On Tue, 2024-11-19 at 09:19 +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 11:00:28PM +0000, Colberg, Peter wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-11-18 at 22:32 +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 06:37:10PM -0400, Peter Colberg wrote:
> > > > Use binfo->type instead of binfo->feature_dev to decide whether a
> > > > feature device was detected during feature parsing. A subsequent
> > > > commit will delay the allocation of the feature platform device
> > > > to feature_dev_register() and remove binfo->feature_dev.
> > > >
> > > > This commit does not introduce any functional changes.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Colberg <peter.colberg@intel.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@linux.intel.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Basheer Ahmed Muddebihal <basheer.ahmed.muddebihal@linux.intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > Changes since v3:
> > > > - New patch extracted from last patch of v3 series.
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/fpga/dfl.c | 2 +-
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> > > > index 758673b0290a..a9ec37278b2d 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
> > > > @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static int parse_feature_port_afu(struct build_feature_devs_info *binfo,
> > > > return create_feature_instance(binfo, ofst, size, FEATURE_ID_AFU);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > -#define is_feature_dev_detected(binfo) (!!(binfo)->feature_dev)
> > > > +#define is_feature_dev_detected(binfo) ((binfo)->type != DFL_ID_MAX)
> > >
> > > I still doesn't get why put the change here. How it resolves my concern
> > > compared to v3?
> >
> > Could you elaborate on your concern? I moved this change into a
> > separate commit so that it is not lost in other changes, but I don't
>
> I did't mean this change had to be separated, I doubt it impacts the
> functionality when it was applied. After the series were all applied the
> issue may be fixed but people review patches one by one.
>
> > see how the two definitions would not be functionally equivalent. Would
> > it help to extend the commit description along the following lines?
> >
> > 1. Before this series, binfo->feature_dev was initialized to NULL by
> > devm_kzalloc() in dfl_fpga_feature_devs_enumerate(). After this
> > series, binfo->type is initialized to DFL_ID_MAX in
> > dfl_fpga_feature_devs_enumerate().
> > 2. Before this series, binfo->feature_dev was set to a non-NULL
> > pointer in build_info_create_dev(), which in turn was called from
>
> So at the point of *this patch* is applied, binfo->feature_dev & binfo->type
> don't initialize at the same time, there is some gap the caller of
> is_feature_dev_detected() would get a different result, e.g.
> when build_info_create_dev() fails, binfo->type holds valid DFL_ID but
> binfo->feature_dev is NULL.
Thank you for the clarification. This and the subsequent patch have
been merged in [PATCH v5 15/18], to avoid a window between binfo->type
already holding a valid DFL id but binfo->feature_dev still NULL.
Peter
>
> > parse_feature_fiu(). After this series, binfo->type is set to a
> > non-DFL_ID_MAX value, as returned by dfh_id_to_type(), in
> > parse_feature_fiu().
> > 3. Before this series, binfo->feature_dev was reset to NULL at the
> > end of build_info_commit_dev(). After this series, binfo->type is
> > reset to DFL_ID_MAX at the end of build_info_commit_dev().
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Yilun
> > >
> > > >
> > > > static int parse_feature_afu(struct build_feature_devs_info *binfo,
> > > > resource_size_t ofst)
> > > > --
> > > > 2.47.0
> > > >
> > > >
> >