linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/17] PCI: designware-ep: Pre-allocate memory for MSI in dw_pcie_ep

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:57:11 +0100
From:   Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
To:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
CC:     <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/17] PCI: designware-ep: Pre-allocate memory for MSI
 in dw_pcie_ep_init

On 10/31/2017 07:01 AM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Hi Niklas,
> 
> On Monday 30 October 2017 06:12 PM, Niklas Cassel wrote:
>> Certain SoCs need to map the MSI address in raise_irq.
>> To map an address, you first need to call pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr,
>> however, pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr calls ioremap (which can sleep).
>>
>> Since raise_irq is only called from atomic context, we can't call
>> pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr from raise_irq, instead we pre-allocate
>> a page in dw_pcie_ep_init, so this page can later be used to map/unmap
>> the MSI address in raise_irq.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
>> ---
>> V2:
>> * No change.
>>
>>  drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c | 8 ++++++++
>>  drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware.h    | 2 ++
>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c b/drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c
>> index 3fb34be99715..c291da2a10ba 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c
>> @@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ void dw_pcie_ep_exit(struct dw_pcie_ep *ep)
>>  {
>>  	struct pci_epc *epc = ep->epc;
>>  
>> +	pci_epc_mem_free_addr(epc, ep->msi_mem_phys, ep->msi_mem, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +
>>  	pci_epc_mem_exit(epc);
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -341,6 +343,12 @@ int dw_pcie_ep_init(struct dw_pcie_ep *ep)
>>  		return ret;
>>  	}
>>  
>> +	ep->msi_mem = pci_epc_mem_alloc_addr(epc, &ep->msi_mem_phys, PAGE_SIZE);
> 
> ep->page_size instead of PAGE_SIZE?

Hello Kishon,

Sure thing, will fix in V3.

Regards,
Niklas