PCI/MSI: Add pci_msi_vec_count()

Device drivers can use this interface to obtain the maximum number of MSI
interrupts the device supports and use that number, e.g., in a subsequent
call to pci_enable_msi_block().

Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
index a4d174e95413..a8b41788dfde 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/MSI-HOWTO.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,21 @@ on any interrupt for which it previously called request_irq().
 Failure to do so results in a BUG_ON(), leaving the device with
 MSI enabled and thus leaking its vector.
 
+4.2.5 pci_msi_vec_count
+
+int pci_msi_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev)
+
+This function could be used to retrieve the number of MSI vectors the
+device requested (via the Multiple Message Capable register). The MSI
+specification only allows the returned value to be a power of two,
+up to a maximum of 2^5 (32).
+
+If this function returns a negative number, it indicates the device is
+not capable of sending MSIs.
+
+If this function returns a positive number, it indicates the maximum
+number of MSI interrupt vectors that could be allocated.
+
 4.3 Using MSI-X
 
 The MSI-X capability is much more flexible than the MSI capability.