linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] mmc: Add driver for LiteX's LiteSDCard interface

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcTZzqvOLEOs50PD48P55f_EnBHjDiNBS-LPfSXhMxRAQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:01:03 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Gabriel L. Somlo" <gsomlo@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Karol Gugala <kgugala@...micro.com>,
        Mateusz Holenko <mholenko@...micro.com>, krakoczy@...micro.com,
        mdudek@...ernships.antmicro.com, paulus@...abs.org,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        david.abdurachmanov@...ive.com, florent@...oy-digital.fr,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] mmc: Add driver for LiteX's LiteSDCard interface

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 3:36 PM Gabriel L. Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 03:13:21PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 1:45 PM Gabriel L. Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 06:43:22PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 10:00 PM Gabriel Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:

...

> > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
> > > >
> > > > Why under ifdeffery?
> > >
> > > Because I only want to do it on 64-bit capable architectures.
> > >
> > > The alternative would be to call
> > >
> > >   dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> > >
> > > on *all* architectures, but ignore the returned error (-EIO,
> > > presumably on architetures that only support 32-bit DMA).
> >
> > I don't understand why you are supposed to ignore errors and why you
> > expect to get such.
>
> If I call `dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));`
> on a machine where `CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT` is *not* set, I
> expect an error. The implicit default
> (per Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst), is DMA_BIT_MASK(32).
> I'm working under the impression that on machines with
> CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT I should increase that to DMA_BIT_MASK(64).
>
> So if I don't #ifdef it, that call will fail on machines supporting
> only 32-bits.
>
> What am I missing?

This thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/7/398 ?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko