[PATCH v9] PCI: Xilinx-NWL-PCIe: Added support for Xilinx NWL PCIe Host Controller

[Bharat Kumar Gogada]

> Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] PCI: Xilinx-NWL-PCIe: Added support for Xilinx NWL
> PCIe Host Controller
> 
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:40:49 +0000
> Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharat.kumar.gogada at xilinx.com> wrote:
> 
> > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:05:23 +0530
> > > Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharat.kumar.gogada at xilinx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Adding PCIe Root Port driver for Xilinx PCIe NWL bridge IP.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharatku at xilinx.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ravi Kiran Gummaluri <rgummal at xilinx.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > +
> > > > +#define MSI_ADDRESS				0xDEED0000
> > >
> > > How did you pick this value? What if it intersect with some actual RAM?
> > > What if a device actually does DMA to that location?
> > >
> > > Wouldn't it make sense to actually pick a real *device* address (hint:
> > > your MSI controller itself) for this purpose, as the device will
> > > never DMA there?
> > >
> > >
> > We have already mentioned in previous patch discussion, we don't have
> > any device address on our SOC for MSI, that's the reason we are
> > allocating a page for MSI in RAM. Since our memory write is consumed
> > by bridge and doesn't write to memory, you suggested to use some
> > random address,  so using some random address.
> 
> This is becoming painful.
> 
> - "write is consumed by bridge and doesn't write to memory": So why are
>   you using something that has a chance of actually being memory??? Are
>   you in the business of corrupting unsuspecting data?
> 
> - "we don't have any device address on our SOC for MSI": You have
>   plenty, and that's the whole of your device space. *All of it*. So
>   just take the base address of your PCIe controller, and be done with
>   it. Or your UART. Anything that cannot be DMA'ed to from a PCIe
>   device, and that is downstream of your PCIe bridge.
> 
Yes, PCIe controller base will be fine, will send next patch addressing this.