[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vfio: revert retry logic for MSI-X BAR mapping

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Aug 1 17:52:36 CEST 2018


> > This reverts commit d4774a568ba0a5923229974a002972c83eb04570.
> > 
> > The patch is incomplete because kernel 4.16+, while being capable
> > of mapping MSI-X BARs, will also report if such a capability is
> > available. Without checking this capability, gratuitous errors
> > are displayed on kernels <4.16 while VFIO is attempting to mmap
> > MSI-X BAR and fails, which can be confusing to the user.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>

Applied, thanks





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