Re: [PATCH 2.6.8-rc2] sata_nv.c

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 12:08:22 EST


Andrew Chew wrote:
This patch updates the NVIDIA libata-based SATA driver to support the
CK804 SATA controller.

Please fix and resubmit:

1) [style] no need to explicitly init first enum to zero:

+typedef enum
+{
+ NFORCE2 = 0,
+ NFORCE3,
+ CK804
+} nv_host_type_t;


2) in Linux (and POSIX), 'struct foo' is preferred over 'foo_t':

+{
+ nv_host_type_t host_type;
+ unsigned long host_flags;
+ void (*enable_hotplug)(struct ata_probe_ent *probe_en
t);
+ void (*disable_hotplug)(struct ata_host_set *host_set
);
+ void (*check_hotplug)(struct ata_host_set *host_set);
+
+} nv_host_desc_t;


3) [style] single statements should not be enclosed by braces

+ if (host->host_desc->check_hotplug) {
+ host->host_desc->check_hotplug(host_set);
}
...
+ if (host->host_desc->host_flags & NV_HOST_FLAGS_SCR_MMIO) {
+ return readl(ap->ioaddr.scr_addr + (sc_reg * 4));
+ } else {
+ return inl(ap->ioaddr.scr_addr + (sc_reg * 4));
+ }
...
+ // Enable hotplug event interrupts.
+ if (host->host_desc->enable_hotplug) {
+ host->host_desc->enable_hotplug(probe_ent);
+ }

etc.


4) [leak] driver appears to be missing a ->host_free hook, to free your nv_host_t structure.

+ host = kmalloc(sizeof(nv_host_t), GFP_KERNEL);


5) [bug] check ioremap return value for failure (==NULL)

+ mmio_base = ioremap(pci_resource_start(pdev, 5),
+ pci_resource_len(pdev, 5));


6) [leak] probe_ent->mmio_base is not set for the MMIO case, therefore, iounmap() is never called for you by ata_pci_remove_one() [libata-core.c].


7) don't use host->scr_addr as a sly way to obtain your base address. Use host_set->mmio_base directly (casting from unsigned long if it's PIO rather than MMIO).


8) "avoid magic numbers". Avoid decimal or hexidecimal constants in actual code. Prefer to use macros/enums instead.

+ pci_read_config_byte(probe_ent->pdev, 0x50, &regval);
+ regval |= 0x04;
+ pci_write_config_byte(probe_ent->pdev, 0x50, regval);


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