[PATCH v8 7/9] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Reuse pre-exposed doorbells and IRQ flags

Koichiro Den den at valinux.co.jp
Tue Feb 17 00:05:59 PST 2026


Support doorbell backends where the doorbell target is already exposed
via a platform-owned fixed BAR mapping and/or where the doorbell IRQ
must be requested with specific flags.

When pci_epf_alloc_doorbell() provides db_msg[].bar/offset, reuse the
pre-exposed BAR window and skip programming a new inbound mapping. Also
honor db_msg[].irq_flags when requesting the doorbell IRQ.

Multiple doorbells may share the same Linux IRQ. Avoid duplicate
request_irq() calls by requesting each unique virq once.

This makes pci-epf-vntb work with platform-defined or embedded doorbell
backends without exposing backend-specific details to the consumer
layer.

Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den at valinux.co.jp>
---
Changes since v7:
  - Deduplicate request_irq()/free_irq() calls based on virq (shared
    IRQ) rather than doorbell type.

 drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
index 52cf442ca1d9..b1e8414c4e43 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ struct epf_ntb {
 	u16 vntb_vid;
 
 	bool linkup;
+
+	/*
+	 * True when doorbells are interrupt-driven (MSI or embedded), false
+	 * when polled.
+	 */
 	bool msi_doorbell;
 	u32 spad_size;
 
@@ -517,6 +522,17 @@ static int epf_ntb_configure_interrupt(struct epf_ntb *ntb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool epf_ntb_db_irq_is_first(const struct pci_epf *epf, unsigned int idx)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < idx; i++)
+		if (epf->db_msg[i].virq == epf->db_msg[idx].virq)
+			return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int epf_ntb_db_bar_init_msi_doorbell(struct epf_ntb *ntb,
 					    struct pci_epf_bar *db_bar,
 					    const struct pci_epc_features *epc_features,
@@ -533,9 +549,24 @@ static int epf_ntb_db_bar_init_msi_doorbell(struct epf_ntb *ntb,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * The doorbell target may already be exposed by a platform-owned fixed
+	 * BAR. In that case, we must reuse it and the requested db_bar must
+	 * match.
+	 */
+	if (epf->db_msg[0].bar != NO_BAR && epf->db_msg[0].bar != barno) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free_doorbell;
+	}
+
 	for (req = 0; req < ntb->db_count; req++) {
+		/* Avoid requesting duplicate handlers */
+		if (!epf_ntb_db_irq_is_first(epf, req))
+			continue;
+
 		ret = request_irq(epf->db_msg[req].virq, epf_ntb_doorbell_handler,
-				  0, "pci_epf_vntb_db", ntb);
+				  epf->db_msg[req].irq_flags, "pci_epf_vntb_db",
+				  ntb);
 
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&epf->dev,
@@ -545,6 +576,22 @@ static int epf_ntb_db_bar_init_msi_doorbell(struct epf_ntb *ntb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (epf->db_msg[0].bar != NO_BAR) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ntb->db_count; i++) {
+			msg = &epf->db_msg[i].msg;
+
+			if (epf->db_msg[i].bar != barno) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto err_free_irq;
+			}
+
+			ntb->reg->db_data[i] = msg->data;
+			ntb->reg->db_offset[i] = epf->db_msg[i].offset;
+		}
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Program inbound mapping for the doorbell */
 	msg = &epf->db_msg[0].msg;
 
 	high = 0;
@@ -591,6 +638,7 @@ static int epf_ntb_db_bar_init_msi_doorbell(struct epf_ntb *ntb,
 		ntb->reg->db_offset[i] = offset;
 	}
 
+out:
 	ntb->reg->db_entry_size = 0;
 
 	ntb->msi_doorbell = true;
@@ -598,9 +646,13 @@ static int epf_ntb_db_bar_init_msi_doorbell(struct epf_ntb *ntb,
 	return 0;
 
 err_free_irq:
-	for (req--; req >= 0; req--)
+	for (req--; req >= 0; req--) {
+		if (!epf_ntb_db_irq_is_first(epf, req))
+			continue;
 		free_irq(epf->db_msg[req].virq, ntb);
+	}
 
+err_free_doorbell:
 	pci_epf_free_doorbell(ntb->epf);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -666,8 +718,11 @@ static void epf_ntb_db_bar_clear(struct epf_ntb *ntb)
 	if (ntb->msi_doorbell) {
 		int i;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < ntb->db_count; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < ntb->db_count; i++) {
+			if (!epf_ntb_db_irq_is_first(ntb->epf, i))
+				continue;
 			free_irq(ntb->epf->db_msg[i].virq, ntb);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ntb->epf->db_msg)
-- 
2.51.0




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