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* [PATCH v3 0/2] Allow deferred execution of iomem_get_mapping()
@ 2021-07-29 23:32 Krzysztof Wilczyński
  2021-07-29 23:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] sysfs: Invoke iomem_get_mapping() from the sysfs open callback Krzysztof Wilczyński
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From: Krzysztof Wilczyński @ 2021-07-29 23:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bjorn Helgaas
  Cc: Dan Williams, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Daniel Vetter, Kees Cook,
	Pali Rohár, Oliver O'Halloran, linux-pci

Hello,

At the moment, the dependency on iomem_get_mapping() that is currently
used in the pci_create_resource_files() and pci_create_legacy_files()
stops us from completely retiring the late_initcall() that is used to
invoke pci_sysfs_init() when creating sysfs object for PCI devices.

This dependency on iomem_get_mapping() stops us from retiring the
late_initcall at the moment as when we convert dynamically added sysfs
objects, that are primarily added in the pci_create_resource_files() and
pci_create_legacy_files(), as these attributes are added before the VFS
completes its initialisation, and since most of the PCI devices are
typically enumerated in subsys_initcall this leads to a failure and an
Oops related to iomem_get_mapping() access.

See relevant conversations:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20210204165831.2703772-1-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch/
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20210313215747.GA2394467@bjorn-Precision-5520/

After some deliberation about the problem at hand, Dan Williams
suggested a solution to the problem, as per:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/CAPcyv4i0y_4cMGEpNVShLUyUk3nyWH203Ry3S87BqnDJE0Rmxg@mail.gmail.com/

The idea is to defer execution of the iomem_get_mapping() to only when
the sysfs open callback is run, and thus removing the reliance of
fs_initcalls to complete before any other sub-system that uses the
iomem_get_mapping().

Currently, the PCI sub-system will benefit the most from this change
allowing for it to complete the transition from dynamically created to
static sysfs objects.

This series aims to take Dan Williams' idea through the finish line.

Related to:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20210527205845.GA1421476@bjorn-Precision-5520/
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20210507102706.7658-1-danijel.slivka@amd.com/
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20200716110423.xtfyb3n6tn5ixedh@pali/

	Krzysztof

---
Changes in v3:
  Squashed first two patches from v2 into a single patch to resolve
  compile time issues.
  Carried over Dan Williams' review from v2 as there are no code or
  functional changes.

Changes in v2:
  Added "Signed-off-by" and "Reviewed-by" from Dan Williams as per his
  feedback.
  Added third patch that renames struct bin_attribute member "mapping"
  to "f_mapping" to keep the naming consistent with struct file.  N.B.
  this patch can definitely be dropped as the rename is not required for
  anything else to work.

Krzysztof Wilczyński (2):
  sysfs: Invoke iomem_get_mapping() from the sysfs open callback
  sysfs: Rename struct bin_attribute member to f_mapping

 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 6 +++---
 fs/sysfs/file.c         | 4 ++--
 include/linux/sysfs.h   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

-- 
2.32.0


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