On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 23:41:17 +0100,
Barry Song [off-list ref] wrote:
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So probably we should set this ABI invisible when devices are using
MSI or MSI-X?
i mean something like the below,
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 5d63df7..1323841 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vgaarb.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/msi.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include "pci.h"
@@ -1437,6 +1438,16 @@ static umode_t pci_dev_attrs_are_visible(struct
kobject *kobj,
if ((pdev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA)
return 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
+ /*
+ * if devices are MSI and MSI-X, IRQ sysfs ABI is meaningless
+ * and broken
+ */
+ if (a == &dev_attr_irq.attr)
+ if (first_pci_msi_entry(pdev))
+ return 0;
+#endif
+
return a->mode;
}
I don't think you can break what we have today. Whatever change we
make to the kernel internals, the userspace view must stay unchanged.
M.
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