[PATCH 08/13] bus/vmbus: allocate interrupt during probing

David Marchand david.marchand at redhat.com
Thu Jun 11 11:45:45 CEST 2026


Allocating the interrupt handle is a waste of memory if no device is
probed later (like for example, if a allowlist is passed).
Instead, allocate this handle at the time probe_device is called.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c |  6 ------
 drivers/bus/vmbus/vmbus_common.c    | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c b/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
index 0af10f6a69..77d904ad6d 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
@@ -345,12 +345,6 @@ vmbus_scan_one(const char *name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Allocate interrupt handle instance */
-	dev->intr_handle =
-		rte_intr_instance_alloc(RTE_INTR_INSTANCE_F_PRIVATE);
-	if (dev->intr_handle == NULL)
-		goto error;
-
 	/* device is valid, add in list (sorted) */
 	VMBUS_LOG(DEBUG, "Adding vmbus device %s", name);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/vmbus_common.c b/drivers/bus/vmbus/vmbus_common.c
index 74c1ddff69..b6ae82915f 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/vmbus_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/vmbus_common.c
@@ -108,11 +108,27 @@ vmbus_probe_device(struct rte_driver *drv, struct rte_device *dev)
 	if (vmbus_dev->device.numa_node < 0 && rte_socket_count() > 1)
 		VMBUS_LOG(INFO, "Device %s is not NUMA-aware", guid);
 
+	/* Allocate interrupt handle instance */
+	vmbus_dev->intr_handle =
+		rte_intr_instance_alloc(RTE_INTR_INSTANCE_F_PRIVATE);
+	if (vmbus_dev->intr_handle == NULL) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unmap;
+	}
+
 	/* call the driver probe() function */
 	VMBUS_LOG(INFO, "  probe driver: %s", vmbus_drv->driver.name);
 	ret = vmbus_drv->probe(vmbus_drv, vmbus_dev);
 	if (ret != 0)
-		rte_vmbus_unmap_device(vmbus_dev);
+		goto free_intr;
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_intr:
+	rte_intr_instance_free(vmbus_dev->intr_handle);
+	vmbus_dev->intr_handle = NULL;
+unmap:
+	rte_vmbus_unmap_device(vmbus_dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.53.0



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