linux-kernel - RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Remove dead code

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:20:20 +0000
From:	"Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
CC:	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Remove dead code

> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelgaas@...gle.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:59 AM
> To: Brown, Aaron F
> Cc: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org; e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net; Arjan
> van de Ven; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Remove dead code
> 
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Brown, Aaron F <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
> wrote:
> >> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelgaas@...gle.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:21 AM
> >> To: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> >> Cc: e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net; Arjan van de Ven; linux-
> >> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >> Subject: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Remove dead code
> >>
> >> This is a rework of part of Stephen's patch [1].
> >>
> >> This removes the MMIO exclusivity support that was added as part of
> >> an e1000e bug hunt.
> >>
> >> The e1000e driver still uses
> >> pci_request_selected_regions_exclusive(), but there are no callers of
> >> pci_request_region_exclusive() and pci_request_regions_exclusive().
> >> I thought it was cleaner to remove the whole thing than to leave
> >> parts of it in place.  But I could easily be convinced to leave part
> >> or all of this in place if people think it's still useful.
> >
> > Thanks Bjorn, I have added these to Jeff's queue.
> 
> Let's wait for a bit more discussion on this.
> 
> For one thing, Fengguang's autobuilder found a handful of issues,
> including a couple more users of the exclusive mappings.  For another,
> Arjan reminded me that the e1000e bug hung was for a problem that bricked
> the device, requiring replacement of the part or significant effort to fix
> the EEPROM.  I *suspect* this is a potential issue for many devices, but
> if the e1000e is particularly susceptible for some reason, we might want
> to keep the exclusive mappings for it.
> 
> If you want to apply just the e1000e part that removes its use of
> pci_request_selected_regions_exclusive(), I would have no complaints about
> that, of course.

Yes, that was my main intent.  I did pull them both in but the second was more as a heads up to our virtualization guys then as a request to test.

>  But we can't apply the whole thing as-is without at
> least fixing the build issues.

Thanks for the heads up on that.  I'll sort out something that builds with the e1000e parts removed on my end.

> 
> >> It also removes SR-IOV migration support, which is completely unused,
> >> as far as I can tell.
> >>
> >> [1]
> >> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131227132710.7190647c@nehalam.linuxnetplum
> >> ber.n
> >> et
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Bjorn Helgaas (2):
> >>       PCI: Remove unused MMIO exclusivity support
> >>       PCI: Remove unused SR-IOV VF Migration support
> >>
> >>
> >>  Documentation/PCI/pci-iov-howto.txt        |    4 -
> >>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt        |    4 -
> >>  arch/x86/mm/init.c                         |    2
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c |    3 -
> >>  drivers/pci/iov.c                          |  119 --------------------
> ---
> >> -----
> >>  drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                    |    3 -
> >>  drivers/pci/pci.c                          |  112 +++-----------------
> ---
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/pci/pci.h                          |    4 -
> >>  include/linux/ioport.h                     |    5 -
> >>  include/linux/pci.h                        |    7 --
> >>  kernel/resource.c                          |   54 -------------
> >>  11 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)
> >>
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