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+/*
+ * This file is provided under a dual BSD/GPLv2 license.  When using or
+ * redistributing this file, you may do so under either license.
+ *
+ * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
+ *
+ * Copyright(c) 2008 - 2011 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution
+ * in the file called LICENSE.GPL.
+ *
+ * BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ * Copyright(c) 2008 - 2011 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ *   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *     distribution.
+ *   * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#if !defined(_ISCI_REQUEST_H_)
+#define _ISCI_REQUEST_H_
+
+#include "isci.h"
+
+/**
+ * struct isci_request_status - This enum defines the possible states of an I/O
+ *    request.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+enum isci_request_status {
+	unallocated = 0x00,
+	allocated   = 0x01,
+	started     = 0x02,
+	completed   = 0x03,
+	aborting    = 0x04,
+	aborted     = 0x05,
+	terminating = 0x06
+};
+
+enum task_type {
+	io_task  = 0,
+	tmf_task = 1
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct isci_request - This class represents the request object used to track
+ *    IO, smp and TMF request internal. It wraps the SCIC request object.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+struct isci_request {
+
+	struct scic_sds_request *sci_request_handle;
+
+	enum isci_request_status status;
+	enum task_type ttype;
+	unsigned short io_tag;
+	bool complete_in_target;
+
+	union ttype_ptr_union {
+		struct sas_task *io_task_ptr;   /* When ttype==io_task  */
+		struct isci_tmf *tmf_task_ptr;  /* When ttype==tmf_task */
+	} ttype_ptr;
+	struct isci_host *isci_host;
+	struct isci_remote_device *isci_device;
+	/* For use in the requests_to_{complete|abort} lists: */
+	struct list_head completed_node;
+	/* For use in the reqs_in_process list: */
+	struct list_head dev_node;
+	void *sci_request_mem_ptr;
+	spinlock_t state_lock;
+	dma_addr_t request_daddr;
+	dma_addr_t zero_scatter_daddr;
+
+	unsigned int num_sg_entries;                    /* returned by pci_alloc_sg */
+	unsigned int request_alloc_size;                /* size of block from dma_pool_alloc */
+
+	/** Note: "io_request_completion" is completed in two different ways
+	 * depending on whether this is a TMF or regular request.
+	 * - TMF requests are completed in the thread that started them;
+	 * - regular requests are completed in the request completion callback
+	 *   function.
+	 * This difference in operation allows the aborter of a TMF request
+	 * to be sure that once the TMF request completes, the I/O that the
+	 * TMF was aborting is guaranteed to have completed.
+	 */
+	struct completion *io_request_completion;
+};
+
+/**
+ * This function gets the status of the request object.
+ * @request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ *
+ * status of the object as a isci_request_status enum.
+ */
+static inline
+enum isci_request_status isci_request_get_state(
+	struct isci_request *isci_request)
+{
+	BUG_ON(isci_request == NULL);
+
+	/*probably a bad sign...	*/
+	if (isci_request->status == unallocated)
+		dev_warn(&isci_request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+			 "%s: isci_request->status == unallocated\n",
+			 __func__);
+
+	return isci_request->status;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * isci_request_change_state() - This function sets the status of the request
+ *    object.
+ * @request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ * @status: This Parameter is the new status of the object
+ *
+ */
+static inline enum isci_request_status isci_request_change_state(
+	struct isci_request *isci_request,
+	enum isci_request_status status)
+{
+	enum isci_request_status old_state;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	dev_dbg(&isci_request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+		"%s: isci_request = %p, state = 0x%x\n",
+		__func__,
+		isci_request,
+		status);
+
+	BUG_ON(isci_request == NULL);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&isci_request->state_lock, flags);
+	old_state = isci_request->status;
+	isci_request->status = status;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&isci_request->state_lock, flags);
+
+	return old_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * isci_request_change_started_to_newstate() - This function sets the status of
+ *    the request object.
+ * @request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ * @status: This Parameter is the new status of the object
+ *
+ * state previous to any change.
+ */
+static inline enum isci_request_status isci_request_change_started_to_newstate(
+	struct isci_request *isci_request,
+	struct completion *completion_ptr,
+	enum isci_request_status newstate)
+{
+	enum isci_request_status old_state;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	BUG_ON(isci_request == NULL);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&isci_request->state_lock, flags);
+
+	old_state = isci_request->status;
+
+	if (old_state == started) {
+		BUG_ON(isci_request->io_request_completion != NULL);
+
+		isci_request->io_request_completion = completion_ptr;
+		isci_request->status = newstate;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&isci_request->state_lock, flags);
+
+	dev_dbg(&isci_request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+		"%s: isci_request = %p, old_state = 0x%x\n",
+		__func__,
+		isci_request,
+		old_state);
+
+	return old_state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * isci_request_change_started_to_aborted() - This function sets the status of
+ *    the request object.
+ * @request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ * @completion_ptr: This parameter is saved as the kernel completion structure
+ *    signalled when the old request completes.
+ *
+ * state previous to any change.
+ */
+static inline enum isci_request_status isci_request_change_started_to_aborted(
+	struct isci_request *isci_request,
+	struct completion *completion_ptr)
+{
+	return isci_request_change_started_to_newstate(
+		       isci_request, completion_ptr, aborted
+		       );
+}
+/**
+ * isci_request_free() - This function frees the request object.
+ * @isci_host: This parameter specifies the ISCI host object
+ * @isci_request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ *
+ */
+static inline void isci_request_free(
+	struct isci_host *isci_host,
+	struct isci_request *isci_request)
+{
+	BUG_ON(isci_request == NULL);
+
+	/* release the dma memory if we fail. */
+	dma_pool_free(isci_host->dma_pool, isci_request,
+		      isci_request->request_daddr);
+}
+
+
+/* #define ISCI_REQUEST_VALIDATE_ACCESS
+ */
+
+#ifdef ISCI_REQUEST_VALIDATE_ACCESS
+
+static inline
+struct sas_task *isci_request_access_task(struct isci_request *isci_request)
+{
+	BUG_ON(isci_request->ttype != io_task);
+	return isci_request->ttype_ptr.io_task_ptr;
+}
+
+static inline
+struct isci_tmf *isci_request_access_tmf(struct isci_request *isci_request)
+{
+	BUG_ON(isci_request->ttype != tmf_task);
+	return isci_request->ttype_ptr.tmf_task_ptr;
+}
+
+#else  /* not ISCI_REQUEST_VALIDATE_ACCESS */
+
+#define isci_request_access_task(RequestPtr) \
+	((RequestPtr)->ttype_ptr.io_task_ptr)
+
+#define isci_request_access_tmf(RequestPtr)  \
+	((RequestPtr)->ttype_ptr.tmf_task_ptr)
+
+#endif /* not ISCI_REQUEST_VALIDATE_ACCESS */
+
+
+int isci_request_alloc_tmf(
+	struct isci_host *isci_host,
+	struct isci_tmf *isci_tmf,
+	struct isci_request **isci_request,
+	struct isci_remote_device *isci_device,
+	gfp_t gfp_flags);
+
+
+int isci_request_execute(
+	struct isci_host *isci_host,
+	struct sas_task *task,
+	struct isci_request **request,
+	gfp_t gfp_flags);
+
+/**
+ * isci_request_unmap_sgl() - This function unmaps the DMA address of a given
+ *    sgl
+ * @request: This parameter points to the isci_request object
+ * @*pdev: This Parameter is the pci_device struct for the controller
+ *
+ */
+static inline void isci_request_unmap_sgl(
+	struct isci_request *request,
+	struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	struct sas_task *task = isci_request_access_task(request);
+
+	dev_dbg(&request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+		"%s: request = %p, task = %p,\n"
+		"task->data_dir = %d, is_sata = %d\n ",
+		__func__,
+		request,
+		task,
+		task->data_dir,
+		sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto));
+
+	if ((task->data_dir != PCI_DMA_NONE) &&
+	    !sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto)) {
+		if (task->num_scatter == 0)
+			/* 0 indicates a single dma address */
+			dma_unmap_single(
+				&pdev->dev,
+				request->zero_scatter_daddr,
+				task->total_xfer_len,
+				task->data_dir
+				);
+
+		else  /* unmap the sgl dma addresses */
+			dma_unmap_sg(
+				&pdev->dev,
+				task->scatter,
+				request->num_sg_entries,
+				task->data_dir
+				);
+	}
+}
+
+
+void isci_request_io_request_complete(
+	struct isci_host *isci_host,
+	struct isci_request *request,
+	enum sci_io_status completion_status);
+
+u32 isci_request_io_request_get_transfer_length(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+SCI_IO_REQUEST_DATA_DIRECTION isci_request_io_request_get_data_direction(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+/**
+ * isci_request_io_request_get_next_sge() - This function is called by the sci
+ *    core to retrieve the next sge for a given request.
+ * @request: This parameter is the isci_request object.
+ * @current_sge_address: This parameter is the last sge retrieved by the sci
+ *    core for this request.
+ *
+ * pointer to the next sge for specified request.
+ */
+static inline void *isci_request_io_request_get_next_sge(
+	struct isci_request *request,
+	void *current_sge_address)
+{
+	struct sas_task *task = isci_request_access_task(request);
+	void *ret = NULL;
+
+	dev_dbg(&request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+		"%s: request = %p, "
+		"current_sge_address = %p, "
+		"num_scatter = %d\n",
+		__func__,
+		request,
+		current_sge_address,
+		task->num_scatter);
+
+	if (!current_sge_address)	/* First time through.. */
+		ret = task->scatter;    /* always task->scatter */
+	else if (task->num_scatter == 0) /* Next element, if num_scatter == 0 */
+		ret = NULL;              /* there is only one element. */
+	else
+		ret = sg_next(current_sge_address);     /* sg_next returns NULL
+							 * for the last element
+							 */
+
+	dev_dbg(&request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
+		"%s: next sge address = %p\n",
+		__func__,
+		ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+dma_addr_t isci_request_sge_get_address_field(
+	struct isci_request *request,
+	void *sge_address);
+
+u32 isci_request_sge_get_length_field(
+	struct isci_request *request,
+	void *sge_address);
+
+void *isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_cdb_address(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+u32 isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_cdb_length(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+u32  isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_lun(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+u32 isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_task_attribute(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+u32 isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_command_priority(
+	struct isci_request *request);
+
+
+
+
+
+void isci_terminate_pending_requests(
+	struct isci_host *isci_host,
+	struct isci_remote_device *isci_device,
+	enum isci_request_status new_request_state);
+
+
+
+
+#endif /* !defined(_ISCI_REQUEST_H_) */