_irqs(pdev, nvec, type, arg);
>> + pseries_dev->msi_quota = nvec;
>> + pseries_dev->msi_used = 0;
>> +
>> + arg->scratchpad[0].ptr = no_free_ptr(pseries_dev);
>> + return 0;
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> @@ -443,9 +466,13 @@ static int pseries_msi_ops_prepare(struct irq_domain *domain, struct device *dev
>> */
>> static void pseries_msi_ops_teardown(struct irq_domain *domain, msi_alloc_info_t *arg)
>> {
>> + struct pseries_msi_device *pseries_dev = arg->scratchpad[0].ptr;
>> struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(domain->dev);
>>
>> rtas_disable_msi(pdev);
>> +
>> + WARN_ON(pseries_dev->msi_used);
>> + kfree(pseries_dev);
>> }
>>
>> static void pseries_msi_shutdown(struct irq_data *d)
>> @@ -546,12 +573,18 @@ static int pseries_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq
>> unsigned int nr_irqs, void *arg)
>> {
>> struct pci_controller *phb = domain->host_data;
>> + struct pseries_msi_device *pseries_dev;
>> msi_alloc_info_t *info = arg;
>> struct msi_desc *desc = info->desc;
>> struct pci_dev *pdev = msi_desc_to_pci_dev(desc);
>> int hwirq;
>> int i, ret;
>>
>> + pseries_dev = info->scratchpad[0].ptr;
>> +
>> + if (pseries_dev->msi_used + nr_irqs > pseries_dev->msi_quota)
>> + return -ENOSPC;
>> +
>> hwirq = rtas_query_irq_number(pci_get_pdn(pdev), desc->msi_index);
>> if (hwirq < 0) {
>> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to query HW IRQ: %d\n", hwirq);
>> @@ -567,9 +600,10 @@ static int pseries_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq
>> goto out;
>>
>> irq_domain_set_hwirq_and_chip(domain, virq + i, hwirq + i,
>> - &pseries_msi_irq_chip, domain->host_data);
>> + &pseries_msi_irq_chip, pseries_dev);
>> }
>>
>> + pseries_dev->msi_used++;
>> return 0;
>>
>> out:
>> @@ -582,9 +616,11 @@ static void pseries_irq_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq
>> unsigned int nr_irqs)
>> {
>> struct irq_data *d = irq_domain_get_irq_data(domain, virq);
>> - struct pci_controller *phb = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
>> + struct pseries_msi_device *pseries_dev = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
>> + struct pci_controller *phb = domain->host_data;
>>
>> pr_debug("%s bridge %pOF %d #%d\n", __func__, phb->dn, virq, nr_irqs);
>> + pseries_dev->msi_used -= nr_irqs;
>> irq_domain_free_irqs_parent(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
>> }
>>
>
> Thnaks for the patch! I tested it on my system and I confirmed that
> this patch fixes the bug reported earlier. That said, if you're
> planning to send a formal patch upstream with the above change then
> please feel free to add,
>
> Acked-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at inux.ibm.com>
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