Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] cxl/acpi: Extract component registers of restricted hosts from RCRB

From: Dan Williams
Date: Thu Nov 17 2022 - 12:22:07 EST


Robert Richter wrote:
> On 15.11.22 09:54:16, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Robert Richter wrote:
> > > On 14.11.22 13:30:01, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > Robert Richter wrote:
> > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> > > > > index ec178e69b18f..7a5bde81e949 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> > > > > @@ -307,3 +307,49 @@ int cxl_find_regblock(struct pci_dev *pdev, enum cxl_regloc_type type,
> > > > > return -ENODEV;
> > > > > }
> > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_find_regblock, CXL);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +resource_size_t cxl_rcrb_to_component(struct device *dev,
> > > > > + resource_size_t rcrb,
> > > > > + enum cxl_rcrb which)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + resource_size_t component_reg_phys;
> > > > > + u32 bar0, bar1;
> > > > > + void *addr;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (which == CXL_RCRB_UPSTREAM)
> > > > > + rcrb += SZ_4K;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * RCRB's BAR[0..1] point to component block containing CXL
> > > > > + * subsystem component registers. MEMBAR extraction follows
> > > > > + * the PCI Base spec here, esp. 64 bit extraction and memory
> > > > > + * ranges alignment (6.0, 7.5.1.2.1).
> > > > > + */
> > > >
> > > > A request_mem_region() is needed here to ensure ownership and expected
> > > > sequencing of accessing the RCRB to locate the component registers, and
> > > > accessing the RCRB to manipulate the component registers. It also helps
> > > > to sanity check that the BIOS mapped an exclusive range for the RCRB.
> > >
> > > Right, that is missing.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > + addr = ioremap(rcrb, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0 + SZ_8);
> > > >
> > > > That PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0 does not belong there. It ends up being benign
> > > > and forcing ioremap to map 12K instead of 8K, but it is a
> > > > config-register offset, not part of the RCRB size.
> > >
> > > Note this is BAR0 + 8 bytes, not 8k, and it does not map the whole
> > > RCRB region but instead the first part of the config space up to
> > > including the 64 bit BAR.
> >
> > Oh, sorry, yes, my mistake. However, there is not much value in mapping
> > less than 4K since all ioremap requests are rounded up to PAGE_SIZE.
> > Since an RCRB is only 4K per port lets just map the whole thing.
>
> I was going to keep the ranges small to avoid conflicts with other
> requests for the same page (though request_mem_region() was missing
> yet).

What else will be conflicting the RCRB? Linux has never accessed an RCRB
in the past as far as I can see. If there is a conflict then we may need
to move this mapping to the PCI core so that it is managed like other
mmconf space.