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Message-ID: <CAMhs-H_fR5aXJ=diTm-2yhgjjv9S6N6jA-DOZ0K_BnQ4UHHh3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 31 May 2021 16:19:23 +0200
From:   Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
Cc:     "open list:MIPS" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>,
        Ilya Lipnitskiy <ilya.lipnitskiy@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] MIPS: pci: Add driver for MT7621 PCIe controller

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 3:50 PM Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Monday 31 May 2021 15:39:55 Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
> > Hi Pali,
> >
> > Thanks for your comments.
> >
> > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 3:14 PM Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Saturday 15 May 2021 14:40:53 Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
> > > > This patch adds a driver for the PCIe controller of MT7621 SoC.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/mips/pci/Makefile     |   1 +
> > > >  arch/mips/pci/pci-mt7621.c | 624 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  arch/mips/ralink/Kconfig   |   9 +-
> > > >  3 files changed, 633 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 arch/mips/pci/pci-mt7621.c
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/Makefile b/arch/mips/pci/Makefile
> > > > index f3eecc065e5c..178c550739c4 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/mips/pci/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/arch/mips/pci/Makefile
> > > > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_AR2315)    += pci-ar2315.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_SOC_AR71XX)     += pci-ar71xx.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_AR724X)     += pci-ar724x.o
> > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_XTALK_BRIDGE)       += pci-xtalk-bridge.o
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_MT7621)     += pci-mt7621.o
> > > >  #
> > > >  # These are still pretty much in the old state, watch, go blind.
> > > >  #
> > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/pci/pci-mt7621.c b/arch/mips/pci/pci-mt7621.c
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 000000000000..fe1945819d25
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/arch/mips/pci/pci-mt7621.c
> > > ...
> > > > +static int mt7621_pcie_enable_ports(struct mt7621_pcie *pcie)
> > > > +{
> > > > +     struct device *dev = pcie->dev;
> > > > +     struct mt7621_pcie_port *port;
> > > > +     u8 num_slots_enabled = 0;
> > > > +     u32 slot;
> > > > +     u32 val;
> > > > +     int err;
> > > > +
> > > > +     /* Setup MEMWIN and IOWIN */
> > > > +     pcie_write(pcie, 0xffffffff, RALINK_PCI_MEMBASE);
> > > > +     pcie_write(pcie, pcie->io.start, RALINK_PCI_IOBASE);
> > > > +
> > > > +     list_for_each_entry(port, &pcie->ports, list) {
> > > > +             if (port->enabled) {
> > > > +                     err = clk_prepare_enable(port->clk);
> > > > +                     if (err) {
> > > > +                             dev_err(dev, "enabling clk pcie%d\n", slot);
> > > > +                             return err;
> > > > +                     }
> > > > +
> > > > +                     mt7621_pcie_enable_port(port);
> > > > +                     dev_info(dev, "PCIE%d enabled\n", port->slot);
> > > > +                     num_slots_enabled++;
> > > > +             }
> > > > +     }
> > > > +
> > > > +     for (slot = 0; slot < num_slots_enabled; slot++) {
> > > > +             val = read_config(pcie, slot, PCI_COMMAND);
> > > > +             val |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER;
> > > > +             write_config(pcie, slot, PCI_COMMAND, val);
> > >
> > > Hello! Is this part of code correct? Because it looks strange if PCIe
> > > controller driver automatically enables PCI bus mastering, prior device
> > > driver initialize itself.
> > >
> > > Moreover kernel has already function pci_set_master() for this purpose
> > > which is used by device drivers.
> > >
> > > So I think this code can confuse some device drivers...
> >
> > I agree that we have pci_set_master() to be used in pci device driver
> > code. Original controller driver set this bit for enabled slots. Since
> > there is no documentation at all for the PCI in this SoC
>
> I see... this is really a big problem to do any driver development...

For sure it is :(.

>
> > I have
> > maintained the setting in the driver in a cleaner way. See original
> > driver code and the setting here [0]. There is no other reason than
> > that. I am ok with removing this from here and testing with my two
> > devices that everything is still ok if having this setting in the pci
> > controller driver is a real problem.
>
> You can run lspci -nnvv with and without PCI_COMMAND_MASTER code and
> then compare outputs.
>
> Device drivers for sure enable PCI_COMMAND_MASTER at the time when it is
> needed, so it is possible that there would be no difference in lspci
> output.

Thanks. I will take this into account when v2 is submitted after more
review comments come :).

>
> > [0]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git/tree/drivers/staging/mt7621-pci/pci-mt7621.c?h=v4.18#n676
> >
> > Best regards,
> >     Sergio Paracuellos
> > >
> > > > +             /* configure RC FTS number to 250 when it leaves L0s */
> > > > +             val = read_config(pcie, slot, PCIE_FTS_NUM);
> > > > +             val &= ~PCIE_FTS_NUM_MASK;
> > > > +             val |= PCIE_FTS_NUM_L0(0x50);
> > > > +             write_config(pcie, slot, PCIE_FTS_NUM, val);
> > > > +     }
> > > > +
> > > > +     return 0;
> > > > +}

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