Re: [PATCH v3 03/15] iommu: Always register bus notifiers

[Baolu Lu]

On 2022/7/6 21:43, Robin Murphy wrote:
> On 2022-07-06 02:53, Baolu Lu wrote:
> > On 2022/7/6 01:08, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > >   /*
> > >    * Use a function instead of an array here because the domain-type 
> > > is a
> > >    * bit-field, so an array would waste memory.
> > > @@ -152,6 +172,10 @@ static int __init iommu_subsys_init(void)
> > >               (iommu_cmd_line & IOMMU_CMD_LINE_STRICT) ?
> > >                   "(set via kernel command line)" : "");
> > > +    /* If the system is so broken that this fails, it will WARN 
> > > anyway */
> >
> > Can you please elaborate a bit on this? iommu_bus_init() still return
> > errors.
>
> Indeed, it's commenting on the fact that we don't try to clean up or 
> propagate an error value further even if it did ever manage to return 
> one. I feared that if I strip the error handling out of iommu_bus_init() 
> itself on the same reasoning, we'll just get constant patches from the 
> static checker brigade trying to add it back, so it seemed like the 
> neatest compromise to keep that decision where it's obviously in an 
> early initcall, rather than in the helper function which can be viewed 
> out of context. However, I'm happy to either expand this comment or go 
> the whole way and make iommu_bus_init() return void if you think it's 
> worthwhile.

Thanks for the explanation. It would be helpful if the comment could be
expanded. In this case, after a long time, people will not consider it
an oversight. :-)

Best regards,
baolu

> Cheers,
> Robin.
>
> > > +    for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(iommu_buses); i++)
> > > +        iommu_bus_init(iommu_buses[i]);
> > > +
> > >       return 0;
> >
> > Best regards,
> > baolu