linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2, net-next] net: mana: Add support for page sizes other than 4KB on ARM64

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:56:35 +0000
From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2, net-next] net: mana: Add support for page sizes other
 than 4KB on ARM64



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>
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> netdev@...r.kernel.org
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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2, net-next] net: mana: Add support for page sizes
> other than 4KB on ARM64
 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/gdma_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/gdma_main.c
> > index 1332db9a08eb..aa215e2e9606 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/gdma_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/gdma_main.c
> > @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int mana_gd_alloc_memory(struct gdma_context *gc,
> unsigned int length,
> >  	dma_addr_t dma_handle;
> >  	void *buf;
> >
> > -	if (length < PAGE_SIZE || !is_power_of_2(length))
> > +	if (length < MANA_MIN_QSIZE || !is_power_of_2(length))
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> 
> Since mana_gd_alloc_memory() is a somewhat generic function that wraps
> dma_alloc_coherent(), checking the length against MANA_MIN_QSIZE is
> unexpected.  In looking at the call graph, I see that
> mana_gd_alloc_memory()
> is used in creating queues, but all the callers already ensure that the
> minimum
> size requirement is met.  For robustness, having a check here seems OK,
> but
> I would have expected checking against MANA_PAGE_SIZE, since that's the
> DMA-related concept.
 
I will update this and the other checking in mana_gd_create_dma_region()
to MANA_PAGE_SIZE.

Thanks,
- Haiyang