Re: [PATCH] 8250_pci.c: Only check for communication class in serial_pci_guess_board

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Jan 10 2019 - 04:36:30 EST


On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 04:12:12PM +0800, Guan Yung Tseng wrote:
> Some multiport serial cards, such as the NI PXI-8430/2, NI PXI-8430/8,
> and NI PXI-8432/4 use PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_OTHER and this fail the
> serial_pci_is_class_communication test added in the commit 7d8905d06405
> ("serial: 8250_pci: Enable device after we check black list").
>
> Since these devices are correctly listed in serial_pci_tbl, we
> shouldn't need to check the PCI class IDs. This change relocates the
> class checking solely into "serial_pci_guess_board" where it had been
> before so that the class-check doesn't hinder initialization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guan Yung Tseng <guan.yung.tseng@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 28 +++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> index 4986b4a..e33a869 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> @@ -3382,21 +3382,6 @@ static const struct pci_device_id blacklist[] = {
> { PCI_VDEVICE(COMMTECH, PCI_ANY_ID), },
> };
>
> -static int serial_pci_is_class_communication(struct pci_dev *dev)
> -{
> - /*
> - * If it is not a communications device or the programming
> - * interface is greater than 6, give up.
> - */
> - if ((((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_SERIAL) &&
> - ((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MULTISERIAL) &&
> - ((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MODEM)) ||
> - (dev->class & 0xff) > 6)
> - return -ENODEV;
> -
> - return 0;
> -}

Please leave this as a function, no need to move it inside another
function at this point in time.

> static int serial_pci_is_blacklisted(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> const struct pci_device_id *bldev;
> @@ -3427,6 +3412,15 @@ serial_pci_guess_board(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pciserial_board *board)
> int num_iomem, num_port, first_port = -1, i;
>
> /*
> + * If it is not a communications device or the programming
> + * interface is greater than 6, give up.
> + *
> + */
> + if ((((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_SERIAL) &&
> + ((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MODEM)) ||
> + (dev->class & 0xff) > 6)
> + return -ENODEV;
> + /*

what happened to the multiserial check?

You should just call the function here.

thanks,

greg k-h