linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] fpga: dfl: Move DFH header register macros to linux/dfl.h

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:01:20 +0800
From:   Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
To:     Martin Hundebøll <mhu@...icom.dk>
Cc:     "Wu, Hao" <hao.wu@...el.com>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Martin Hundebøll <mhu@...nix.com>,
        "linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-spi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Debarati Biswas <debaratix.biswas@...el.com>,
        "Weight, Russell H" <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] fpga: dfl: Move DFH header register macros to
  linux/dfl.h

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 01:56:59PM +0200, Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22/06/2021 09.39, Wu, Hao wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 06:19:15PM +0800, Wu, Hao wrote:
> > > > > Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fpga: dfl: Move DFH header register macros to
> > > linux/dfl.h
> > > > > 
> > > > > From: Debarati Biswas <debaratix.biswas@...el.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Device Feature List (DFL) drivers may be defined in subdirectories other
> > > > > than drivers/fpga, and each DFL driver should have access to the Device
> > > > > Feature Header (DFH) register, which contains revision and type
> > > > > information. This change moves the macros specific to the DFH register
> > > > > from drivers/fpga/dfl.h to include/linux/dfl.h.
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like it requires to access the revision info in the next patch, because
> > > > current dfl_device doesn't expose related information.
> > > > 
> > > > @Yilun, do you have any concern to expose those info via dfl_device?
> > > 
> > > Exposing these header register definitions are good to me. These registers
> > > are in DFL device's MMIO region, so it is good to share these info with
> > > all DFL drivers.
> > 
> > I mean expose revision via dfl_device, as dfl core already reads the DFL
> > header, it sounds duplicate read in each dfl device driver. And if we
> > consider this as a common need from dfl device driver, then the code
> > can be moved to a common place as well.
> > 
> > I hope from dfl device driver side, it doesn't need to know details of
> > how DFH register is defined, only simple way from dfl device data
> > structure or some simple helper function, then dfl device driver could
> > know all common information from DFH.
> > 
> > How do you think?

It's good idea.

> 
> struct dfl_device {} already has "u16 type" and "u16 feature_id", so it would make sense to add "u8 feature_rev" as well?

I think we may name it "u8 revision".

Thanks,
Yilun

> 
> // Martin