linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/16 v6] PCI: add boot option to align MMIO resources

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Message-ID: <48FF3E3B.3050006@uniscape.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:52:43 +0800
From:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...scape.net>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
CC:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/16 v6] PCI: add boot option to align MMIO resources

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 October 2008 02:43:24 am Yu Zhao wrote:
>> This patch adds boot option to align MMIO resource for a device.
>> The alignment is a bigger value between the PAGE_SIZE and the
>> resource size.
> 
> It looks like this forces alignment on PAGE_SIZE, not "a bigger
> value between the PAGE_SIZE and the resource size."  Can you
> clarify the changelog to specify exactly what alignment this
> option forces?

I guess following would explain your question.

>>  int pci_resource_alignment(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno)
>>  {
>> -	resource_size_t align;
>> +	resource_size_t align, bios_align;
>>  	struct resource *res = dev->resource + resno;
>>  
>> +	bios_align = pcibios_resource_alignment(dev, resno);
>> +
>>  	align = resource_alignment(res);
>>  	if (align)
>> -		return align;
>> +		return align > bios_align ? align : bios_align;
>>  
>>  	dev_err(&dev->dev, "alignment: invalid resource #%d\n", resno);
>>  	return 0;

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