Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] PCI: Drop duplicated tracking of a pci_dev's bound driver

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 11:26:45AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 04:24:52PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 08:46:23AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 06:42:34PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > 
> > > > I looked at all the bus_type.probe() methods, it looks like pci_dev is
> > > > not the only offender here.  At least the following also have a driver
> > > > pointer in the device struct:
> > > > 
> > > >   parisc_device.driver
> > > >   acpi_device.driver
> > > >   dio_dev.driver
> > > >   hid_device.driver
> > > >   pci_dev.driver
> > > >   pnp_dev.driver
> > > >   rio_dev.driver
> > > >   zorro_dev.driver
> > > 
> > > Right, when I converted zorro_dev it was pointed out that the code was
> > > copied from pci and the latter has the same construct. :-)
> > > See
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210730191035.1455248-5-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
> > > for the patch, I don't find where pci was pointed out, maybe it was on
> > > irc only.
> > 
> > Oh, thanks!  I looked to see if you'd done something similar
> > elsewhere, but I missed this one.
> > 
> > > > Looking through the places that care about pci_dev.driver (the ones
> > > > updated by patch 5/6), many of them are ... a little dubious to begin
> > > > with.  A few need the "struct pci_error_handlers *err_handler"
> > > > pointer, so that's probably legitimate.  But many just need a name,
> > > > and should probably be using dev_driver_string() instead.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, I considered adding a function to get the driver name from a
> > > pci_dev and a function to get the error handlers. Maybe it's an idea to
> > > introduce these two and then use to_pci_driver(pdev->dev.driver) for the
> > > few remaining users? Maybe doing that on top of my current series makes
> > > sense to have a clean switch from pdev->driver to pdev->dev.driver?!
> > 
> > I'd propose using dev_driver_string() for these places:
> > 
> >   eeh_driver_name() (could change callers to use dev_driver_string())
> >   bcma_host_pci_probe()
> >   qm_alloc_uacce()
> >   hns3_get_drvinfo()
> >   prestera_pci_probe()
> >   mlxsw_pci_probe()
> >   nfp_get_drvinfo()
> >   ssb_pcihost_probe()
> 
> So the idea is:
> 
> 	PCI: Simplify pci_device_remove()
> 	PCI: Drop useless check from pci_device_probe()
> 	xen/pci: Drop some checks that are always true
> 
> are kept as is as preparation. (Do you want to take them from this v2,
> or should I include them again in v3?)

Easiest if you include them until we merge the series.

> Then convert the list of functions above to use dev_driver_string() in a
> 4th patch.
> 
> > The use in mpt_device_driver_register() looks unnecessary: it's only
> > to get a struct pci_device_id *, which is passed to ->probe()
> > functions that don't need it.
> 
> This is patch #5.
> 
> > The use in adf_enable_aer() looks wrong: it sets the err_handler
> > pointer in one of the adf_driver structs.  I think those structs
> > should be basically immutable, and the drivers that call
> > adf_enable_aer() from their .probe() methods should set
> > ".err_handler = &adf_err_handler" in their static adf_driver
> > definitions instead.
> 
> I don't understand that one without some research, probably this yields
> at least one patch.

Yeah, it's a little messy because you'd have to make adf_err_handler
non-static and add an extern for it.  Sample below.

> > I think that basically leaves these:
> > 
> >   uncore_pci_probe()     # .id_table, custom driver "registration"
> >   match_id()             # .id_table, arch/x86/kernel/probe_roms.c
> >   xhci_pci_quirks()      # .id_table
> >   pci_error_handlers()   # roll-your-own AER handling, drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
> > 
> > I think it would be fine to use to_pci_driver(pdev->dev.driver) for
> > these few.
> 
> Converting these will be patch 7 then and patch 8 can then drop the
> duplicated handling.
> 
> Sounds reasonable?

Sounds good to me.  Thanks for working on this!

Bjorn


diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
index a8805c815d16..75e6c5540523 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_4xxx/adf_drv.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static struct pci_driver adf_driver = {
 	.probe = adf_probe,
 	.remove = adf_remove,
 	.sriov_configure = adf_sriov_configure,
+	.err_handler = adf_err_handler,
 };
 
 module_pci_driver(adf_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
index d2ae293d0df6..701c3c5f8b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void adf_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Device is up and running\n");
 }
 
-static const struct pci_error_handlers adf_err_handler = {
+const struct pci_error_handlers adf_err_handler = {
 	.error_detected = adf_error_detected,
 	.slot_reset = adf_slot_reset,
 	.resume = adf_resume,
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ int adf_enable_aer(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = accel_to_pci_dev(accel_dev);
 	struct pci_driver *pdrv = pdev->driver;
 
-	pdrv->err_handler = &adf_err_handler;
 	pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(pdev);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_common_drv.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_common_drv.h
index c61476553728..98a29e0b8769 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_common_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_common_drv.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void adf_ae_fw_release(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);
 int adf_ae_start(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);
 int adf_ae_stop(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);
 
+extern const struct pci_error_handlers adf_err_handler;
 int adf_enable_aer(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);
 void adf_disable_aer(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);
 void adf_reset_sbr(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev);