Re: [PATCH v2 07/22] PCI: ECAM: use ioremap_nopost() to map config region

[Will Deacon]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:49:35AM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> Current ECAM kernel implementation uses ioremap() to map the ECAM
> configuration space memory region; this is not safe in that on some
> architectures the ioremap interface provides mappings that allow posted
> write transactions. This, as highlighted in the PCIe specifications
> (4.0 - Rev0.3, "Ordering Considerations for the Enhanced Configuration
> Address Mechanism"), can create ordering issues for software because
> posted writes transactions on the CPU host bus are non posted in the
> PCI express fabric.
> 
> Update the ioremap() interface to use ioremap_nopost() whose
> mapping attributes guarantee that non-posted writes transactions
> are issued for memory writes within the ECAM memory mapped address
> region.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/ecam.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>

Will