diff --git a/include/asm-generic/msi.h b/include/asm-generic/msi.h
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+++ b/include/asm-generic/msi.h
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+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_MSI_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_MSI_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#ifndef NUM_MSI_ALLOC_SCRATCHPAD_REGS
+# define NUM_MSI_ALLOC_SCRATCHPAD_REGS	2
+#endif
+
+struct msi_desc;
+
+/**
+ * struct msi_alloc_info - Default structure for MSI interrupt allocation.
+ * @desc:	Pointer to msi descriptor
+ * @hwirq:	Associated hw interrupt number in the domain
+ * @scratchpad:	Storage for implementation specific scratch data
+ *
+ * Architectures can provide their own implementation by not including
+ * asm-generic/msi.h into their arch specific header file.
+ */
+typedef struct msi_alloc_info {
+	struct msi_desc			*desc;
+	irq_hw_number_t			hwirq;
+	union {
+		unsigned long		ul;
+		void			*ptr;
+	} scratchpad[NUM_MSI_ALLOC_SCRATCHPAD_REGS];
+} msi_alloc_info_t;
+
+#define GENERIC_MSI_DOMAIN_OPS		1
+
+#endif