Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: intel-spi: Split intel-spi reading from writing

[Daniel Gutson]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:14 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 12:39:08PM -0300, Daniel Gutson wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 2:40 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 06:43:59PM -0300, Daniel Gutson wrote:
> > > > This patch separates the writing part of the intel-spi drivers
> > > > so the 'dangerous' part can be set/unset independently.
> > > > This way, the kernel can be configured to include the reading
> > > > parts of the driver which can be used without
> > > > the dangerous write operations that can turn the system
> > > > unbootable.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig     | 39 ++++++++++++---------
> > > >  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c | 12 +++++--
> > > >  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig
> > > > index 5c0e0ec2e6d1..491c755fea49 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -31,34 +31,41 @@ config SPI_INTEL_SPI
> > > >       tristate
> > > >
> > > >  config SPI_INTEL_SPI_PCI
> > > > -     tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver (DANGEROUS)"
> > > > +     tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver"
> > > >       depends on X86 && PCI
> > > >       select SPI_INTEL_SPI
> > > >       help
> > > > -       This enables PCI support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI controller in
> > > > -       master mode. This controller is present in modern Intel hardware
> > > > -       and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings. Using
> > > > -       this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS directly from Linux.
> > > > -
> > > > -       Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the
> > > > -       SPI flash may render the system unbootable.
> > > > +       This enables read only PCI support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI
> > > > +       controller in master mode. This controller is present in modern
> > > > +       Intel hardware and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings.
> > > > +       Using this driver it is possible to read the SPI chip directly
> > > > +       from Linux.
> > > >
> > > >         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
> > > >         will be called intel-spi-pci.
> > > >
> > > >  config SPI_INTEL_SPI_PLATFORM
> > > > -     tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash platform driver (DANGEROUS)"
> > > > +     tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash platform driver"
> > > >       depends on X86
> > > >       select SPI_INTEL_SPI
> > > >       help
> > > > -       This enables platform support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI
> > > > +       This enables read only platform support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI
> > > >         controller in master mode. This controller is present in modern
> > > > -       Intel hardware and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent
> > > > -       settings. Using this driver it is possible to upgrade BIOS
> > > > -       directly from Linux.
> > > > +       Intel hardware and is used to hold BIOS and other persistent settings.
> > > > +       Using this driver it is possible to read the SPI chip directly
> > > > +       from Linux.
> > > > +
> > > > +       To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
> > > > +       will be called intel-spi-pci.
> > > > +
> > > > +config SPI_INTEL_SPI_WRITE
> > > > +     bool "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash drivers write operations (DANGEROUS)"
> > > > +     depends on SPI_INTEL_SPI_PCI || SPI_INTEL_SPI_PLATFORM
> > > > +     help
> > > > +       This enables full read/write support for the Intel PCH/PCU SPI
> > > > +       controller.
> > > > +       Using this option it may be possible to upgrade BIOS directly
> > > > +       from Linux.
> > > >
> > > >         Say N here unless you know what you are doing. Overwriting the
> > > >         SPI flash may render the system unbootable.
> > > > -
> > > > -       To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
> > > > -       will be called intel-spi-platform.
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> > > > index b54a56a68100..8d8053395c3d 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> > > > @@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static int intel_spi_read_block(struct intel_spi *ispi, void *buf, size_t size)
> > > >       return 0;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_INTEL_SPI_WRITE
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > Please do not add #ifdef to .c files, that's not the proper kernel
> > > coding style at all, and just makes maintaining this file much much
> > > harder over time.
> > >
> > > Split things out into two different files if you really need to do this.
> >
> > What about the static functions that I'll need to turn non-static and
> > in a header file?
> > I mean, the functions that the functions in the new file will have to call.
> > Should I do that, turn static functions into non-static and declared
> > in a header file?
>
> No idea, but again, no #ifdefs in .c files like this, that is not the
> proper kernel coding style as it is not maintainable for the lifespan
> that we have to maintain code.

Is it acceptable to leave static functions unused and let the optimizer
remove them as DCE? This way I would just leave the writing functions
unused and just apply the macro to the struct of the callbacks.
Otherwise, I need to move a lot of static and private macros to the
.h to allow the new file use them.

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h



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