Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: bt8xx: avoid a useless memset

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 05:25:53 EST


On Tue, 2020-07-28 at 10:05 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 27/07/2020 à 18:16, Joe Perches a écrit :
> > On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 09:09 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 15:51 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > > > Avoid a memset after a call to 'dma_alloc_coherent()'.
> > > > This is useless since
> > > > commit 518a2f1925c3 ("dma-mapping: zero memory returned from dma_alloc_*")
> > > []
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c
> > > []
> > > > @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ int btcx_riscmem_alloc(struct pci_dev *pci,
> > > > dprintk("btcx: riscmem alloc [%d] dma=%lx cpu=%p size=%d\n",
> > > > memcnt, (unsigned long)dma, cpu, size);
> > > > }
> > > > - memset(risc->cpu,0,risc->size);
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > >
> > > Likely NAK.
> > >
> > > This is not useless as risc->cpu may be reused
> > > and the alloc may not have been done.
> >
> > Perhaps a little rewrite for clarity:
> > ---
> > drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c
> > index 51257980f539..311f4ca2a108 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/btcx-risc.c
> > @@ -56,24 +56,26 @@ int btcx_riscmem_alloc(struct pci_dev *pci,
> > struct btcx_riscmem *risc,
> > unsigned int size)
> > {
> > - __le32 *cpu;
> > - dma_addr_t dma = 0;
> > -
> > - if (NULL != risc->cpu && risc->size < size)
> > - btcx_riscmem_free(pci,risc);
> > - if (NULL == risc->cpu) {
> > - cpu = pci_alloc_consistent(pci, size, &dma);
> > - if (NULL == cpu)
> > + if (risc->cpu && risc->size < size)
> > + btcx_riscmem_free(pci, risc);
> > +
> > + if (risc->cpu) {
> > + memset(risc->cpu, 0, risc->size);
> > + } else {
> > + dma_addr_t dma = 0;
> > +
> > + risc->cpu = pci_alloc_consistent(pci, size, &dma);
> > + if (!risc->cpu)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > - risc->cpu = cpu;
> > +
> > risc->dma = dma;
> > risc->size = size;
> >
> > memcnt++;
> > dprintk("btcx: riscmem alloc [%d] dma=%lx cpu=%p size=%d\n",
> > - memcnt, (unsigned long)dma, cpu, size);
> > + memcnt, (unsigned long)dma, risc->cpu, size);
> > }
> > - memset(risc->cpu,0,risc->size);
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> Looks good to me.
>
> Just note, that this will not apply after patch 1/2 is applied, because
> it turns pci_alloc_consistent() into dma_alloc_coherent().

Just a suggestion.

As it's dependent on your first patch, perhaps
you could make the appropriate change.