Re: [PATCH 1/6] virtio_console: don't tie bufs to a vq

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

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 09:18:01PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> an allocated buffer doesn't need to be tied to a vq -
> only vq->vdev is ever used. Pass the function the
> just what it needs - the vdev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> index 468f061..3e56f32 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static void reclaim_dma_bufs(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, size_t buf_size,
> +static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(struct virtio_device *vdev, size_t buf_size,
>  				     int pages)
>  {
>  	struct port_buffer *buf;
> @@ -445,16 +445,16 @@ static struct port_buffer *alloc_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, size_t buf_size,
>  		return buf;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (is_rproc_serial(vq->vdev)) {
> +	if (is_rproc_serial(vdev)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Allocate DMA memory from ancestor. When a virtio
>  		 * device is created by remoteproc, the DMA memory is
>  		 * associated with the grandparent device:
>  		 * vdev => rproc => platform-dev.
>  		 */
> -		if (!vq->vdev->dev.parent || !vq->vdev->dev.parent->parent)
> +		if (!vdev->dev.parent || !vdev->dev.parent->parent)
>  			goto free_buf;
> -		buf->dev = vq->vdev->dev.parent->parent;
> +		buf->dev = vdev->dev.parent->parent;
>  
>  		/* Increase device refcnt to avoid freeing it */
>  		get_device(buf->dev);
> @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
>  
>  	count = min((size_t)(32 * 1024), count);
>  
> -	buf = alloc_buf(port->out_vq, count, 0);
> +	buf = alloc_buf(port->portdev->vdev, count, 0);
>  	if (!buf)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto error_out;
>  
> -	buf = alloc_buf(port->out_vq, 0, pipe->nrbufs);
> +	buf = alloc_buf(port->portdev->vdev, 0, pipe->nrbufs);
>  	if (!buf) {
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto error_out;
> @@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static unsigned int fill_queue(struct virtqueue *vq, spinlock_t *lock)
>  
>  	nr_added_bufs = 0;
>  	do {
> -		buf = alloc_buf(vq, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
> +		buf = alloc_buf(vq->vdev, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
>  		if (!buf)
>  			break;
>  
> -- 
> MST

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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