From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 1/2] asm-generic: rework PCI I/O space access
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 12:42:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg80je=K7madF4e7WrRNp37e3qh6y10Svhdc7O8SZ_-8g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2oZ-+qd3Nhpy9VVXCJB3DU5N-y-ta2JpP0t6NHh=GVXw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 6:48 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> A rework for PCI I/O space access from Niklas Schnelle:
I pulled this, but then I ended up unpulling.
I don't absolutely _hate_ the concept, but I really find this to be
very unpalatable:
#if !defined(inb) && !defined(_inb)
#define _inb _inb
static inline u8 _inb(unsigned long addr)
{
#ifdef PCI_IOBASE
u8 val;
__io_pbr();
val = __raw_readb(PCI_IOBASE + addr);
__io_par(val);
return val;
#else
WARN_ONCE(1, "No I/O port support\n");
return ~0;
#endif
}
#endif
because honestly, the notion of a run-time warning for a compile-time
"this cannot work" is just wrong.
If the platform doesn't have inb/outb, and you compile some driver
that uses them, you don't want a run-time warning. Particularly since
in many cases nobody will ever run it, and the main use case was to do
compile-testing across a wide number of platforms.
So if the platform doesn't have inb/outb, they simply should not be
declared, and there should be a *compile-time* error. That is
literally a lot more useful, and it avoids this extra code.
Extra code that not only doesn't add value, but that actually
*subtracts* value is not code I really want to pull.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-02 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-02 13:47 [GIT PULL 1/2] asm-generic: rework PCI I/O space access Arnd Bergmann
2021-07-02 13:49 ` [GIT PULL 2/2] asm-generic: Unify asm/unaligned.h around struct helper Arnd Bergmann
2021-07-02 20:13 ` pr-tracker-bot
2021-07-02 19:42 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2021-07-03 12:12 ` [GIT PULL 1/2] asm-generic: rework PCI I/O space access Arnd Bergmann
2021-07-05 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-03 9:46 ` John Garry
2021-08-03 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-03 11:23 ` John Garry
2021-08-03 12:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-04 7:55 ` John Garry
2021-08-04 8:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-08-10 9:19 ` John Garry
2021-08-10 11:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-09-03 8:31 ` Niklas Schnelle
2021-12-17 13:19 ` Niklas Schnelle
2021-12-17 13:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-17 13:52 ` Niklas Schnelle
2021-12-17 14:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-17 14:27 ` John Garry
2021-12-17 14:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-17 15:27 ` John Garry
2021-12-17 15:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-17 16:30 ` John Garry
2021-12-20 9:27 ` Niklas Schnelle
2021-12-21 16:48 ` John Garry
2021-12-21 16:57 ` Niklas Schnelle
2021-12-19 14:23 ` David Laight
2021-12-21 16:21 ` John Garry
2021-07-05 12:40 ` Niklas Schnelle
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