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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI: export MSI mode using attributes, not kobjects
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:46:52AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>
> The PCI MSI sysfs code is a mess with kobjects for things that don't
> really need to be kobjects. This patch creates attributes dynamically
> for the MSI interrupts instead of using kobjects.
>
> Note, this removes a directory from the current MSI interrupt sysfs
> code:
>
> old MSI kobjects:
> pci_device
> └── msi_irqs
>    └── 40
>    └── mode
>
> new MSI attributes:
> pci_device
> └── msi_irqs
>    └── 40
>
> As there was only one file "mode" with the kobject model, the interrupt
> number is now a file that returns the "mode" of the interrupt (msi vs.
> msix).
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>
> ---
>
> Neil, can you test this patch to see if irqbalance works as-is or not?
>
ACK, Testing with git-head irqbalance on F19 with this patch and it works fine.

Thanks!
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>

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