linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Add definition for the number of standard PCI BARs

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:11:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
cc:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Alexandre Bounine <alex.bou9@...il.com>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Add definition for the number of standard PCI BARs

On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 06:07:55PM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> > Code that iterates over all standard PCI BARs typically uses
> > PCI_STD_RESOURCE_END, but this is error-prone because it requires
> > "i <= PCI_STD_RESOURCE_END" rather than something like
> > "i < PCI_STD_NUM_BARS". We could add such a definition and use it the same
> > way PCI_SRIOV_NUM_BARS is used. There is already the definition
> > PCI_BAR_COUNT for s390 only. Thus, this patchset introduces it globally.
> > 
> > The patch is splitted into 7 parts for different drivers/subsystems for
> > easy readability.
> 
> This looks good.  I can take all these together, since they all depend
> on the first patch.  I have a few comments on the individual patches.
> 
> > Denis Efremov (7):
> >   PCI: Add define for the number of standard PCI BARs
> >   s390/pci: Replace PCI_BAR_COUNT with PCI_STD_NUM_BARS
> >   x86/PCI: Use PCI_STD_NUM_BARS in loops instead of PCI_STD_RESOURCE_END

Fine with me for the x86 part. That's your turf anyway :)

Thanks,

	tglx