linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] fpga: dfl: fix the definitions of type & feature

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Date:   Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:07:07 -0700
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>, mdf@...nel.org, krzk@...nel.org,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, lgoncalv@...hat.com, hao.wu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] fpga: dfl: fix the definitions of type &
 feature_id for dfl devices


On 10/10/20 12:09 AM, Xu Yilun wrote:
> The value of the field dfl_device.type comes from the 12 bits register
> field DFH_ID according to DFL spec. So this patch changes the definition
> of the type field to u16.
>
> Also it is not necessary to illustrate the valid bits of the type field
> in comments. Instead we should explicitly define the possible values in
> the enumeration type for it, because they are shared by hardware spec.
> We should not let the compiler decide these values.
>
> Similar changes are also applied to dfl_device.feature_id.
>
> This patch also fixed the MODALIAS format according to the changes
> above.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
> ---
> v9: no change
> ---
>  drivers/fpga/dfl.c |  3 +--
>  drivers/fpga/dfl.h | 14 +++++++-------
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> index b450870..5a6ba3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> @@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ static int dfl_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>  {
>  	struct dfl_device *ddev = to_dfl_dev(dev);
>  
> -	/* The type has 4 valid bits and feature_id has 12 valid bits */
> -	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=dfl:t%01Xf%03X",
> +	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=dfl:t%04Xf%04X",
>  			      ddev->type, ddev->feature_id);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
> index 5dc758f..ac373b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.h
> @@ -520,19 +520,19 @@ long dfl_feature_ioctl_set_irq(struct platform_device *pdev,
>   * enum dfl_id_type - define the DFL FIU types
>   */
>  enum dfl_id_type {
> -	FME_ID,
> -	PORT_ID,
> +	FME_ID = 0,
> +	PORT_ID = 1,

This is redundant, why make this change ?

Tom

>  	DFL_ID_MAX,
>  };
>  
>  /**
>   * struct dfl_device_id -  dfl device identifier
> - * @type: contains 4 bits DFL FIU type of the device. See enum dfl_id_type.
> - * @feature_id: contains 12 bits feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
> + * @type: DFL FIU type of the device. See enum dfl_id_type.
> + * @feature_id: feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
>   * @driver_data: driver specific data.
>   */
>  struct dfl_device_id {
> -	u8 type;
> +	u16 type;
>  	u16 feature_id;
>  	unsigned long driver_data;
>  };
> @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ struct dfl_device_id {
>   * @dev: generic device interface.
>   * @id: id of the dfl device.
>   * @type: type of DFL FIU of the device. See enum dfl_id_type.
> - * @feature_id: 16 bits feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
> + * @feature_id: feature identifier local to its DFL FIU type.
>   * @mmio_res: mmio resource of this dfl device.
>   * @irqs: list of Linux IRQ numbers of this dfl device.
>   * @num_irqs: number of IRQs supported by this dfl device.
> @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ struct dfl_device_id {
>  struct dfl_device {
>  	struct device dev;
>  	int id;
> -	u8 type;
> +	u16 type;
>  	u16 feature_id;
>  	struct resource mmio_res;
>  	int *irqs;