[PATCH 1/5] ata: libata-core: Remove support for decreasing the number of ports

[Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>]

Commit f31871951b38 ("libata: separate out ata_host_alloc() and
ata_host_register()") added ata_host_alloc(), where the API allowed
a LLD to overallocate the number of ports supplied to ata_host_alloc(),
as long as the LLD decreased host->n_ports before calling
ata_host_register().

However, this functionally has never ever been used by a single LLD.

Because of the current API design, the assignment of ap->print_id is
deferred until registration time, which is bad, because that means that
the ata_port_*() print functions cannot be used by a LLD until after
registration time, which means that a LLD is forced to use a print
function that is non-port specific, even for a port specific error.

Remove the support for decreasing the number of ports, such that it will
be possible to assign ap->print_id earlier.

Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index e1bf8a19b3c8..0dc6e18bf492 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5541,24 +5541,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_host_put);
 /**
  *	ata_host_alloc - allocate and init basic ATA host resources
  *	@dev: generic device this host is associated with
- *	@max_ports: maximum number of ATA ports associated with this host
+ *	@n_ports: the number of ATA ports associated with this host
  *
  *	Allocate and initialize basic ATA host resources.  LLD calls
  *	this function to allocate a host, initializes it fully and
  *	attaches it using ata_host_register().
  *
- *	@max_ports ports are allocated and host->n_ports is
- *	initialized to @max_ports.  The caller is allowed to decrease
- *	host->n_ports before calling ata_host_register().  The unused
- *	ports will be automatically freed on registration.
- *
  *	RETURNS:
  *	Allocate ATA host on success, NULL on failure.
  *
  *	LOCKING:
  *	Inherited from calling layer (may sleep).
  */
-struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc(struct device *dev, int max_ports)
+struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc(struct device *dev, int n_ports)
 {
 	struct ata_host *host;
 	size_t sz;
@@ -5566,7 +5561,7 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc(struct device *dev, int max_ports)
 	void *dr;
 
 	/* alloc a container for our list of ATA ports (buses) */
-	sz = sizeof(struct ata_host) + (max_ports + 1) * sizeof(void *);
+	sz = sizeof(struct ata_host) + (n_ports + 1) * sizeof(void *);
 	host = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!host)
 		return NULL;
@@ -5584,11 +5579,11 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc(struct device *dev, int max_ports)
 	spin_lock_init(&host->lock);
 	mutex_init(&host->eh_mutex);
 	host->dev = dev;
-	host->n_ports = max_ports;
+	host->n_ports = n_ports;
 	kref_init(&host->kref);
 
 	/* allocate ports bound to this host */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_ports; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < n_ports; i++) {
 		struct ata_port *ap;
 
 		ap = ata_port_alloc(host);
@@ -5899,12 +5894,13 @@ int ata_host_register(struct ata_host *host, const struct scsi_host_template *sh
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Blow away unused ports.  This happens when LLD can't
-	 * determine the exact number of ports to allocate at
-	 * allocation time.
+	/*
+	 * For a driver using ata_host_register(), the ports are allocated by
+	 * ata_host_alloc(), which also allocates the host->ports array.
+	 * The number of array elements must match host->n_ports.
 	 */
 	for (i = host->n_ports; host->ports[i]; i++)
-		kfree(host->ports[i]);
+		WARN_ON(host->ports[i]);
 
 	/* give ports names and add SCSI hosts */
 	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
-- 
2.45.2