linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix 4GB DRAM window support on mvebu

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:07:00 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Luebbe <jlu@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix 4GB DRAM window support on mvebu

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 05:25:15PM +0200, Jan Luebbe wrote:
> The current MBUS DRAM window calculation fails for 4GB windows because it
> overflows. This is fixed in the first patch by using u64 instead of u32 to
> store the size. The second excplicitly checks that we don't try to configure a
> too large memory window in the pci driver.
> 
> As they don't depend on each other, they could also go in separatly.
> 
> Jan Luebbe (2):
>   bus: mbus: fix window size calculation for 4GB windows
>   PCI: mvebu: Check DRAM window size
> 
>  drivers/bus/mvebu-mbus.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/mbus.h         |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Since these can be applied separately, I'll let somebody else take care of
the drivers/bus/mvebu-mbus.c part.

I'll look for an ack from Thomas or Jason before applying the second patch,
which touches drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c.