Dear Jan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:00 PM
> To: Wang, Xiaoming
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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v5] modify the IO_TLB_SEGSIZE and
> IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE configurable as flexible requirement about SW-
> IOMMU.
>
> >>> On 05.03.15 at 09:52, <xiaoming.w...@intel.com> wrote:
> >> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:40 PM
> >> >>> On 05.03.15 at 04:53, <xiaoming.w...@intel.com> wrote:
> >> >> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.w...@oracle.com]
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:43 AM On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at
> >> >> 04:11:09PM +0800, Wang Xiaoming wrote:
> >> >> > @@ -101,13 +119,32 @@ setup_io_tlb_npages(char *str) {
> >> >> > if (isdigit(*str)) {
> >> >> > io_tlb_nslabs = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
> >> >> > - /* avoid tail segment of size < IO_TLB_SEGSIZE */
> >> >> > - io_tlb_nslabs = ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs,
> IO_TLB_SEGSIZE);
> >> >> > }
> >> >> > if (*str == ',')
> >> >> > ++str;
> >> >> > - if (!strcmp(str, "force"))
> >> >> > + if (!strncmp(str, "force", 5)) {
> >> >> > swiotlb_force = 1;
> >> >> > + str += 5;
> >> >> > + }
> >> >>
> >> >> So the format is now:
> >> >>
> >> >> Format: { <int> | force | <int> | <int>}
> >> >>
> >> >> which means I can do
> >> >> 32,22323,force
> >> >>
> >> >> Or
> >> >> force,32
> >> >>
> >> >> Or
> >> >> 32,force
> >> >>
> >> > If I use Format: { <int>,force,<int>,<int>} 32,22323,force can't
> >> > acceptable.
> >> > There are three <int> here, if there are out of order, that will
> >> > cause confuse.
> >> > Only 32,force,32323
> >> > Or 32,,32323,2322
> >> > Or ,,323222,3232
> >> > Are available.
> >>
> >> You need to make sure that all previously valid variants are still
> >> usable,
> > i.e.
> >> force alone, a number alone, force,<number> and <number>,force. How
> >> many variants you want to support with your additions is mostly up to
> >> you; I'd recommend permitting force in any position.
> >>
> > I don't think it's suitable to accept that "force" in any position.
> > If we defined Format: { <int>,force,<int>,<int>} "force" must be
> > located in second position.
> > And we add comment for each <int> also.
> > Every position may be defined specifically.
>
> As said, with the old format allowing force in either first or second
> position,
> you have to at least accept that in the new version too.
> Accepting force in any position would be a (desirable) courtesy to the user.
>
I have checked the code and do some test.
First "|" in Format means *or* in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
For example:
acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86]
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt }
acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
Format: { level | edge | high | low }
Second the code in lib/swiotlb.c can't realize the function that
"force" in either first or second position with the Format
swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
Format: { <int> | force }
<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
I test with parameter
BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += swiotlb=force,500
The result is io_tlb_nslabs=32768, swiotlb_force=0x0,
io_tlb_nslabs=32768 because that if io_tlb_nslabs can't get from
early_param("swiotlb", setup_io_tlb_npages);
It will be valued at swiotlb_init with default.
So both "<int>" and "force" can't recognized with original code below.
static int __init
setup_io_tlb_npages(char *str)
{
if (isdigit(*str)) {
io_tlb_nslabs = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
/* avoid tail segment of size < IO_TLB_SEGSIZE */
io_tlb_nslabs = ALIGN(io_tlb_nslabs, IO_TLB_SEGSIZE);
}
if (*str == ',')
++str;
if (!strcmp(str, "force"))
swiotlb_force = 1;
return 0;
}
early_param("swiotlb", setup_io_tlb_npages);
So we can't use Format: { <int> | force | <int> | <int>} any more
as there are four parameters.
Format: { <int>,force,<int>,<int>} is suitable I think.
And fixing "force" is follow the code design previously in setup_io_tlb_npages.
> Jan
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