linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] usb: make xhci platform driver use 64 bit or 32 bit DMA

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Date:	Sat, 8 Aug 2015 10:22:52 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Duc Dang <dhdang@....com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Loc Ho <lho@....com>,
	Feng Kan <fkan@....com>, Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
	mathias.nyman@...el.com, USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	patches <patches@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] usb: make xhci platform driver use 64 bit or 32
 bit DMA

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:18:48PM -0700, Duc Dang wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
> index 890ad9d..5d03f8b 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
> @@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (irq < 0)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	/* Initialize dma_mask and coherent_dma_mask to 32-bits */
> -	ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -	if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask)
> -		pdev->dev.dma_mask = &pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask;
> -	else
> -		dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> +	/* Try setting the coherent_dma_mask to 64 bits, then try 32 bits */
> +	ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> +	if (ret) {
> +		ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}

Note that dma_set_mask_and_coherent() and the original code are not
equivalent because of this:

	if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask)
		pdev->dev.dma_mask = &pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask;

If we know that pdev->dev.dma_mask will always be initialised at this
point, then the above change is fine.  If not, it's introducing a
regression - dma_set_mask_and_coherent() will fail if pdev->dev.dma_mask
is NULL (depending on the architectures implementation of dma_set_mask()).

Prefixing the above change with the two lines I mention above would
ensure equivalent behaviour.  Even if we do want to get rid of this,
I'd advise to do it as a separate patch after this change, which can
be independently reverted if there's problems with its removal.

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