Re: Question about using #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64 in driver code

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 12:33:31PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> a while ago we had an argument about identifying in my driver's code
> whether I'm running on x86 or powerpc. I tried to do something
> dynamically (based on parent pci bridge ID), and you and other people
> objected to it.
> 
> I see in other drivers (more then a few) that they are using #ifdef
> CONFIG_PPC64 in some places for similar things (e.g. to run code that
> is only needed in case of powerpc).
> 
> e.g. from ocxl driver in misc:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> static long afu_ioctl_enable_p9_wait(struct ocxl_context *ctx,
> ...
> #endif
> and also:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_P9_TIDR))
> arg.flags[0] |= OCXL_IOCTL_FEATURES_FLAGS0_P9_WAIT;
> #endif

ocxl is arguably maybe an exception here, given that it is a PPC64 bus
only from what I can tell.  Odd that they are using this option, but I
think it might be just to keep CONFIG_TEST to work properly.

> Is this approach acceptable on you ?
> Can I do something similar in my driver:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>       foo (64)
> #else
>       foo (48)
> #endif

The thing is, why do you need this?  What makes that platform somehow
unique for your driver?  Focus on that and you should be able to detect
it specifically, not just the processor type (which usually is on a wide
range of hardware types.)

thanks,

greg k-h