Re: [PATCH 0/8] PCI/VPD: Extend PCI VPD API

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 08:58:18PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> This series adds three functions to the PCI VPD API that help to
> simplify driver code. First users are sfc and tg3 drivers because
> I have test hw. The other users of the VPD API will benefit from a
> migration as well.
> I'd propose to apply this series via the PCI tree.
> 
> Added API calls:
> 
> pci_vpd_alloc()
> Dynamically allocates a properly sized buffer and reads the VPD into it.
> 
> pci_vpd_find_ro_info_keyword()
> Locates an info field keyword in the VPD RO section.
> pci_vpd_find_info_keyword() can be removed once all
> users have been migrated.
> 
> pci_vpd_check_csum()
> Check VPD checksum based on algorithm defined in the PCI specification.
> 
> Tested on a SFN6122F and a BCM95719 card.
> 
> Heiner Kallweit (8):
>   PCI/VPD: Add pci_vpd_alloc
>   PCI/VPD: Add pci_vpd_find_ro_info_keyword and pci_vpd_check_csum
>   PCI/VPD: Add missing VPD RO field keywords
>   sfc: Use new function pci_vpd_alloc
>   sfc: Use new VPD API function pci_vpd_find_ro_info_keyword
>   tg3: Use new function pci_vpd_alloc
>   tg3: Use new function pci_vpd_check_csum
>   tg3: Use new function pci_vpd_find_ro_info_keyword
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 115 +++++++---------------------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h |   1 -
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c      |  78 +++++--------------
>  drivers/pci/vpd.c                   |  82 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/pci.h                 |  32 ++++++++
>  5 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)

Beautiful!  I applied this with minor tweaks to pci/vpd for v5.15.

I dropped the "add missing keywords" patch because there are no users
of the missing keywords yet.

I would have removed pci_vpd_find_info_keyword() as well, but it looks
like there are stilla few users of it.