linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: ioremap: Add arch_ioremap/iounmap

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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:25:45 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: ioremap: Add arch_ioremap/iounmap_check()

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:20:30 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 2:14 PM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> wrote:
> > @@ -964,6 +964,9 @@ static inline void iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr)
> >  #elif defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOREMAP)
> >  #include <linux/pgtable.h>
> >
> > +bool arch_ioremap_check(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, unsigned long prot);
> > +bool arch_iounmap_check(void __iomem *addr);
> > +
> >  void __iomem *ioremap_prot(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, unsigned long prot);
> >  void iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr);
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/ioremap.c b/mm/ioremap.c
> > index 522ef899c35f..d1117005dcc7 100644
> > --- a/mm/ioremap.c
> > +++ b/mm/ioremap.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
> >  #include <linux/io.h>
> >  #include <linux/export.h>
> >
> > +bool __weak arch_ioremap_check(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, unsigned long prot)
> > +{
> > +       return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +bool __weak arch_iounmap_check(void __iomem *addr)
> > +{
> > +       return true;
> > +}
> > +
> 
> I don't really like the weak functions.

How come?  They work quite nicely here?

> The normal way to do this

Is a lot more fuss.