RE: [patch V2 07/33] genirq/msi: Provide msi_create/free_device_irq_domain()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 16:02:07 EST


On Wed, Nov 23 2022 at 12:38, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23 2022 at 08:02, Kevin Tian wrote:
>>> + bundle->info.hwsize = hwsize ? hwsize : MSI_MAX_INDEX;
>>
>> patch04 marks that hwsize being 0 means unknown or unlimited in the
>> header file.
>>
>> but here info.hwsize always gets a value i.e. the meaning of 0 only exists
>> in this function. What about removing the trailing words about 0 in
>> patch04?
>>
>> - + * @hwsize: The hardware table size (0 if unknown/unlimited)
>> + + * @hwsize: The hardware table size
>
> Fair enough, though I rather make that:
>
> * @hwsize: The hardware table size or the software defined
> index limit
>

Actually 0 still needs to be valid to guarantee backward compatibility
for all existing msi_domain_info implementations.

The above is the per device domain creation function, but yes, I can lift
that initialization into the common MSI domain creation code.

Let me stare at this some more.