Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] iommu/dart: Exclude MSI doorbell from PCIe device IOVA range

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Fri Sep 17 2021 - 06:05:29 EST


On Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:55:53 +0100,
Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +config PCIE_APPLE_MSI_DOORBELL_ADDR
> > + hex
> > + default 0xfffff000
> > + depends on PCIE_APPLE
> > +
> > config PCIE_APPLE
> > tristate "Apple PCIe controller"
> > depends on ARCH_APPLE || COMPILE_TEST
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-apple.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-apple.c
> > index 1ed7b90f8360..76344223245d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-apple.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-apple.c
> > @@ -120,8 +120,10 @@
> > * The doorbell address is set to 0xfffff000, which by convention
> > * matches what MacOS does, and it is possible to use any other
> > * address (in the bottom 4GB, as the base register is only 32bit).
> > + * However, it has to be excluded from the the IOVA range, and the
> > + * DART driver has to know about it.
> > */
> > -#define DOORBELL_ADDR 0xfffff000
> > +#define DOORBELL_ADDR CONFIG_PCIE_APPLE_MSI_DOORBELL_ADDR
>
> I'm unsure if Kconfig is the right place for this. But if it is, these
> hunks should be moved earlier in the series (so the deletion gets
> squashed away of the hardcoded-in-the-C.)

I'd rather not doing that. There is a progression in the series, and
moving the value over to Kconfig is part of that progression.

Thanks,

M.

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