Re: [PATCH] staging: vc04_services: add vchiq_pagelist_info structure
From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Nov 10 2016 - 17:50:18 EST
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 07:41:27AM -0800, Michael Zoran wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-11-07 at 11:03 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 01:10:35AM -0700, Michael Zoran wrote:
> > > The current dma_map_sg based implementation for bulk messages
> > > computes many offsets into a single allocation multiple times in
> > > both the create and free code paths. This is inefficient,
> > > error prone and in fact still has a few lingering issues
> > > with arm64.
> > >
> > > This change replaces a small portion of that inplementation with
> > > new code that uses a new struct vchiq_pagelist_info to store the
> > > needed information rather then complex offset calculations.
> > >
> > > This improved implementation should be more efficient and easier
> > > to understand and maintain.
> > >
> > > Tests Run(Both Pass):
> > > vchiq_test -p 1
> > > vchiq_test -f 10
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Zoran <mzoran@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c | 223
> > > +++++++++++----------
> > > 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
> >
> > This doesn't apply to the tree anymore because of your previous patch
> > :(
> >
> > Can you refresh it and resend?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> OK, I resubmitted it.
>
> Once this patch gets applied 64-bit should be in decent shape. I'm not
> seeing any warnings or errors anymore and functional tests from a 64-
> bit OS look good.
>
> The only remaining issue that I know of is that it needs a 32-bit
> compatibility layer for the ioctls when running a 32-bit OS(Raspbian)
> on top of a 64-bit kernel.
Ok, let's turn off BROKEN for the module, and enable CONFIG_TEST and see
if the 0-day bot barfs all over it or not :)
thanks,
greg k-h