linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] lib, pci: unify generic pci

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Date:   Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:53:29 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Philipp Stanner" <pstanner@...hat.com>,
        "Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "Hanjun Guo" <guohanjun@...wei.com>, "Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>,
        "Kent Overstreet" <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Niklas Schnelle" <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Uladzislau Koshchanka" <koshchanka@...il.com>,
        "John Sanpe" <sanpeqf@...il.com>,
        "Dave Jiang" <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Kees Cook" <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "David Gow" <davidgow@...gle.com>,
        "Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "Shuah Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "wuqiang.matt" <wuqiang.matt@...edance.com>,
        "Yury Norov" <yury.norov@...il.com>,
        "Jason Baron" <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Ben Dooks" <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] lib, pci: unify generic pci_iounmap()

On Mon, Dec 4, 2023, at 13:38, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> The implementation of pci_iounmap() is currently scattered over two
> files, drivers/pci/iomap.c and lib/iomap.c. Additionally,
> architectures can define their own version.
>
> To have only one version, it's necessary to create a helper function,
> iomem_is_ioport(), that tells pci_iounmap() whether the passed address
> points to an ioport or normal memory.
>
> iomem_is_ioport() can be provided through two different ways:
>   1. The architecture itself provides it. As of today, the version
>      coming from lib/iomap.c de facto is the x86-specific version and
>      comes into play when CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP is selected. This rather
>      confusing naming is an artifact left by the removal of IA64.
>   2. As a default version in include/asm-generic/io.h for those
>      architectures that don't use CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP, but also don't
>      provide their own version of iomem_is_ioport().
>
> Once all architectures that support ports provide iomem_is_ioport(), the
> arch-specific definitions for pci_iounmap() can be removed and the archs
> can use the generic implementation, instead.
>
> Create a unified version of pci_iounmap() in drivers/pci/iomap.c.
> Provide the function iomem_is_ioport() in include/asm-generic/io.h
> (generic) and lib/iomap.c ("pseudo-generic" for x86).
>
> Remove the CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP guard around
> ARCH_WANTS_GENERIC_PCI_IOUNMAP so that configs that set
> CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP without CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP still get the
> function.
>
> Add TODOs for follow-up work on the "generic is not generic but
> x86-spcific"-Problem.
>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>