linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 10/30] PCI: Introduce pci_host_bridge

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Message-ID: <550631B0.2030709@huawei.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:28:16 +0800
From:	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
CC:	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	linux-arm <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Guan Xuetao" <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>, <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>, Liviu Dudau <liviu@...au.co.uk>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 10/30] PCI: Introduce pci_host_bridge_list to manage
 host bridges

>> Currently, if platform does not know the end bus number (not provide the bus resource),
>> we will update the max bus number returned by pci_scan_child_bus() to the bus resource end,
>> and I think this is reasonable. I consider to introduce a flag to identify the bus resource
>> which end bus number is undefined, then we could force all pci_scan_root_bus()  etc. callers
>> to provide the bus resource, and we could process the bus resource end according the bus resource flag.
>> Also then we could reduce the bus argument which is the same as busn_res->start.
>> I would try to provide draft patch, then we could discuss it more clearly.
> 
> Without having seen a patch, my inclination is to avoid a flag because
> flags change the behavior of the code you call, which makes that code
> harder to follow.  Maybe we could require these platforms to
> explicitly update the ending bus number after scanning the bus.

OK, agree, thanks for your suggestion :)

> 
> Bjorn
> 
> .
> 


-- 
Thanks!
Yijing

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