Re: [PATCH v2 09/34] misc: xlink-pcie: lh: Add PCIe EPF driver for Local Host

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:48:29AM +0000, Thokala, Srikanth wrote:
> > > +{
> > > +	struct pci_epf_bar *epf_bar;
> > > +	bool bar_fixed_64bit;
> > > +	int ret, i;
> > > +
> > > +	for (i = BAR_0; i <= BAR_5; i++) {
> > > +		epf_bar = &epf->bar[i];
> > > +		bar_fixed_64bit = !!(epc_features->bar_fixed_64bit & (1 <<
> > i));
> > > +		if (bar_fixed_64bit)
> > > +			epf_bar->flags |= PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64;
> > > +		if (epc_features->bar_fixed_size[i])
> > > +			epf_bar->size = epc_features->bar_fixed_size[i];
> > > +
> > > +		if (i == BAR_2) {
> > > +			ret = intel_xpcie_check_bar(epf, epf_bar, BAR_2,
> > > +						    BAR2_MIN_SIZE,
> > > +						    epc_features->reserved_bar);
> > > +			if (ret)
> > > +				return ret;
> > > +		}
> > > +
> > > +		if (i == BAR_4) {
> > > +			ret = intel_xpcie_check_bar(epf, epf_bar, BAR_4,
> > > +						    BAR4_MIN_SIZE,
> > > +						    epc_features->reserved_bar);
> > > +			if (ret)
> > > +				return ret;
> > > +		}
> > 
> > Why do you need to check all of this?  Where is the data coming from
> > that could be incorrect?
> 
> PCI BAR attributes, as inputs, are coming from the PCIe controller driver
> through PCIe End Point Framework.  These checks are required to compare the 
> configuration this driver is expecting to the configuration coming from
> the PCIe controller driver.

So why do you not trust that information coming from the caller?
Shouldn't it always be correct as it already is validated by that
in-kernel caller?  Don't check for things you don't have to check for
because you control the code that calls this stuff.

thanks,

greg k-h