On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 16:20 +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > So my point is - drivers should first obtain a number of MSIs they *can* > get, then *derive* a number of MSIs the device is fine with and only then > request that number. Not terribly different from memory or any other type > of resource allocation ;)
What if the limit is for a group of devices ? Your interface is racy in that case, another driver could have eaten into the limit in between the calls. Ben. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/