Re: [PATCH V4 11/26] iommu/amd: deprecate pci_get_bus_and_slot()

From: Gary R Hook
Date: Thu Jan 04 2018 - 11:29:07 EST


On 01/04/2018 06:25 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
On 12/19/2017 12:37 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
pci_get_bus_and_slot() is restrictive such that it assumes domain=0 as
where a PCI device is present. This restricts the device drivers to be
reused for other domain numbers.

Getting ready to remove pci_get_bus_and_slot() function in favor of
pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot().

Hard-code the domain number as 0 for the AMD IOMMU driver.

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> Any comments from the IOMMU people?
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pci_get_bus_and_slot() appears to (now) be a convenience function that wraps pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() while using a 0 for the domain value. Exactly what you are doing here, albeit in a more overt way.

How is this patch advantageous? Seems to me that if other domains need to be enabled, that driver could be changed if and when that requirement arises.

But perhaps I'm missing a nuance here.