On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 04:38:22PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 09:06:54PM +0300, Xenia Ragiadakou wrote:
> >> On 09/23/2013 07:45 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> >> >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 07:45:53PM +0300, Xenia Ragiadakou wrote:
> >> >>The function pci_write_config_dword() sets the appropriate byteordering
> >> >>internally so the value argument should not be converted to little-endian.
> >> >>This bug was found by sparse.
> >> >Can you give the exact error or warning message that sparse gave?
> >>
> >> Yes, sure.
> >>
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:802:25: warning: incorrect type in
> >> argument 3 (different base types)
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:802:25: expected unsigned int
> >> [unsigned] [usertype] val
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:802:25: got restricted __le32
> >> [usertype] <noident>
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:824:25: warning: incorrect type in
> >> argument 3 (different base types)
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:824:25: expected unsigned int
> >> [unsigned] [usertype] val
> >> drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c:824:25: got restricted __le32
> >> [usertype] <noident>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >I ask because this description sounded odd to Greg and I when we met
> >> >last week at LinuxCon North America. I've tried to track this down to
> >> >see where the code might be converting the value from CPU format to
> >> >little endian, and I don't see it.
> >> >
> >> >AFAICT, pci_write_config_dword() is defined in include/linux/pci.h, and
> >> >calls pci_bus_write_config_dword():
> >> >
> >> >static inline int pci_write_config_dword(const struct pci_dev *dev, int where,
> >> > u32 val)
> >> >{
> >> > return pci_bus_write_config_dword(dev->bus, dev->devfn, where, val);
> >> >}
> >> >
> >> >pci_bus_write_config_dword is defined as a macro in drivers/pci/access.h:
> >> >
> >> >#define PCI_OP_WRITE(size,type,len) \
> >> >int pci_bus_write_config_##size \
> >> > (struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int pos, type value) \
> >> >{ \
> >> > int res; \
> >> > unsigned long flags; \
> >> > if (PCI_##size##_BAD) return PCIBIOS_BAD_REGISTER_NUMBER; \
> >> > raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&pci_lock, flags); \
> >> > res = bus->ops->write(bus, devfn, pos, len, value); \
> >> > raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pci_lock, flags); \
> >> > return res; \
> >> >}
> >> >
> >> >That macro simply calls the write function for whatever PCI bus driver
> >> >is installed. Note that bus driver can be different than the standard
> >> >bus driver. I don't see any conversion to little endian here, so that
> >> >means each bus driver would have to convert it.
> >> >
> >> >I can dig deeper into each .write function, but if the conversion isn't
> >> >done at the upper layers, it's possible someone will create a .write
> >> >function without the conversion to little endian.
> >> >
> >> >Am I missing something?
> >>
> >> I had in mind that the pci_ops .read and .write defined by the PCI
> >> driver will take care of consistent byteorder access to the
> >> configuration registers. At least, that was what i understood after
> >> reading the
> >> chapter on PCI of Linux Device Drivers (more specifically for
> >> pci_write_config_* functions, it states that "The word and dword
> >> functions convert the value to little-endian before writing to the
> >> peripheral device.").
> >
> > Hm, I wrote that paragraph (or at least I think I did), but I sure
> > didn't remember this at all...
> >
> > Hm, wait, I do see this happening for the PowerPC cell PCI code, so it
> > might happen somewhere burried in the platform-specific code for
> > different arches. You will not see it happen on x86 as there's no need
> > to swap any bytes around.
>
> Greg, with regard to Xenia's patch, is this an ack or a nack? Since
> you didn't include an "Acked-by" line, I assume you think Xenia's
> patch is unnecessary. In that case, is there any way to shut sparse
> up so it doesn't complain about this?
At this point in time, I don't remember what the original patch looked
like, and as it's an xhci patch, Sarah needs to ack it, not me :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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