Bjorn,

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> 
> > When we create a generic MSI domain, that MSI_FLAG_USE_DEF_CHIP_OPS
> > is set, and that any of .mask or .unmask are NULL in the irq_chip
> > structure, we set them to pci_msi_[un]mask_irq.
> > 
> > This is a bad idea for at least two reasons:
> > - PCI_MSI might not be selected, kernel fails to build (yes, this is
> >   legitimate, at least on arm64!)
> > - This may not be a PCI/MSI domain at all (platform MSI, for example)
> > 
> > Either way, this looks wrong. Move the overriding of mask/unmask to
> > the PCI counterpart, and panic is any of these two methods is not
> > set in the core code (they really should be present).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>

Should I take that one?

Thanks,

        tglx
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