Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:14:24 -0400
From:	Tony Camuso <tcamuso@...hat.com>
To:	minyard@....org, openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipmi: remove trydefaults parameter and default init

On 06/27/2016 09:34 PM, Corey Minyard wrote:
> Queued for 2.18, if that is ok.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -corey

Yes, as long as there's enough time to shake it out before it's merged
with Linus. I've done some testing on a couple archs, and I'll do more
on some others as the opportunity arises.

Regards,
Tony


>
> On 06/22/2016 01:22 PM, Tony Camuso wrote:
>> Parameter trydefaults=1 causes the ipmi_init to initialize ipmi through
>> the legacy port io space that was designated for ipmi. Architectures
>> that do not map legacy port io can panic when trydefaults=1.
>>
>> Rather than implement build-time conditional exceptions for each
>> architecture that does not map legacy port io, we have removed legacy
>> port io from the driver.
>>
>> Parameter 'trydefaults' has been removed. Attempts to use it hereafter
>> will evoke the "Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter" message.
>>
>> The patch was built against a number of architectures and tested for
>> regressions and functionality on x86_64 and ARM64.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tony Camuso <tcamuso@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 73 ----------------------------------------
>>   1 file changed, 73 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
>> index 7b1c412..a112c01 100644
>> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
>> @@ -1322,7 +1322,6 @@ static bool          si_tryplatform = true;
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
>>   static bool          si_trypci = true;
>>   #endif
>> -static bool          si_trydefaults = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPMI_SI_PROBE_DEFAULTS);
>>   static char          *si_type[SI_MAX_PARMS];
>>   #define MAX_SI_TYPE_STR 30
>>   static char          si_type_str[MAX_SI_TYPE_STR];
>> @@ -1371,10 +1370,6 @@ module_param_named(trypci, si_trypci, bool, 0);
>>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(trypci, "Setting this to zero will disable the"
>>            " default scan of the interfaces identified via pci");
>>   #endif
>> -module_param_named(trydefaults, si_trydefaults, bool, 0);
>> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(trydefaults, "Setting this to 'false' will disable the"
>> -         " default scan of the KCS and SMIC interface at the standard"
>> -         " address");
>>   module_param_string(type, si_type_str, MAX_SI_TYPE_STR, 0);
>>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(type, "Defines the type of each interface, each"
>>            " interface separated by commas.  The types are 'kcs',"
>> @@ -3461,62 +3456,6 @@ static inline void wait_for_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
>>           del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
>>   }
>>   -static const struct ipmi_default_vals
>> -{
>> -    const int type;
>> -    const int port;
>> -} ipmi_defaults[] =
>> -{
>> -    { .type = SI_KCS, .port = 0xca2 },
>> -    { .type = SI_SMIC, .port = 0xca9 },
>> -    { .type = SI_BT, .port = 0xe4 },
>> -    { .port = 0 }
>> -};
>> -
>> -static void default_find_bmc(void)
>> -{
>> -    struct smi_info *info;
>> -    int             i;
>> -
>> -    for (i = 0; ; i++) {
>> -        if (!ipmi_defaults[i].port)
>> -            break;
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
>> -        if (check_legacy_ioport(ipmi_defaults[i].port))
>> -            continue;
>> -#endif
>> -        info = smi_info_alloc();
>> -        if (!info)
>> -            return;
>> -
>> -        info->addr_source = SI_DEFAULT;
>> -
>> -        info->si_type = ipmi_defaults[i].type;
>> -        info->io_setup = port_setup;
>> -        info->io.addr_data = ipmi_defaults[i].port;
>> -        info->io.addr_type = IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE;
>> -
>> -        info->io.addr = NULL;
>> -        info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
>> -        info->io.regsize = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
>> -        info->io.regshift = 0;
>> -
>> -        if (add_smi(info) == 0) {
>> -            if ((try_smi_init(info)) == 0) {
>> -                /* Found one... */
>> -                printk(KERN_INFO PFX "Found default %s"
>> -                " state machine at %s address 0x%lx\n",
>> -                si_to_str[info->si_type],
>> -                addr_space_to_str[info->io.addr_type],
>> -                info->io.addr_data);
>> -            } else
>> -                cleanup_one_si(info);
>> -        } else {
>> -            kfree(info);
>> -        }
>> -    }
>> -}
>> -
>>   static int is_new_interface(struct smi_info *info)
>>   {
>>       struct smi_info *e;
>> @@ -3844,8 +3783,6 @@ static int init_ipmi_si(void)
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_PARISC
>>       register_parisc_driver(&ipmi_parisc_driver);
>>       parisc_registered = true;
>> -    /* poking PC IO addresses will crash machine, don't do it */
>> -    si_trydefaults = 0;
>>   #endif
>>         /* We prefer devices with interrupts, but in the case of a machine
>> @@ -3885,16 +3822,6 @@ static int init_ipmi_si(void)
>>       if (type)
>>           return 0;
>>   -    if (si_trydefaults) {
>> -        mutex_lock(&smi_infos_lock);
>> -        if (list_empty(&smi_infos)) {
>> -            /* No BMC was found, try defaults. */
>> -            mutex_unlock(&smi_infos_lock);
>> -            default_find_bmc();
>> -        } else
>> -            mutex_unlock(&smi_infos_lock);
>> -    }
>> -
>>       mutex_lock(&smi_infos_lock);
>>       if (unload_when_empty && list_empty(&smi_infos)) {
>>           mutex_unlock(&smi_infos_lock);
>

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