linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: enable a 30-bit ZONE

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Message-ID: <CA+7wUsy78oRKsNBJqM494MZynC+aZd27D1ZcvMCCQmF2wu5-gw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:28:47 +0200
From:   Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, aaro.koskinen@....fi,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: enable a 30-bit ZONE_DMA for 32-bit pmac

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:18 PM Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 22:32 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> writes:
> > > Any chance this could get picked up to fix the regression?
> >
> > Was hoping Ben would Ack it. He's still powermac maintainer :)
> >
> > I guess he OK'ed it in the other thread, will add it to my queue.
>
> Yeah ack. If I had written it myself, I would have made the DMA bits a
> variable and only set it down to 30 if I see that device in the DT
> early on, but I can't be bothered now, if it works, ship it :-)
>
> Note: The patch affects all ppc32, though I don't think it will cause
> any significant issue on those who don't need it.

Thanks, that answer my earlier question.

> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
> > cheers
> >
> > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:24:46AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > With the strict dma mask checking introduced with the switch to
> > > > the generic DMA direct code common wifi chips on 32-bit
> > > > powerbooks
> > > > stopped working.  Add a 30-bit ZONE_DMA to the 32-bit pmac builds
> > > > to allow them to reliably allocate dma coherent memory.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 65a21b71f948 ("powerpc/dma: remove
> > > > dma_nommu_dma_supported")
> > > > Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h         | 7 +++++++
> > > >  arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c                   | 3 ++-
> > > >  arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
> > > > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
> > > > index b8286a2013b4..0d52f57fca04 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
> > > > @@ -319,6 +319,13 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
> > > >  #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> > > >  #include <asm/slice.h>
> > > >
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Allow 30-bit DMA for very limited Broadcom wifi chips on many
> > > > powerbooks.
> > > > + */
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
> > > > +#define ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS 30
> > > > +#else
> > > >  #define ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS 31
> > > > +#endif
> > > >
> > > >  #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PAGE_H */
> > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> > > > index cba29131bccc..2540d3b2588c 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> > > > @@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
> > > >          (long int)((top_of_ram - total_ram) >> 20));
> > > >
> > > >  #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
> > > > - max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = min(max_low_pfn, 0x7fffffffUL
> > > > >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > > > + max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = min(max_low_pfn,
> > > > +                 ((1UL << ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS) - 1) >>
> > > > PAGE_SHIFT);
> > > >  #endif
> > > >   max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_low_pfn;
> > > >  #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
> > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig
> > > > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig
> > > > index f834a19ed772..c02d8c503b29 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config PPC_PMAC
> > > >   select PPC_INDIRECT_PCI if PPC32
> > > >   select PPC_MPC106 if PPC32
> > > >   select PPC_NATIVE
> > > > + select ZONE_DMA if PPC32
> > > >   default y
> > > >
> > > >  config PPC_PMAC64
> > > > --
> > > > 2.20.1
> > >
> > > ---end quoted text---
>