Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Remove implicit devres from pci_intx()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:09:12AM +0200, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-10-09 at 20:32 +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > On 09.10.2024 10:35, Philipp Stanner wrote:

...

> > > To do so, a pci_intx() version that is always-managed, and one that
> > > is
> > > never-managed are provided. Then, all pci_intx() users are ported
> > > to the
> > > version they need. Afterwards, pci_intx() can be cleaned up and the
> > > users of the never-managed version be ported back to pci_intx().
> > > 
> > > This way we'd get this PCI API consistent again.
> > > 
> > AFAICS pci_intx() is used only by drivers which haven't been
> > converted
> > to the pci_alloc_irq_vectors() API yet. Wouldn't it be better to do
> > this
> > instead of trying to improve pci_intx()?

My first impression was the same...

> This would be the créme-de-la-créme-solution, yes.
> 
> But such a portation would require more detailed knowledge of the old
> drivers.
> 
> In this discussion, Alex points out that at least in some drivers, you
> can't replace pci_intx() without further ado:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240904151020.486f599e.alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> What we could do is mark pci_intx() and pcim_intx() as deprecated and
> point everyone to pci_alloc_irq_vectors(). Then someone can look into
> porting the old drivers at some point in the future.

...but here I got the point by Philipp.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko