Re: [PATCH v8 11/11] PCI: imx6: Add i.MX8Q PCIe root complex (RC) support

[Frank Li <Frank.li@nxp.com>]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 11:33:56AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 11:19:33AM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 09:07:21AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > [+cc Qianqiang]
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 04:18:18PM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > From: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@nxp.com>
> > > >
> > > > Implement i.MX8Q (i.MX8QM, i.MX8QXP, and i.MX8DXL) PCIe RC support. While
> > > > the controller resembles that of iMX8MP, the PHY differs significantly.
> > > > Notably, there's a distinction between PCI bus addresses and CPU addresses.
> > > >
> > > > Introduce IMX_PCIE_FLAG_CPU_ADDR_FIXUP in drvdata::flags to indicate driver
> > > > need the cpu_addr_fixup() callback to facilitate CPU address to PCI bus
> > > > address conversion according to "ranges" property.
> > >
> > > > +static u64 imx_pcie_cpu_addr_fixup(struct dw_pcie *pcie, u64 cpu_addr)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct imx_pcie *imx_pcie = to_imx_pcie(pcie);
> > > > +	struct dw_pcie_rp *pp = &pcie->pp;
> > > > +	struct resource_entry *entry;
> > > > +	unsigned int offset;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!(imx_pcie->drvdata->flags & IMX_PCIE_FLAG_CPU_ADDR_FIXUP))
> > > > +		return cpu_addr;
> > > > +
> > > > +	entry = resource_list_first_type(&pp->bridge->windows, IORESOURCE_MEM);
> > > > +	offset = entry->offset;
> > > > +	return (cpu_addr - offset);
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > I'm sure that with enough effort, we could prove "entry" cannot be
> > > NULL here, but I'm not sure I want to spend the effort, and we're
> > > going to end up with more patches like this:
> > >
> > >   https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240911125055.58555-1-qianqiang.liu@163.com
> > >
> > > I propose this minor change:
> > >
> > >   entry = resource_list_first_type(&pp->bridge->windows, IORESOURCE_MEM);
> > >   if (!entry)
> > >     return cpu_addr;
> > >
> > >   return cpu_addr - entry->offset;
> > >
> > > I still think we should get rid of the .cpu_addr_fixup() callback if
> > > possible.  But that's a discussion for another day.
> >
> > Stop these fake alarm from some tools's scan. entry never be NULL here.
> > I am working on EP side by involve a "ranges" support like RC side.
> >
> > Or just omit this kinds of patches.
>
> As I said initially, we probably *could* prove that "entry" can never
> be NULL here, but why should I have to spend the effort to do that?
> The "windows" list is not even built in this file, so it's not
> trivial.  And even if "entry" can't be NULL now, what's to prevent
> that assumption from breaking in the future?
>
> I don't think there's anything wrong with checking for NULL here, and
> it avoids copy/pasting this somewhere where it *does* matter.  So I'm
> in favor of this kind of patch.

I am fine for this change.

Frank

>
> Bjorn