Gentle ping because the Merge Window opened 8-) On Fri, 2024-03-01 at 12:29 +0100, Philipp Stanner wrote: > This v4 now can (hopefully) be applied to linux-next, but not to > mainline/master. > > Changes in v4: > - Rebase against linux-next > > Changes in v3: > - Use the term "PCI devres API" at some forgotten places. > - Fix more grammar errors in patch #3. > - Remove the comment advising to call (the outdated) pcim_intx() in > pci.c > - Rename __pcim_request_region_range() flags-field "exclusive" to > "req_flags", since this is what the int actually represents. > - Remove the call to pcim_region_request() from patch #10. (Hans) > > Changes in v2: > - Make commit head lines congruent with PCI's style (Bjorn) > - Add missing error checks for devm_add_action(). (Andy) > - Repair the "Returns: " marks for docu generation (Andy) > - Initialize the addr_devres struct with memset(). (Andy) > - Make pcim_intx() a PCI-internal function so that new drivers > won't > be encouraged to use the outdated pci_intx() mechanism. > (Andy / Philipp) > - Fix grammar and spelling (Bjorn) > - Be more precise on why pcim_iomap_table() is problematic (Bjorn) > - Provide the actual structs' and functions' names in the commit > messages (Bjorn) > - Remove redundant variable initializers (Andy) > - Regroup PM bitfield members in struct pci_dev (Andy) > - Make pcim_intx() visible only for the PCI subsystem so that > new > drivers won't use this outdated API (Andy, Myself) > - Add a NOTE to pcim_iomap() to warn about this function being > the onee > xception that does just return NULL. > - Consistently use the term "PCI devres API"; also in Patch #10 > (Bjorn) > > > ¡Hola! > > PCI's devres API suffers several weaknesses: > > 1. There are functions prefixed with pcim_. Those are always managed > counterparts to never-managed functions prefixed with pci_ – or so > one > would like to think. There are some apparently unmanaged functions > (all region-request / release functions, and pci_intx()) which > suddenly become managed once the user has initialized the device > with > pcim_enable_device() instead of pci_enable_device(). This > "sometimes > yes, sometimes no" nature of those functions is confusing and > therefore bug-provoking. In fact, it has already caused a bug in > DRM. > The last patch in this series fixes that bug. > 2. iomappings: Instead of giving each mapping its own callback, the > existing API uses a statically allocated struct tracking one > mapping > per bar. This is not extensible. Especially, you can't create > _ranged_ managed mappings that way, which many drivers want. > 3. Managed request functions only exist as "plural versions" with a > bit-mask as a parameter. That's quite over-engineered considering > that each user only ever mapps one, maybe two bars. > > This series: > - add a set of new "singular" devres functions that use devres the > way > its intended, with one callback per resource. > - deprecates the existing iomap-table mechanism. > - deprecates the hybrid nature of pci_ functions. > - preserves backwards compatibility so that drivers using the > existing > API won't notice any changes. > - adds documentation, especially some warning users about the > complicated nature of PCI's devres. > > > Note that this series is based on my "unify pci_iounmap"-series from > a > few weeks ago. [1] > > I tested this on a x86 VM with a simple pci test-device with two > regions. Operates and reserves resources as intended on my system. > Kasan and kmemleak didn't find any problems. > > I believe this series cleans the API up as much as possible without > having to port all existing drivers to the new API. Especially, I > think > that this implementation is easy to extend if the need for new > managed > functions arises :) > > Greetings, > P. > > Philipp Stanner (10): > PCI: Add new set of devres functions > PCI: Deprecate iomap-table functions > PCI: Warn users about complicated devres nature > PCI: Make devres region requests consistent > PCI: Move dev-enabled status bit to struct pci_dev > PCI: Move pinned status bit to struct pci_dev > PCI: Give pcim_set_mwi() its own devres callback > PCI: Give pci(m)_intx its own devres callback > PCI: Remove legacy pcim_release() > drm/vboxvideo: fix mapping leaks > > drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c | 20 +- > drivers/pci/devres.c | 1013 +++++++++++++++++++++-- > -- > drivers/pci/iomap.c | 18 + > drivers/pci/pci.c | 123 ++- > drivers/pci/pci.h | 21 +- > include/linux/pci.h | 18 +- > 6 files changed, 1001 insertions(+), 212 deletions(-) >
