netdev - Re: [RFC 0/7] Fixing dma mask setting in various network drivers

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:35:41 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>,
	Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/7] Fixing dma mask setting in various network drivers

On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 15:01 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:12:30AM -0700, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> > This is my proposed change to the intel drivers.  Comments?
> > 
> > +	if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
> > +		pci_using_dac = true;
> > +		/* coherent mask for the same size will always succeed if
> > +		 * dma_set_mask does
> > +		 */
> > +		dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> > +	} else if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) {
> > +		pci_using_dac = false;
> > +		dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> > +	} else {
> > +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: DMA configuration failed: %d\n",
> > +			 __func__, err);
> > +		err = -EIO;
> > +		goto err_dma;
> >  	}
> > 
> 
> So, will you be going with this change rather than mine, which apparantly
> Jeff queued?  Please let me know what you decide so I can keep my private
> git tree in sync with what you've decided to avoid conflicting with
> further dma-mask changes which I'm working on.
> 
> Thanks.

I thought the kernel helper function dma_set_mask_and_coherent(...) was
the best solution.

I dropped your original series of patches from my queue since it
appeared that there was a better alternative to this solution.

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