[PATCH RFC 02/13] x86: Add a Kconfig option for posted MSI

Jacob Pan posted 13 patches 2 years, 2 months ago
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[PATCH RFC 02/13] x86: Add a Kconfig option for posted MSI
Posted by Jacob Pan 2 years, 2 months ago
This option will be used to support delivering MSIs as posted
interrupts. Interrupt remapping is required.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 66bfabae8814..f16882ddb390 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -463,6 +463,16 @@ config X86_X2APIC
 
 	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
 
+config X86_POSTED_MSI
+	bool "Enable MSI and MSI-x delivery by posted interrupts"
+	depends on X86_X2APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
+	help
+	  This enables MSIs that are under IRQ remapping to be delivered as posted
+	  interrupts to the host kernel. IRQ throughput can potentially be improved
+	  by coalescing CPU notifications during high frequency IRQ bursts.
+
+	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+
 config X86_MPPARSE
 	bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
 	default y
-- 
2.25.1
Re: [PATCH RFC 02/13] x86: Add a Kconfig option for posted MSI
Posted by Thomas Gleixner 2 years, 2 months ago
On Sat, Nov 11 2023 at 20:16, Jacob Pan wrote:
> This option will be used to support delivering MSIs as posted
> interrupts. Interrupt remapping is required.

The last sentence does not make sense.

> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 66bfabae8814..f16882ddb390 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -463,6 +463,16 @@ config X86_X2APIC
>  
>  	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
>  
> +config X86_POSTED_MSI
> +	bool "Enable MSI and MSI-x delivery by posted interrupts"
> +	depends on X86_X2APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
> +	help
> +	  This enables MSIs that are under IRQ remapping to be delivered as posted

s/IRQ/interrupt/

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> +	  interrupts to the host kernel. IRQ throughput can potentially be improved
> +	  by coalescing CPU notifications during high frequency IRQ bursts.
> +
> +	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
> +
>  config X86_MPPARSE
>  	bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
>  	default y