Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Gen2 Scan test support

From: Joseph, Jithu
Date: Tue Sep 26 2023 - 21:48:07 EST




On 9/26/2023 3:20 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2023, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
>> On 9/25/2023 8:39 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023, Jithu Joseph wrote:
>>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>
>>>> - activate.rsvd = 0;
>>>> activate.delay = IFS_THREAD_WAIT;
>>>> activate.sigmce = 0;
>>>> - activate.start = 0;
>>>> - activate.stop = ifsd->valid_chunks - 1;
>>>> + to_start = 0;
>>>> + to_stop = ifsd->valid_chunks - 1;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (ifsd->generation) {
>>>> + activate.gen2.start = to_start;
>>>> + activate.gen2.stop = to_stop;
>>>> + } else {
>>>> + activate.gen0.start = to_start;
>>>> + activate.gen0.stop = to_stop;
>>>> + }
>>>
>>> Is it okay to not do activate.gen0.rsvd = 0 anymore? If you know it is, it
>>> would be nice to record that fact into the changelog so that it can be
>>> found in the history.
>>
>> I did test on a gen0 to check if there is a problem due to this (and it seemed fine).
>> I will make a note in changelog as you suggest
>
> Actually, I realized activate is a variable in stack and those bits are
> uninitilized without that assignment so don't remove it.
>

Ok, I will post a v3 with all the suggested changes in a few days ... Thanks for the review

Jithu