VFIO allows multiple MSI-X vector, others doesn't, but maybe will allow it in
the future.
Device drivers need to be aware of the capability.
It's better to avoid condition check on interrupt type(VFIO) everywhere, instead
a capability api is more flexible for the condition change.
Signed-off-by: Cunming Liang <cunming.liang at intel.com>
---
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c | 9 +++++++++
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h | 10 ++++++++++
lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
index 96226d6..c90bc4d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
@@ -1196,3 +1196,12 @@ rte_intr_allow_others(struct rte_intr_handle
*intr_handle)
else
return !!(intr_handle->max_intr - intr_handle->nb_efd);
}
+
+int
+rte_intr_cap_multiple(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+{
+ if (intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VFIO_MSIX)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
index 6a2f495..a7b2be4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
@@ -215,4 +215,14 @@ rte_intr_dp_is_en(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
int
rte_intr_allow_others(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
+/**
+ * The multiple interrupt vector capability of interrupt handle instance.
+ * It returns zero if no multiple interrupt vector support.
+ *
+ * @param intr_handle
+ * Pointer to the interrupt handle.
+ */
+int
+rte_intr_cap_multiple(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
+
#endif /* _RTE_LINUXAPP_INTERRUPTS_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index dbb8fa1..cb9f4d6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -128,3 +128,10 @@ DPDK_2.1 {
rte_memzone_free;
} DPDK_2.0;
+
+DPDK_2.2 {
+ global:
+
+ rte_intr_cap_multiple;
+
+} DPDK_2.1;
\ No newline at end of file
--
2.4.3
