On 6/28/22 21:08, Serge Semin wrote:
> Damien,
> Any notes to the comments below?
Been very busy and had no time to look at this. Please post your latest
version of the series and we'll go from there.
>
> -Sergey
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 11:10:55AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 03:52:28PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>>> On 6/18/22 05:31, Serge Semin wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 09:28:18AM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>>>>> On 2022/06/16 5:58, Serge Semin wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 05:32:41PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>>>>>>> On 6/10/22 17:17, Serge Semin wrote:
>>>>>>>> Currently not all of the Port-specific capabilities listed in the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> s/listed/are listed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD-enumeration. Let's extend that set with the Cold Presence
>>>>>>>> Detection and Mechanical Presence Switch attached to the Port flags [1] so
>>>>>>>> to closeup the set of the platform-specific port-capabilities flags. Note
>>>>>>>> these flags are supposed to be set by the platform firmware if there is
>>>>>>>> one. Alternatively as we are about to do they can be set by means of the
>>>>>>>> OF properties.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While at it replace PORT_IRQ_DEV_ILCK with PORT_IRQ_DMPS and fix the
>>>>>>>> comment there. In accordance with [2] that IRQ flag is supposed to
>>>>>>>> indicate the state of the signal coming from the Mechanical Presence
>>>>>>>> Switch.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1] Serial ATA AHCI 1.3.1 Specification, p.27
>>>>>>>> [2] Serial ATA AHCI 1.3.1 Specification, p.24, p.88
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Changelog v4:
>>>>>>>> - Fix the DMPS macros name in the patch log. (@Sergei Shtylyov)
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> drivers/ata/ahci.h | 7 ++++++-
>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.h b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
>>>>>>>> index 7d834deefeb9..f501531bd1b3 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
>>>>>>>> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ enum {
>>>>>>>> PORT_IRQ_BAD_PMP = (1 << 23), /* incorrect port multiplier */
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PORT_IRQ_PHYRDY = (1 << 22), /* PhyRdy changed */
>>>>>>>> - PORT_IRQ_DEV_ILCK = (1 << 7), /* device interlock */
>>>>>>>> + PORT_IRQ_DMPS = (1 << 7), /* mechanical presence status */
>>>>>>>> PORT_IRQ_CONNECT = (1 << 6), /* port connect change status */
>>>>>>>> PORT_IRQ_SG_DONE = (1 << 5), /* descriptor processed */
>>>>>>>> PORT_IRQ_UNK_FIS = (1 << 4), /* unknown FIS rx'd */
>>>>>>>> @@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ enum {
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_ATAPI = (1 << 24), /* Device is ATAPI */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_FBSCP = (1 << 22), /* FBS Capable Port */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_ESP = (1 << 21), /* External Sata Port */
>>>>>>>> + PORT_CMD_CPD = (1 << 20), /* Cold Presence Detection */
>>>>>>>> + PORT_CMD_MPSP = (1 << 19), /* Mechanical Presence Switch */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_HPCP = (1 << 18), /* HotPlug Capable Port */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_PMP = (1 << 17), /* PMP attached */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_LIST_ON = (1 << 15), /* cmd list DMA engine running */
>>>>>>>> @@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ enum {
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_ICC_PARTIAL = (0x2 << 28), /* Put i/f in partial state */
>>>>>>>> PORT_CMD_ICC_SLUMBER = (0x6 << 28), /* Put i/f in slumber state */
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> + PORT_CMD_CAP = PORT_CMD_HPCP | PORT_CMD_MPSP |
>>>>>>>> + PORT_CMD_CPD | PORT_CMD_ESP | PORT_CMD_FBSCP,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is this one for ? A comment above it would be nice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Isn't it obviously inferrable from the definition and the item name?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I am guessing from the name. Am I guessing OK ? A comment would still be nice.
>>>>> Why just these bits ? There are more cap/support indicator bits in that port cmd
>>>>> bitfield. So why this particular set of bits ? What do they mean all together ?
>>>>
>>>> Normally the variable/constant name should be self-content (as the
>>>> kernel coding style doc states and what the common sense suggests). So
>>>> the reader could correctly guess its purpose/content/value. In this
>>>> case PORT_CMD_CAP - means PORT CMD capabilities mask. All of the
>>>> possible flags have been set in that mask. There are no more
>>>> capabilities in the PORT CMD register left undeclared. That's why the
>>>> name is selected the way it is and why I haven't added any comment in
>>>> here (what the kernel coding style says about the over-commenting the
>>>> code).
>>>
>>
>>> Yes, I understood from the name what it is. What I do NOT understand is
>>> why all the feature bits are not there. Why this subset only ? A comment
>>> about that would be nice so that the reason for it is not lost.
>>
>> Well, because it's indeed "PORT_CMD capabilities mask", and not features,
>> not setups, not settings, not status flags, etc. As I said all the port
>> Capabilities have been listed in that mask:
>> PORT_CMD_FBSCP BIT(22) - FIS-based Switching Capable Port
>> PORT_CMD_ESP BIT(21) - External SATA Port
>> PORT_CMD_CPD BIT(20) - Cold Presence Detect
>> PORT_CMD_MPSP BIT(19) - Mechanical Presence Switch Attached to Port
>> PORT_CMD_HPCP BIT(18) - Hot Plug Capable Port
>> I've or'ed-them-up in a single mask => PORT_CMD_CAP in order to work
>> with them independently from the rest of the PORT_CMD CSR fields.
>>
>> Unlike the generic controller CAP/CAP2 registers, which consists of the
>> device capabilities only, PORT_CMD contains various R/W settings (PM, LED
>> driver, etc), RO status flags (CMD-list running, FIS recv running, etc)
>> and amongst other the RO/Wo !port-specific capabilities!. The later ones
>> indicate the platform-specific device features. Since the register
>> contains flags with the intermixed nature, I need to have a mask to at
>> least get the capabilities and preserve them between the device
>> resets. That's why the PORT_CMD_CAP has been introduced in the
>> framework of this patch. Its name was chosen with a reference to the
>> CAP registers, see:
>> HOST_CAP, HOST_CAP2, and finally my PORT_CMD_CAP.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure I can go and read the specs to figure it out. But again, a comment would
>>>>> avoid readers of the code to have to decrypt all that.
>>>>
>>>> If you still insist on having an additional comment. I can add
>>>> something like "/* PORT_CMD capabilities mask */". Are you ok with it?
>>>
>>
>>> That does not help on its own. The macro name says that already. I would
>>> like a note about why only these features are selected.
>>
>> Please see the explanation above. I don't see what else to say about
>> that mask, because in short what I said above really means "PORT_CMD
>> capabilities mask". So should you have some more clever text, which
>> would be more suitable here, please tell me and I'll add it to the
>> patch.
>>
>> Regarding what you said earlier. In order to fully understand the
>> AHCI driver a hacker would always need to read the specs. There is
>> just no way to do that effectively enough without the controller
>> manual at hands. And the PORT_CMD capabilities isn't the most
>> complicated part of the device.
>>
>> -Sergey
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Sergey
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Sergey
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> /* PORT_FBS bits */
>>>>>>>> PORT_FBS_DWE_OFFSET = 16, /* FBS device with error offset */
>>>>>>>> PORT_FBS_ADO_OFFSET = 12, /* FBS active dev optimization offset */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Damien Le Moal
>>>>>>> Western Digital Research
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Damien Le Moal
>>>>> Western Digital Research
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Damien Le Moal
>>> Western Digital Research
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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research
