linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Workaround missing pci_set

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Message-ID: <CAE9FiQVYZ2pRTs5Xsc2MKgUiWfLbSExLA-vF0HK2iy=tVw2OHA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Oct 2013 16:35:40 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Workaround missing pci_set_master in pci drivers

On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 01:13:07PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> @@ -1156,8 +1156,14 @@ static void pci_enable_bridge(struct pci
>>
>>       pci_enable_bridge(dev->bus->self);
>>
>> -     if (pci_is_enabled(dev))
>> +     if (pci_is_enabled(dev)) {
>> +             if (!dev->is_busmaster) {
>> +                     dev_warn(&dev->dev, "driver skip pci_set_master, fix it!\n");
>
> I know this is already in Linus' tree, but if we're going to enable
> bus mastering here, what's the point of the warning?  If somebody
> fixes the driver by adding a pci_set_master() call there, does that
> improve something?

Help us to catch other offender and fix them.

Yinghai
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