Re: [PATCH] x86/acpi: Fix improper handling of SCI INT for platforms supporting only IOAPIC mode

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Sajjan, Vikas C
<vikas.cha.sajjan@hpe.com> wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
>
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> Cc: Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>; ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Seunghun Han <kkamagui@gmail.com>; Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>; Lakshminarasimha, Sunil Vishwanathpur <sunil.vl@hpe.com>; Attar, Abdul Lateef <abdul-lateef.attar@hpe.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/acpi: Fix improper handling of SCI INT for platforms supporting only IOAPIC mode
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Vikas C Sajjan <vikas.cha.sajjan@hpe.com> wrote:
>> The platforms which support only IOAPIC mode and whose SCI INT is
>> greater than 16, passes SCI INT via FADT and not via MADT int src
>> override structure. In such cases current logic fails to handle it and
>> throws error "Invalid bus_irq %u for legacy override". This patch
>> handles the above  mentioned case. While at it, also modify function
>> mp_override_legacy_irq() to use the newly introduced function mp_register_ioapic_irq().
>
> Actually, is it necessary to make this extra change here?
>
> How complicated would it be to separate it out?
>
> I can move these extra changes into a separate patch and keep only the fix in this patch.

That would be useful I think in case someone wants to backport your
fix, for example.

Thanks,
Rafael