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From: Daniel Palmer <daniel@0x0f.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar infinity family SoCs
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:15:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191017211513.GA12691@shiro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2Tqpwg6=3N2DhcDj9JMo6jt0sY+sYmnNmzZ5Rcao=iMA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 03:02:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > I've moved this into infinity_barriers_init() using ioremap() as suggested.
> > I'd like to keep the fixed remap address for now as there are some
> > drivers in the vendor code that might be useful until rewrites are done but
> > are littered with hard coded addresses.
>
> Maybe keep the infinity_io_desc as an out-of-tree patch then? You can
> simply do both, and ioremap() will return the hardcoded address.

That makes sense.
 
> > I've taken the lock out and tested that the ethernet isn't sending garbage
> > and everything looks good.
> 
> I would not expect a missing spinlock to have an observable effect, the
> question is more whether it's correct in all rare corner cases where
> the barrier is interrupted and the interrupt handler uses another barrier.
> 
> I think it is, but I would recommend adding a comment to explain this if
> you drop the spinlock. (or a comment about why this works with fiq if you
> keep the lock).

I think I'll drop the lock for now and add it back if it becomes apparent
it's needed. I suspect it was added in the vendor code out of habit instead
of need.

Thanks for the input.

Daniel

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From: Daniel Palmer <daniel@0x0f.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar infinity family SoCs
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:15:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191017211513.GA12691@shiro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2Tqpwg6=3N2DhcDj9JMo6jt0sY+sYmnNmzZ5Rcao=iMA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 03:02:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > I've moved this into infinity_barriers_init() using ioremap() as suggested.
> > I'd like to keep the fixed remap address for now as there are some
> > drivers in the vendor code that might be useful until rewrites are done but
> > are littered with hard coded addresses.
>
> Maybe keep the infinity_io_desc as an out-of-tree patch then? You can
> simply do both, and ioremap() will return the hardcoded address.

That makes sense.
 
> > I've taken the lock out and tested that the ethernet isn't sending garbage
> > and everything looks good.
> 
> I would not expect a missing spinlock to have an observable effect, the
> question is more whether it's correct in all rare corner cases where
> the barrier is interrupted and the interrupt handler uses another barrier.
> 
> I think it is, but I would recommend adding a comment to explain this if
> you drop the spinlock. (or a comment about why this works with fiq if you
> keep the lock).

I think I'll drop the lock for now and add it back if it becomes apparent
it's needed. I suspect it was added in the vendor code out of habit instead
of need.

Thanks for the input.

Daniel

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-17 21:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-14  6:15 [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: arm: Initial MStar vendor prefixes and compatible strings Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15 ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15 ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15 ` [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar infinity family SoCs Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14 11:19   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-10-14 11:19     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-10-14 11:19     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-10-16 20:32     ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-16 20:32       ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-17 13:02       ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-10-17 13:02         ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-10-17 21:15         ` Daniel Palmer [this message]
2019-10-17 21:15           ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:03   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Initial MStar/Sigmastar ARMv7 SoC support Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:03     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00     ` [PATCH v3 00/12] Initial MStar/Sigmastar Armv7 " Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 01/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add mstar vendor prefix Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15         ` [PATCH v4 00/12] Initial MStar/Sigmastar ARMv7 SoC support Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 01/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add mstar vendor prefix Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:04             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:04               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 02/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add sstar " Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:04             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:04               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 03/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add 70mai " Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:05             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:05               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 04/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add thingy.jp prefix Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:05             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:05               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 05/12] dt-bindings: arm: Add mstar YAML schema Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:04             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:04               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 06/12] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar/Sigmastar Armv7 SoCs Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 07/12] ARM: mstar: Add binding details for mstar,l3bridge Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-07-09 23:06             ` Rob Herring
2020-07-09 23:06               ` Rob Herring
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 08/12] ARM: mstar: Add Armv7 base dtsi Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 09/12] ARM: mstar: Add infinity/infinity3 family dtsis Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 10/12] ARM: mstar: Add mercury5 series dtsis Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 11/12] ARM: mstar: Add dts for msc313(e) based BreadBee boards Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15           ` [PATCH v4 12/12] ARM: mstar: Add dts for 70mai midrive d08 Daniel Palmer
2020-06-16 12:15             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 02/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add sstar vendor prefix Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 03/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add 70mai " Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 04/12] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add thingy.jp prefix Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 05/12] dt-bindings: dt-bindings: arm: Add mstar YAML schema Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 22:07         ` Rob Herring
2020-06-12 22:07           ` Rob Herring
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 06/12] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar/Sigmastar Armv7 SoCs Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 07/12] ARM: mstar: Add binding details for mstar,l3bridge Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 08/12] ARM: mstar: Add Armv7 base dtsi Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 09/12] ARM: mstar: Add infinity/infinity3 family dtsis Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 10/12] ARM: mstar: Add mercury5 series dtsis Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 11/12] ARM: mstar: Add dts for msc313(e) based BreadBee boards Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00       ` [PATCH v3 12/12] ARM: mstar: Add dts for 70mai midrive d08 Daniel Palmer
2020-06-12 13:00         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:03   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: Initial MStar vendor prefixes and compatible strings Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:03     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:35     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-10  9:35       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-10 10:29       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10 10:29         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 15:00     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 15:00       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 15:00       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-10  9:04   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: mstar: Add machine for MStar/Sigmastar infinity/mercury family ARMv7 SoCs Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:43     ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-06-10  9:43       ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-06-11 12:49     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 12:49       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 13:01       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 13:01         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:27         ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:27           ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:58           ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:58             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 12:58     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 12:58       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 13:18       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 13:18         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] ARM: mstar: Add infinity/mercury series dtsi Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:35     ` Marc Zyngier
2020-06-10  9:35       ` Marc Zyngier
2020-06-11 13:39     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 13:39       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:19       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:19         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:39         ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:39           ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 15:07           ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 15:07             ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] ARM: mstar: Add dts for msc313(e) based BreadBee boards Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 13:45     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 13:45       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:26       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:26         ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] ARM: mstar: Add dts for 70mai midrive d08 Daniel Palmer
2020-06-10  9:04     ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 13:54     ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 13:54       ` Andreas Färber
2020-06-11 14:38       ` Daniel Palmer
2020-06-11 14:38         ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15 ` [PATCH 3/4] ARM: mstar: Add infinity series dtsi Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15 ` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: mstar: Add dts for msc313e based BreadBee board Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-14  6:15   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-23 20:02 ` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: arm: Initial MStar vendor prefixes and compatible strings Rob Herring
2019-10-23 20:02   ` Rob Herring
2019-10-23 22:43   ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-23 22:43     ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-23 23:45     ` Rob Herring
2019-10-23 23:45       ` Rob Herring
2019-10-24  1:47       ` Daniel Palmer
2019-10-24  1:47         ` Daniel Palmer

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