[PATCH v4 1/2] PCI: Add tango MSI controller support

[Mason]

On 31/05/2017 21:12, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 02:00:37PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 08:49:04PM +0200, Mason wrote:
>>> On 31/05/2017 19:34, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>> ...
>>
>>>> This would be more an IRQ patch than a PCI patch, but if I were
>>>> reviewing it, I would look for assurance that *all* the no-op
>>>> .irq_set_affinity callbacks were cleaned up, not just those in
>>>> drivers/pci/host.
>>>
>>> Are you saying the patch is *wrong* if not all "do-nothing"
>>> callbacks are cleaned up?
>>
>> I'm saying that (1) this probably wouldn't be applied via the PCI
>> tree, and (2) if it *were* applied via PCI, I would ask that all the
>> no-op callbacks were cleaned up at the same time.
>>
>> Huh, that sounds a lot like what I wrote above.  Was I unclear?
> 
> I'm afraid this sounded snarky, which isn't my intention.  It seems
> like there's a useful patch here, and I didn't want to see it get
> ignored for lack of following the usual process.  If this is all
> obvious to you, my apologies and please ignore my suggestion.

Thanks for clearing things up. I had indeed assumed from
your first reply that the patch was pointless.

Writing a script locating all candidates will be an
interesting exercise.

Regards.