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pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent = pa11_dma_alloc_consistent?

PATCH? Roel Kluin 5 participants 10 messages Feb 11, 2008 PA-RISC architecture

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Roel Kluin

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duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct
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fix noncoherent allocation

Signed-off-by Roel Kluin <[email protected]>

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arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +1 -1
index 9448d4e..0e8b71f 100644
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static void pa11_dma_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *
 struct hppa_dma_ops pcxl_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported =	pa11_dma_supported,
 	.alloc_consistent =	pa11_dma_alloc_consistent,
-	.alloc_noncoherent =	pa11_dma_alloc_consistent,
+	.alloc_noncoherent =	pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent,
 	.free_consistent =	pa11_dma_free_consistent,
 	.map_single =		pa11_dma_map_single,
 	.unmap_single =		pa11_dma_unmap_single,
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Quoted 4 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

I don't think it is. The memories are fading, so I don't recall why it is we do it this way, but I'm pretty sure it's correct the way it is.

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Quoted 4 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

No, it looks completely incorrect to me. What makes you think a pcxl box has a problem with coherency?

James

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In reply to Matthew Wilcox
Quoted 9 lines · Matthew Wilcox
Quoted 4 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

I don't think it is. The memories are fading, so I don't recall why it is we do it this way, but I'm pretty sure it's correct the way it is.

Maybe this helps a bit: later I found that something similar occurs in drivers/parisc/{ccio-dma.c, sba_iommu.c}:

1010: .alloc_consistent = ccio_alloc_consistent,
.alloc_noncoherent = ccio_alloc_consistent,

1036: .alloc_consistent = sba_alloc_consistent,
.alloc_noncoherent = sba_alloc_consistent,

However in these files the functions {ccio_alloc, sba_alloc}_noncoherent do not exist.

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In reply to Matthew Wilcox
Quoted 8 lines · Matthew Wilcox
Quoted 4 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

I don't think it is. The memories are fading, so I don't recall why it is we do it this way, but I'm pretty sure it's correct the way it is.

dma_alloc_noncoherent is a fallback for boxes with coherency problems which cannot allocate coherent memory. The API asks for coherent memory but the driver promises to behave correctly even if an incoherent area is returned. dma_alloc_coherent() requires only coherent memory. The pcx boxes (PA7200 and below) can't do the uncached trick for coherent memory, so the API is designed for them. The PCXL can, so we allocate coherent memory even for dma_alloc_noncoherent() in that case (and nop out the coherency handlers the driver uses).

James

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In reply to James Bottomley
Quoted 8 lines · James Bottomley
Quoted 4 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

No, it looks completely incorrect to me. What makes you think a pcxl box has a problem with coherency?

Ok, please ignore the patch then. It just appeared suspicious to me that the function did exist, but the names assigned were different.

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Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent

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Quoted 4 lines · James Bottomley
Quoted 3 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

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Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

No, it looks completely incorrect to me. What makes you think a pcxl box has a problem with coherency?

Ok, please ignore the patch then. It just appeared suspicious to me that the function did exist, but the names assigned were different.

How about a comment?

Dave

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Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent

Quoted 5 lines · John David Anglin
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Quoted 4 lines · James Bottomley
Quoted 3 lines · Roel Kluin

duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.

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Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

No, it looks completely incorrect to me. What makes you think a pcxl box has a problem with coherency?

Ok, please ignore the patch then. It just appeared suspicious to me that the function did exist, but the names assigned were different.

How about a comment?

Based on James Bottomley's explanation maybe a comment like this?
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Explain why dma_alloc_noncoherent is only used for boxes PA7200 and below

Signed-off-by Roel Kluin <[email protected]>

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arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +8 -0
index 9448d4e..fc3325a 100644
@@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ static void *fail_alloc_consistent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * dma_alloc_noncoherent is a fallback for boxes PA7200 and below which
+ * cannot allocate coherent memory.
+ */
 static void *pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 					  dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
 {

@@ -586,6 +590,10 @@ static void pa11_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * PCXL allocates coherent memory even for dma_alloc_noncoherent() due to the
+ * uncached trick for coherent memory.
+ */
 struct hppa_dma_ops pcx_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported =	pa11_dma_supported,
 	.alloc_consistent =	fail_alloc_consistent,
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Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent

arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c static void *fail_alloc_consistent(struct device *dev, size_t size, · line 576

Quoted 7 lines · Roel Kluin
arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +4 -0
+/*
+ * dma_alloc_noncoherent is a fallback for boxes PA7200 and below which
+ * cannot allocate coherent memory.
+ */
 static void *pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 					  dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
 {

Why? This is located below pcxl_dma_ops so its obviously only relevant for pcx.

arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c static void pa11_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, · line 596

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arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +4 -0
@@ -586,6 +590,10 @@ static void pa11_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * PCXL allocates coherent memory even for dma_alloc_noncoherent() due to the
+ * uncached trick for coherent memory.
+ */

This isn't correct either.

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arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +0 -0
 struct hppa_dma_ops pcx_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported =	pa11_dma_supported,
 	.alloc_consistent =	fail_alloc_consistent,
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Quoted 1 line · Roel Kluin

How about just doing something like this:

arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c +9 -9
index 9448d4e..63f9b7f 100644
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ pcxl_dma_init(void)
 
 __initcall(pcxl_dma_init);
 
-static void * pa11_dma_alloc_consistent (struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
+static void * pcxl_dma_alloc_consistent (struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
 {
 	unsigned long vaddr;
 	unsigned long paddr;

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static void * pa11_dma_alloc_consistent (struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_ad
 	return (void *)vaddr;
 }
 
-static void pa11_dma_free_consistent (struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+static void pcxl_dma_free_consistent (struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
 {
 	int order;
 

@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ static void pa11_dma_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *
 
 struct hppa_dma_ops pcxl_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported =	pa11_dma_supported,
-	.alloc_consistent =	pa11_dma_alloc_consistent,
-	.alloc_noncoherent =	pa11_dma_alloc_consistent,
-	.free_consistent =	pa11_dma_free_consistent,
+	.alloc_consistent =	pcxl_dma_alloc_consistent,
+	.alloc_noncoherent =	pcxl_dma_alloc_consistent,
+	.free_consistent =	pcxl_dma_free_consistent,
 	.map_single =		pa11_dma_map_single,
 	.unmap_single =		pa11_dma_unmap_single,
 	.map_sg =		pa11_dma_map_sg,

@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void *fail_alloc_consistent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void *pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+static void *pcx_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 					  dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
 {
 	void *addr;

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void *pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return addr;
 }
 
-static void pa11_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+static void pcx_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 					void *vaddr, dma_addr_t iova)
 {
 	free_pages((unsigned long)vaddr, get_order(size));

@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@ static void pa11_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 struct hppa_dma_ops pcx_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported =	pa11_dma_supported,
 	.alloc_consistent =	fail_alloc_consistent,
-	.alloc_noncoherent =	pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent,
-	.free_consistent =	pa11_dma_free_noncoherent,
+	.alloc_noncoherent =	pcx_dma_alloc_noncoherent,
+	.free_consistent =	pcx_dma_free_noncoherent,
 	.map_single =		pa11_dma_map_single,
 	.unmap_single =		pa11_dma_unmap_single,
 	.map_sg =		pa11_dma_map_sg,