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

Krzysztof Wilczyński kw at linux.com
Thu Feb 18 12:34:05 EST 2021


[...]
> > 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.

Krzysztof



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