Re: [PATCH v15 1/6] PCI: Clean up __pci_find_next_cap_ttl() readability

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Wed Aug 20 2025 - 07:37:03 EST


On Wed, 20 Aug 2025, Gerd Bayer wrote:

> On Wed, 2025-08-13 at 22:45 +0800, Hans Zhang wrote:
> > Refactor the __pci_find_next_cap_ttl() to improve code clarity:
> > - Replace magic number 0x40 with PCI_STD_HEADER_SIZEOF.
> > - Use ALIGN_DOWN() for position alignment instead of manual bitmask.
> > - Extract PCI capability fields via FIELD_GET() with standardized masks.
> > - Add necessary headers (linux/align.h).
> >
> > No functional changes intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hans Zhang <18255117159@xxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/pci.c | 9 +++++----
> > include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h | 3 +++
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > index b0f4d98036cd..40a5c87d9a6b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> > */
> >
> > #include <linux/acpi.h>
> > +#include <linux/align.h>
> > #include <linux/kernel.h>
> > #include <linux/delay.h>
> > #include <linux/dmi.h>
> > @@ -432,17 +433,17 @@ static u8 __pci_find_next_cap_ttl(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn,
> > pci_bus_read_config_byte(bus, devfn, pos, &pos);
> >
> > while ((*ttl)--) {
> > - if (pos < 0x40)
> > + if (pos < PCI_STD_HEADER_SIZEOF)
> > break;
> > - pos &= ~3;
> > + pos = ALIGN_DOWN(pos, 4);
> > pci_bus_read_config_word(bus, devfn, pos, &ent);
> >
> > - id = ent & 0xff;
> > + id = FIELD_GET(PCI_CAP_ID_MASK, ent);
> > if (id == 0xff)
> > break;
> > if (id == cap)
> > return pos;
> > - pos = (ent >> 8);
> > + pos = FIELD_GET(PCI_CAP_LIST_NEXT_MASK, ent);
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h b/include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h
> > index f5b17745de60..1bba99b46227 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h
> > @@ -207,6 +207,9 @@
> >
> > /* Capability lists */
> >
> > +#define PCI_CAP_ID_MASK 0x00ff /* Capability ID mask */
> > +#define PCI_CAP_LIST_NEXT_MASK 0xff00 /* Next Capability Pointer mask */
> > +
> > #define PCI_CAP_LIST_ID 0 /* Capability ID */
> > #define PCI_CAP_ID_PM 0x01 /* Power Management */
> > #define PCI_CAP_ID_AGP 0x02 /* Accelerated Graphics Port */
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> I like your approach to replace the magic numbers here. If you went
> further to replace the single pci_bus_read_config_word() with two
> single-byte reads at the appropriate places - for CAP_ID and
> CAP_LIST_NEXT - you could even go with the already existing offset
> defines PCI_CAP_LIST_ID and PCI_CAP_LIST_NEXT from pci_regs.h.
>
> But that might be a more intricate change and involves more HW accesses
> than what it's worth.

Hi,

As you noted, it'll be less efficient so it's undesirable to split the
read.

It's somewhat problematic that some of the defines in
include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h cannot be easily used efficiently with
multi-byte reads leading to use of literals in code.

IMO, adding the multi-byte masks like this Hans' change is IMO the correct
way to address it.

> So feel free to add my
> Reviewed-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks,
> Gerd
>

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