linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/14] PCI: add pcie_flags into struct pci

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Message-Id: <20120711180112.3ae76a2e.izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:01:12 +0900
From:	Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	Keping Chen <chenkeping@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/14] PCI: add pcie_flags into struct pci_dev to
 cache PCIe capabilities register

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:54:02 +0800
Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com> wrote:

> From: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
> 
> From: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
> 
> Since PCI Express Capabilities Register is read only, cache its value
> into struct pci_dev to avoid repeatedly calling pci_read_config_*().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/probe.c |    1 +
>  include/linux/pci.h |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> index 6c143b4..65e82e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> @@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ void set_pcie_port_type(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	pdev->is_pcie = 1;
>  	pdev->pcie_cap = pos;
>  	pci_read_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_EXP_FLAGS, &reg16);
> +	pdev->pcie_flags = reg16;
>  	pdev->pcie_type = (reg16 & PCI_EXP_FLAGS_TYPE) >> 4;
>  	pci_read_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_EXP_DEVCAP, &reg16);
>  	pdev->pcie_mpss = reg16 & PCI_EXP_DEVCAP_PAYLOAD;
> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> index 5faa831..f4a7ad6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> @@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
>  	u8		pcie_mpss:3;	/* PCI-E Max Payload Size Supported */
>  	u8		rom_base_reg;	/* which config register controls the ROM */
>  	u8		pin;  		/* which interrupt pin this device uses */
> +	u16		pcie_flags;	/* cached PCI-E Capabilities Register */

 "xxx_flags" sounds like a bit flag. This variable stores a value of PCIe capability 
 register, doesn't it?   How about "pcie_cap_reg" ?

>  
>  	struct pci_driver *driver;	/* which driver has allocated this device */
>  	u64		dma_mask;	/* Mask of the bits of bus address this
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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