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From: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI/mmcfg: Switch to ECAM config mode if possible
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:30:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170630183057.GA27351@mail.rc.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwi0tkdugfqNEz6M28RXM2jx6WpaDF4nfA=doUVdZgUNQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 10:16:15AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >> But MCFG problems were a long time ago and noone uses these systems anymore,
> >> so perhaps he is right.
> >
> > The obvious solution to this is to force type 1 for older machines, i.e. <=
> > K8. Some day we should stop supporting 15+ years old crap just because we
> > can.
> 
> No.
> 
> The fact is, type 1 is the *good* thing.  It's the standard thing that
> has worked pretty much forever, and that is not just tested, but has
> good semantics.

Fully agreed.

Also, config space accesses supposed to be *safe* rather than *fast*.

There was quite a heated discussion on this very subject back in 2008.
Thought that I have a full copy of that, but no, surprisingly...
Google still gives a sufficient part of that:

http://linux-kernel.2935.n7.nabble.com/Patch-v2-Make-PCI-extended-config-space-MMCONFIG-a-driver-opt-in-td243861i60.html

Ivan.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-30 19:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-16 21:50 [patch 0/7] x86/pci: Switch to lockless ECAM configuration mode Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 1/7] x86/pci: Remove duplicate defines Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-27 20:57   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-06-28 20:43   ` [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 2/7] x86/pci: Abort if legacy init fails Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-27 20:59   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-06-28 20:44   ` [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 3/7] x86/pci/ce4100: Properly lock accessor functions Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-17  0:28   ` Andi Kleen
2017-06-27 21:00   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-06-28 20:44   ` [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI/ce4100: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 4/7] PCI: Provide Kconfig option for lockless config space accessors Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-27 21:11   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-06-28 20:31     ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-28 20:45   ` [tip:x86/platform] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 5/7] x86/pci: Select CONFIG_PCI_LOCKLESS_CONFIG Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-28 20:45   ` [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 6/7] x86/pci/mmcfg: Include 32/64 bit code into shared code Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-17  0:25   ` Andi Kleen
2017-03-17  8:41     ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-16 21:50 ` [patch 7/7] x86/pci/mmcfg: Switch to ECAM config mode if possible Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-17  0:26   ` Andi Kleen
2017-03-17  6:15     ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-27 21:31       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-06-28 20:46   ` [tip:x86/platform] x86/PCI/mmcfg: " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-29  6:45   ` tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-29 23:26     ` Yinghai Lu
2017-06-30  3:18       ` Andi Kleen
2017-06-30 14:30         ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-30 17:16           ` Linus Torvalds
2017-06-30 18:30             ` Ivan Kokshaysky [this message]
2017-06-30 18:46             ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-13  0:25 ` [patch 0/7] x86/pci: Switch to lockless ECAM configuration mode Andi Kleen
2017-06-21 22:28   ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-27 20:55     ` Bjorn Helgaas

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