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authorAlexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>2013-12-30 08:28:14 +0100
committerBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>2014-01-03 17:17:55 -0700
commit7b92b4f61ec49cb1a5813298f35258bd7ecd3667 (patch)
tree3ca281ebb26a2885ff9ff5fd4e1b15393b6f7c20 /Documentation/PCI
parentd1ac1d2622e8f0fd2a25127a8649d135b54db8a9 (diff)
downloadlinux-7b92b4f61ec49cb1a5813298f35258bd7ecd3667.tar.gz
PCI/MSI: Remove pci_enable_msi_block_auto()
The new pci_msi_vec_count() interface makes pci_enable_msi_block_auto()
superfluous.

Drivers can use pci_msi_vec_count() to learn the maximum number of MSIs
supported by the device, and then call pci_enable_msi_block().

pci_enable_msi_block_auto() was introduced recently, and its only user is
the AHCI driver, which is also updated by this change.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/PCI')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt39
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index a8b41788dfde..aa4ad987510d 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -127,49 +127,22 @@ on the number of vectors that can be allocated; pci_enable_msi_block()
 returns as soon as it finds any constraint that doesn't allow the
 call to succeed.
 
-4.2.3 pci_enable_msi_block_auto
-
-int pci_enable_msi_block_auto(struct pci_dev *dev, int *count)
-
-This variation on pci_enable_msi() call allows a device driver to request
-the maximum possible number of MSIs.  The MSI specification only allows
-interrupts to be allocated in powers of two, up to a maximum of 2^5 (32).
-
-If this function returns a positive number, it indicates that it has
-succeeded and the returned value is the number of allocated interrupts. In
-this case, the function enables MSI on this device and updates dev->irq to
-be the lowest of the new interrupts assigned to it.  The other interrupts
-assigned to the device are in the range dev->irq to dev->irq + returned
-value - 1.
-
-If this function returns a negative number, it indicates an error and
-the driver should not attempt to request any more MSI interrupts for
-this device.
-
-If the device driver needs to know the number of interrupts the device
-supports it can pass the pointer count where that number is stored. The
-device driver must decide what action to take if pci_enable_msi_block_auto()
-succeeds, but returns a value less than the number of interrupts supported.
-If the device driver does not need to know the number of interrupts
-supported, it can set the pointer count to NULL.
-
-4.2.4 pci_disable_msi
+4.2.3 pci_disable_msi
 
 void pci_disable_msi(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 This function should be used to undo the effect of pci_enable_msi() or
-pci_enable_msi_block() or pci_enable_msi_block_auto().  Calling it restores
-dev->irq to the pin-based interrupt number and frees the previously
-allocated message signaled interrupt(s).  The interrupt may subsequently be
-assigned to another device, so drivers should not cache the value of
-dev->irq.
+pci_enable_msi_block().  Calling it restores dev->irq to the pin-based
+interrupt number and frees the previously allocated message signaled
+interrupt(s).  The interrupt may subsequently be assigned to another
+device, so drivers should not cache the value of dev->irq.
 
 Before calling this function, a device driver must always call free_irq()
 on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq().
 Failure to do so results in a BUG_ON(), leaving the device with
 MSI enabled and thus leaking its vector.
 
-4.2.5 pci_msi_vec_count
+4.2.4 pci_msi_vec_count
 
 int pci_msi_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev)