Re: [PATCH] linux-next remove wmb() from ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c

Re: [PATCH] linux-next remove wmb() from ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Followup to "[PATCH 03/10] ide: destroy DMA mappings after ending DMA"
> email on March 14th:
>     http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/14/17
> 
> No maintainer is listed for "Toshiba CELL Reference Set IDE" (BLK_DEV_CELLEB)
> or tx4939ide.c in MAINTAINERS. I've CC'd "Ishizaki Kou" @Toshiba (Maintainer for
> "Spidernet Network Driver for CELL") and linuxppc-dev list in the hope
> someone else
> would know or would be able to ACK this patch.

tx49xx is MIPS, for Nemoto-san.

> This patch:
> o replaces "mask" variable in ide_dma_end() with #define.
> o removes use of wmb() in ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c.
> o is not tested - I don't have (or want) the HW.
> 
> I did NOT remove wmb() use in tx4939ide.c. tx4939ide.c __raw_writeb()
> for MMIO transactions. __raw_writeb() does NOT guarantee memory
> transaction ordering.
> 
> tx4939ide also uses mmiowb(). AFAIK, mmiowb() only has an effect on
> SGI IA64 NUMA machines. I'm not going to guess how this driver might work.
> 
> Gmail is broken for sending patches (word wrap). My apologies.
> I've attached the patch: diff-next-remove_wmb_from_ide-01.txt
> 
> Patch is against linux-next tree:
>      git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@google.com>

[ attachment converted to inline ]

> diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c
> index 16fc46e..e4cdf78 100644
> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c
> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c
> @@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ void ide_dma_start(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  		dma_cmd = inb(hwif->dma_base + ATA_DMA_CMD);
>  		outb(dma_cmd | ATA_DMA_START, hwif->dma_base + ATA_DMA_CMD);
>  	}
> -
> -	wmb();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_dma_start);
>  
> @@ -286,7 +284,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_dma_start);
>  int ide_dma_end(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  {
>  	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
> -	u8 dma_stat = 0, dma_cmd = 0, mask;
> +	u8 dma_stat = 0, dma_cmd = 0;
>  
>  	/* stop DMA */
>  	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_MMIO) {
> @@ -304,11 +302,10 @@ int ide_dma_end(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  	/* clear INTR & ERROR bits */
>  	ide_dma_sff_write_status(hwif, dma_stat | ATA_DMA_ERR | ATA_DMA_INTR);
>  
> -	wmb();
> +#define CHECK_DMA_MASK (ATA_DMA_ACTIVE | ATA_DMA_ERR | ATA_DMA_INTR)
>  
>  	/* verify good DMA status */
> -	mask = ATA_DMA_ACTIVE | ATA_DMA_ERR | ATA_DMA_INTR;
> -	if ((dma_stat & mask) != ATA_DMA_INTR)
> +	if ((dma_stat & CHECK_DMA_MASK) != ATA_DMA_INTR)
>  		return 0x10 | dma_stat;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c b/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c
> index 97f8e0e..dcbb299 100644
> --- a/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c
> +++ b/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c
> @@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ static void scc_dma_start(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  
>  	/* start DMA */
>  	scc_ide_outb(dma_cmd | 1, hwif->dma_base);
> -	wmb();
>  }
>  
>  static int __scc_dma_end(ide_drive_t *drive)
> @@ -354,7 +353,6 @@ static int __scc_dma_end(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  	/* clear the INTR & ERROR bits */
>  	scc_ide_outb(dma_stat | 6, hwif->dma_base + 4);
>  	/* verify good DMA status */
> -	wmb();
>  	return (dma_stat & 7) != 4 ? (0x10 | dma_stat) : 0;
>  }

With kind regards,

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Re: [PATCH] linux-next remove wmb() from ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c

[KOBAYASHI Yoshitake]

2009/03/31 16:51, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Grant Grundler wrote:
>> Followup to "[PATCH 03/10] ide: destroy DMA mappings after ending DMA"
>> email on March 14th:
>>     http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/14/17
>>
>> No maintainer is listed for "Toshiba CELL Reference Set IDE" (BLK_DEV_CELLEB)
>> or tx4939ide.c in MAINTAINERS. I've CC'd "Ishizaki Kou" @Toshiba (Maintainer for
>> "Spidernet Network Driver for CELL") and linuxppc-dev list in the hope
>> someone else
>> would know or would be able to ACK this patch.
> 
> tx49xx is MIPS, for Nemoto-san.

The patch looks good for Toshiba Cell Reference Set.
I think the patch will be acked by IDE maintainer.

Thank you for informing me of the contribution.

Regards,

-- Yoshi

Re: [PATCH] linux-next remove wmb() from ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c

[Atsushi Nemoto]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:51:53 +0200 (CEST), Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:
> > Followup to "[PATCH 03/10] ide: destroy DMA mappings after ending DMA"
> > email on March 14th:
> >     http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/14/17
> > 
> > No maintainer is listed for "Toshiba CELL Reference Set IDE" (BLK_DEV_CELLEB)
> > or tx4939ide.c in MAINTAINERS. I've CC'd "Ishizaki Kou" @Toshiba (Maintainer for
> > "Spidernet Network Driver for CELL") and linuxppc-dev list in the hope
> > someone else
> > would know or would be able to ACK this patch.
> 
> tx49xx is MIPS, for Nemoto-san.
> 
> > This patch:
> > o replaces "mask" variable in ide_dma_end() with #define.
> > o removes use of wmb() in ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c.
> > o is not tested - I don't have (or want) the HW.
> > 
> > I did NOT remove wmb() use in tx4939ide.c. tx4939ide.c __raw_writeb()
> > for MMIO transactions. __raw_writeb() does NOT guarantee memory
> > transaction ordering.

The wmb() in tx4939ide.c was just copied from ide_dma_end().  On this
MIPS core memory operations are strictly ordered so that the wmb() can
be removed.

And on MIPS __raw_writeb() and writeb() do same thing except for
endian conversion.

I will send a patch just for tx4939ide.c.  Thank you for suggestion.

> > tx4939ide also uses mmiowb(). AFAIK, mmiowb() only has an effect on
> > SGI IA64 NUMA machines. I'm not going to guess how this driver might work.

On MIPS mmiowb() can be (ab)used to flush write buffer.  Please do not
drop this mmiowb().

---
Atsushi Nemoto

Re: [PATCH] linux-next remove wmb() from ide-dma-sff.c and scc_pata.c

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Tuesday 31 March 2009, KOBAYASHI Yoshitake wrote:
> 2009/03/31 16:51, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Grant Grundler wrote:
> >> Followup to "[PATCH 03/10] ide: destroy DMA mappings after ending DMA"
> >> email on March 14th:
> >>     http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/14/17
> >>
> >> No maintainer is listed for "Toshiba CELL Reference Set IDE" (BLK_DEV_CELLEB)
> >> or tx4939ide.c in MAINTAINERS. I've CC'd "Ishizaki Kou" @Toshiba (Maintainer for
> >> "Spidernet Network Driver for CELL") and linuxppc-dev list in the hope
> >> someone else
> >> would know or would be able to ACK this patch.
> > 
> > tx49xx is MIPS, for Nemoto-san.
> 
> The patch looks good for Toshiba Cell Reference Set.

Great, I applied the patch.

Thanks,
Bart