linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32 registers

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:03:32 -0700
From:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>
Cc:	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, yinghai@...nel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32
	registers

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 02:51:44PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Prior to 1f82de10 we always initialized the upper 32bits of the
> prefetchable memory window, regardless of the address range used.
> Now we only touch it for a >32bit address, which means the upper32
> registers remain whatever the BIOS initialized them too.
> 
> It's valid for the BIOS to set the upper32 base/limit to
> 0xffffffff/0x00000000, which makes us program prefetchable ranges
> like 0xffffffffabc00000 - 0x00000000abc00000
> 
> Revert the chunk of 1f82de10 that made this conditional so we always
> write the upper32 registers and remove now unused pref_mem64 variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>

Reviewed-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>

thanks,
grant

> ---
> 
> v2:
>   Remove pref_mem64 as it's now unused.
> 
>  drivers/pci/setup-bus.c |   11 +++--------
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> index cb1a027..dd58c6a 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> @@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static void pci_setup_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
>  	struct pci_dev *bridge = bus->self;
>  	struct pci_bus_region region;
>  	u32 l, bu, lu, io_upper16;
> -	int pref_mem64;
>  
>  	if (pci_is_enabled(bridge))
>  		return;
> @@ -198,7 +197,6 @@ static void pci_setup_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
>  	pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_LIMIT_UPPER32, 0);
>  
>  	/* Set up PREF base/limit. */
> -	pref_mem64 = 0;
>  	bu = lu = 0;
>  	pcibios_resource_to_bus(bridge, &region, bus->resource[2]);
>  	if (bus->resource[2]->flags & IORESOURCE_PREFETCH) {
> @@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ static void pci_setup_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
>  		l = (region.start >> 16) & 0xfff0;
>  		l |= region.end & 0xfff00000;
>  		if (bus->resource[2]->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM_64) {
> -			pref_mem64 = 1;
>  			bu = upper_32_bits(region.start);
>  			lu = upper_32_bits(region.end);
>  			width = 16;
> @@ -221,11 +218,9 @@ static void pci_setup_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
>  	}
>  	pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_MEMORY_BASE, l);
>  
> -	if (pref_mem64) {
> -		/* Set the upper 32 bits of PREF base & limit. */
> -		pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_BASE_UPPER32, bu);
> -		pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_LIMIT_UPPER32, lu);
> -	}
> +	/* Set the upper 32 bits of PREF base & limit. */
> +	pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_BASE_UPPER32, bu);
> +	pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_LIMIT_UPPER32, lu);
>  
>  	pci_write_config_word(bridge, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, bus->bridge_ctl);
>  }
> 
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