Re: [PATCH 1/2] USB:ehci:Add a whitelist for EHCI controllers

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 05:11:12PM +0800, Longfang Liu wrote:
> Some types of EHCI controllers do not have SBRN registers.
> By comparing the white list, the operation of reading the SBRN
> registers is skipped.
> 
> Subsequent EHCI controller types without SBRN registers can be
> directly added to the white list.
> 
> The current patch does not affect the drive function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Longfang Liu <liulongfang@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
> index 3c3820a..6a30afa 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ static inline bool is_bypassed_id(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	return !!pci_match_id(bypass_pci_id_table, pdev);
>  }
>  
> +static const struct usb_nosbrn_whitelist_entry {
> +	unsigned short vendor;
> +	unsigned short device;

u16 here please.

> +} usb_nosbrn_whitelist[] = {
> +	/* STMICRO ConneXT has no sbrn register */
> +	{PCI_VENDOR_ID_STMICRO, PCI_DEVICE_ID_STMICRO_USB_HOST},
> +	{}

trailing , please.

> +};
> +
> +static bool usb_nosbrn_whitelist_check(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> +{
> +	const struct usb_nosbrn_whitelist_entry *entry;
> +
> +	for (entry = usb_nosbrn_whitelist; entry->vendor; entry++) {
> +		if (pdev->vendor == entry->vendor &&
> +		    pdev->device == entry->device)
> +			return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * 0x84 is the offset of in/out threshold register,
>   * and it is the same offset as the register of 'hostpc'.
> @@ -288,10 +310,7 @@ static int ehci_pci_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Serial Bus Release Number is at PCI 0x60 offset */
> -	if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_STMICRO
> -	    && pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_STMICRO_USB_HOST)
> -		;	/* ConneXT has no sbrn register */
> -	else
> +	if (!usb_nosbrn_whitelist_check(pdev))

Doing this as a "negative" is hard to understand.  Should this just be:
	forbid_sbrn_read()
or something like that?

The term "whitelist" is not a good thing to use as it does not really
explain anything here.

thanks,

greg k-h