Messages in this thread | | | From | "Tian, Kevin" <> | Subject | RE: [patch V3 28/33] PCI/MSI: Provide IMS (Interrupt Message Store) support | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:41:27 +0000 |
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> From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 12:33 AM > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 12:26:29AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > IMS (Interrupt Message Store) is a new specification which allows > > implementation specific storage of MSI messages contrary to the > > strict standard specified MSI and MSI-X message stores. > > ... > > > + * pci_create_ims_domain - Create a secondary IMS domain for a PCI > device > > > + * Return: True on success, false otherwise > > > +bool pci_create_ims_domain(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct > msi_domain_template *template, > > + unsigned int hwsize, void *data) > > pci_create_ims_domain() is exported for use by modules, but AFAICT, > there is no in-tree user of this yet. > > I assume one is coming, but if there isn't one on the near horizon, > we could/should remove this for now. >
There won't be one in the near term. So I agree it's a good idea to remove it. Anyway this can be easily added back when the real user comes.
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