[PATCH 2.6.13] IOCHK interface for I/O error handling/detecting

[Hidetoshi Seto]

This patch implements IOCHK interfaces that enable PCI drivers to
detect error and make their error handling easier.

Please refer archives if you need, e.g. http://lwn.net/Articles/139240/

Thanks,
H.Seto

Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

 drivers/pci/pci.c           |    2 ++
 include/asm-generic/iomap.h |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.13/include/asm-generic/iomap.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.13.orig/include/asm-generic/iomap.h
+++ linux-2.6.13/include/asm-generic/iomap.h
@@ -65,4 +65,36 @@ struct pci_dev;
 extern void __iomem *pci_iomap(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar, unsigned long max);
 extern void pci_iounmap(struct pci_dev *dev, void __iomem *);

+/*
+ * IOMAP_CHECK provides additional interfaces for drivers to detect
+ * some IO errors, supports drivers having ability to recover errors.
+ *
+ * All works around iomap-check depends on the design of "iocookie"
+ * structure. Every architecture owning its iomap-check is free to
+ * define the actual design of iocookie to fit its special style.
+ */
+#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_IOMAP_CHECK
+/* Dummy definition of default iocookie */
+typedef int iocookie;
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Clear/Read iocookie to check IO error while using iomap.
+ *
+ * Note that default iochk_clear-read pair interfaces don't have
+ * any effective error check, but some high-reliable platforms
+ * would provide useful information to you.
+ * And note that some action may be limited (ex. irq-unsafe)
+ * between the pair depend on the facility of the platform.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_IOMAP_CHECK
+extern void iochk_init(void);
+extern void iochk_clear(iocookie *cookie, struct pci_dev *dev);
+extern int iochk_read(iocookie *cookie);
+#else
+static inline void iochk_init(void) {}
+static inline void iochk_clear(iocookie *cookie, struct pci_dev *dev) {}
+static inline int iochk_read(iocookie *cookie) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 #endif
Index: linux-2.6.13/drivers/pci/pci.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.13.orig/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ linux-2.6.13/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ static int __devinit pci_init(void)
 	while ((dev = pci_get_device(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, dev)) != NULL) {
 		pci_fixup_device(pci_fixup_final, dev);
 	}
+
+	iochk_init();
 	return 0;
 }


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