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-rw-r--r--hw/pci/msi.c19
-rw-r--r--hw/pci/msix.c2
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/hw/pci/msi.c b/hw/pci/msi.c
index 85f21b8c4b..e0e64c2d9e 100644
--- a/hw/pci/msi.c
+++ b/hw/pci/msi.c
@@ -34,8 +34,21 @@
#define PCI_MSI_VECTORS_MAX 32
-/* Flag for interrupt controller to declare MSI/MSI-X support */
-bool msi_supported;
+/*
+ * Flag for interrupt controllers to declare broken MSI/MSI-X support.
+ * values: false - broken; true - non-broken.
+ *
+ * Setting this flag to false will remove MSI/MSI-X capability from all devices.
+ *
+ * It is preferrable for controllers to set this to true (non-broken) even if
+ * they do not actually support MSI/MSI-X: guests normally probe the controller
+ * type and do not attempt to enable MSI/MSI-X with interrupt controllers not
+ * supporting such, so removing the capability is not required, and
+ * it seems cleaner to have a given device look the same for all boards.
+ *
+ * TODO: some existing controllers violate the above rule. Identify and fix them.
+ */
+bool msi_nonbroken;
/* If we get rid of cap allocator, we won't need this. */
static inline uint8_t msi_cap_sizeof(uint16_t flags)
@@ -160,7 +173,7 @@ int msi_init(struct PCIDevice *dev, uint8_t offset,
uint8_t cap_size;
int config_offset;
- if (!msi_supported) {
+ if (!msi_nonbroken) {
return -ENOTSUP;
}
diff --git a/hw/pci/msix.c b/hw/pci/msix.c
index 537fdba747..b75f0e9c47 100644
--- a/hw/pci/msix.c
+++ b/hw/pci/msix.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int msix_init(struct PCIDevice *dev, unsigned short nentries,
uint8_t *config;
/* Nothing to do if MSI is not supported by interrupt controller */
- if (!msi_supported) {
+ if (!msi_nonbroken) {
return -ENOTSUP;
}