RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] PCI: imx6: Limit DBI register length for imx6qp pcie

[Richard Zhu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 1:34 AM
> To: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] PCI: imx6: Limit DBI register length for imx6qp pcie
> [...]
> > > Refer to commit 075af61c19cd ("PCI: imx6: Limit DBI register
> > > length"), i.MX6QP PCIe has the similar issue.
> > > Define the length of the DBI registers and limit config space to its
> > > length for i.MX6QP PCIe too.
> >
> > You could probably flip these two sentences around to make the commit
> > message read slightly better, so what about this (a suggestion):
> >
> > Define the length of the DBI registers and limit config space to its
> > length. This makes sure that the kernel does not access registers
> > beyond that point that otherwise would lead to an abort on a i.MX
> 6QuadPlus.
> >
> > See commit 075af61c19cd ("PCI: imx6: Limit DBI register length") that
> > resolves a similar issue on a i.MX 6Quad PCIe.
> [...]
> 
> If you do decide to send another version, then also use "PCIe" in the subject,
> rather than "pcie".  I forgot to mention this in the previous message,
> apologies.
> 
[Richard Zhu] Never mind. Thanks a lot for your comments.
Would issue another version a moment later.

Best Regards
Richard Zhu

> Krzysztof