Re: [PATCH v2] ioat: remove chanerr mask setting for IOAT v3.x

[Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>]

On 03/20/2013 10:03 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 03:46:08AM +0530, Jiang, Dave wrote:
>> The existing code set a value in the PCI_CHANERRMSK_INT register
>> for a workaround to address a pre-silicon bug on the Intel 5520 IO hub that
>> has been fixed when the hardware was released. There is no need for this
>> code.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
>> ---
>>
>>   drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c |    7 +------
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
>> index f7f1dc6..fda3b8a1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
>> @@ -1126,12 +1126,7 @@ static int ioat3_reset_hw(struct ioat_chan_common *chan)
>>   	chanerr = readl(chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
>>   	writel(chanerr, chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
>>   
>> -	/* -= IOAT ver.3 workarounds =- */
>> -	/* Write CHANERRMSK_INT with 3E07h to mask out the errors
>> -	 * that can cause stability issues for IOAT ver.3, and clear any
>> -	 * pending errors
>> -	 */
> What is this code based against? i dont have above lines in -rc1 or my next?
Looking at the Linus tree it looks like it's already upstream somehow? 
Commit 6decffd.

>> -	pci_write_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERRMASK_INT_OFFSET, 0x3e07);
>> +	/* clear any pending errors */
>>   	err = pci_read_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERR_INT_OFFSET, &chanerr);
>>   	if (err) {
>>   		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "channel error register unreachable\n");
>>