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Message-ID: <20221108121718.GB29115@thinkpad>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 17:47:18 +0530
From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>,
Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
Om Prakash Singh <omp@...dia.com>,
Vidya Sagar <vidyas@...dia.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: pci-epf-test: Register notifier if only
core_init_notifier is enabled
On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 06:09:02PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 06:31:07PM +0900, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> > Hi Bjorn,
> >
> > On 2022/10/29 2:06, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 06:01:01PM +0900, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> > > > Need to register pci_epf_test_notifier function event if only
> > > > core_init_notifier is enabled.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 5e50ee27d4a5 ("PCI: pci-epf-test: Add support to defer core
> > > initialization")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@...ionext.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Om Prakash Singh <omp@...dia.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c | 2 +-
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > This patch is a part of series "PCI: endpoint: Fix core_init_notifier
> > > feature".
> > > > The rest of the patches have been withdrawn.
> > > >
> > > > Changes since v2:
> > > > - Add Acked-by lines
> > > >
> > > > Changes since v1:
> > > > - Add Acked-by lines
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> > > b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> > > > index 36b1801a061b..55283d2379a6 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> > > > @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int pci_epf_test_bind(struct pci_epf *epf)
> > > > if (ret)
> > > > epf_test->dma_supported = false;
> > > > - if (linkup_notifier) {
> > > > + if (linkup_notifier || core_init_notifier) {
> > > > epf->nb.notifier_call = pci_epf_test_notifier;
> > > > pci_epc_register_notifier(epc, &epf->nb);
> > >
> > > Why does pci_epc_register_notifier() even exist? It's not used at all
> > > except for this test code.
> > >
> > > It would be better if infrastructure like this were connected with
> > > some user of it.
> >
> > This call was added by the commit 5779dd0a7dbd
> > ("PCI: endpoint: Use notification chain mechanism to notify EPC events to EPF").
> >
> > I haven't followed the discussion, however, this commit say: "This
> > will also enable to add more events (in addition to linkup) in the
> > future."
>
> 5779dd0a7dbd was 2.5 years ago. It was probably a mistake to merge it
> then. Usually we add infrastructure when we have a user for it,
> either in the very same patch or at least in a subsequent patch of the
> series.
>
> But Lorenzo has already merged this, so I guess this is moot.
>
> He probably wouldn't object to a second patch that removes the fixed
> infrastructure if nobody uses it. We can easily resurrect it if a
> need arises, and if that happens, we'll be glad that it has been
> fixed!
>
I'm planning to submit a new EPF driver that makes use of this infrastructure
(although the callback mechanism).
Thanks,
Mani
> Bjorn
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