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Re: [PATCH] xen-pciback: Consider MSI-X enabled only when MASKALL bit is cleared



On 17/11/2022 11:41, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
Linux enables MSI-X before disabling INTx, but keeps MSI-X masked until
the table is filled. Then it disables INTx just before clearing MASKALL
bit. Currently this approach is rejected by xen-pciback.
Allow setting PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE while INTx is still enabled as long
as PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_MASKALL is set too.

The use of MSI-X interrupts is conditional on only the MSI-X Enable bit. Setting MSI-X Enable effectively overrides the Interrupt Disable bit in the Command register.

PCIe 6.0.1 section 7.7.2.2. "MSI-X Enable ... is prohibited from using INTx interrupts (if implemented)." And there is similar wording for MSI Enable.

I think you need to shuffle the checks for MSI/MSI-X in xen_pcibk_get_interrupt_type() so they are _before_ the check of the Interrupt Disable bit in the Command register.

David



 


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