Re: [PATCH 14/22] platform/x86/intel/pmc: Add ACPI PWRM telemetry driver for Nova Lake S

Ilpo Järvinen
2026-03-17T16:25:06Z

On Thu, 12 Mar 2026, David E. Box wrote:

> Add an ACPI-based PMC PWRM telemetry driver for Nova Lake S. The driver
> locates PMT discovery data in _DSD under the Intel VSEC UUID, parses it,
> and registers telemetry regions with the PMT/VSEC framework so PMC
> telemetry is exposed via existing PMT interfaces.
>
> Export pmc_parse_telem_dsd() and pmc_find_telem_guid() to support ACPI
> discovery in other PMC drivers (e.g., ssram_telemetry) without duplicating
> ACPI parsing logic. Also export acpi_disc_t typedef from core.h for callers
> to properly declare discovery table arrays.
>
> Selected by INTEL_PMC_CORE. Existing PCI functionality is preserved.
>
> Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Kconfig | 14 ++
> drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.h | 12 +
> .../platform/x86/intel/pmc/pwrm_telemetry.c | 227 ++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 255 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pwrm_telemetry.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Kconfig
> index 0f19dc7edcf9..937186b0b5dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Kconfig
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config INTEL_PMC_CORE
> depends on ACPI
> depends on INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY
> select INTEL_PMC_SSRAM_TELEMETRY
> + select INTEL_PMC_PWRM_TELEMETRY
> help
> The Intel Platform Controller Hub for Intel Core SoCs provides access
> to Power Management Controller registers via various interfaces. This
> @@ -39,3 +40,16 @@ config INTEL_PMC_SSRAM_TELEMETRY
> (including sysfs).
>
> This option is selected by INTEL_PMC_CORE.
> +
> +config INTEL_PMC_PWRM_TELEMETRY
> + tristate
> + help
> + This driver discovers PMC PWRM telemetry regions described in ACPI
> + _DSD and registers them with the Intel VSEC framework as Intel PMT
> + telemetry devices.
> +
> + It validates the ACPI discovery data and publishes the discovered
> + regions so they can be accessed through the Intel PMT telemetry
> + interfaces (including sysfs).
> +
> + This option is selected by INTEL_PMC_CORE.
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Makefile
> index bb960c8721d7..fdbb768f7b09 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/Makefile
> @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_CORE) += intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.o
> # Intel PMC SSRAM driver
> intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry-y += ssram_telemetry.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_SSRAM_TELEMETRY) += intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry.o
> +intel_pmc_pwrm_telemetry-y += pwrm_telemetry.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_PWRM_TELEMETRY) += intel_pmc_pwrm_telemetry.o
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.h b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.h
> index 118c8740ad3a..284aced99f72 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.h
> @@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ int pmc_core_pmt_get_blk_sub_req(struct pmc_dev *pmcdev, struct pmc *pmc,
> extern const struct file_operations pmc_core_substate_req_regs_fops;
> extern const struct file_operations pmc_core_substate_blk_req_fops;
>
> +extern const guid_t intel_vsec_guid;

Please make sure type is available in this file, not only throught the C
file includes.

> +
> #define pmc_for_each_mode(mode, pmc) \
> for (unsigned int __i = 0, __cond; \
> __cond = __i < (pmc)->num_lpm_modes, \
> @@ -583,4 +585,14 @@ static const struct file_operations __name ## _fops = { \
> .release = single_release, \
> }
>
> +struct intel_vsec_header;
> +union acpi_object;
> +
> +/* Avoid checkpatch warning */
> +typedef u32 (*acpi_disc_t)[4];
> +
> +int pmc_parse_telem_dsd(union acpi_object *obj,
> + struct intel_vsec_header *header,
> + acpi_disc_t *acpi_disc);
> +union acpi_object *pmc_find_telem_guid(union acpi_object *dsd);
> #endif /* PMC_CORE_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pwrm_telemetry.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pwrm_telemetry.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..25ca6979c214
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/pwrm_telemetry.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Intel PMC PWRM ACPI driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2025, Intel Corporation
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/intel_vsec.h>
> +#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/resource.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/uuid.h>
> +
> +#include "core.h"
> +
> +#define ENTRY_LEN 5
> +
> +/* DWORD2 */
> +#define DVSEC_ID_MASK GENMASK(15, 0)

GENMASK() needs include too.

> +#define NUM_ENTRIES_MASK GENMASK(23, 16)
> +#define ENTRY_SIZE_MASK GENMASK(31, 24)
> +
> +/* DWORD3 */
> +#define TBIR_MASK GENMASK(2, 0)
> +#define DISC_TBL_OFF_MASK GENMASK(31, 3)
> +
> +const guid_t intel_vsec_guid =
> + GUID_INIT(0x294903fb, 0x634d, 0x4fc7, 0xaf, 0x1f, 0x0f, 0xb9,
> + 0x56, 0xb0, 0x4f, 0xc1);
> +
> +static bool is_valid_entry(union acpi_object *pkg)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + if (!pkg || pkg->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE || pkg->package.count != ENTRY_LEN)
> + return false;
> +
> + if (pkg->package.elements[0].type != ACPI_TYPE_STRING)
> + return false;
> +
> + for (i = 1; i < ENTRY_LEN; i++)
> + if (pkg->package.elements[i].type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
> + return false;
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +int pmc_parse_telem_dsd(union acpi_object *obj,
> + struct intel_vsec_header *header,
> + u32 (**acpi_disc)[4])
> +{
> + union acpi_object *vsec_pkg;
> + union acpi_object *disc_pkg;
> + u64 hdr0;
> + u64 hdr1;

u64 hdr0, hdr1;

> + int num_regions;
> + int i;
> +
> + if (!header)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!obj || obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE || obj->package.count != 2)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + /* First Package is DVSEC info */
> + vsec_pkg = &obj->package.elements[0];
> + if (!is_valid_entry(vsec_pkg))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + hdr0 = vsec_pkg->package.elements[3].integer.value;
> + hdr1 = vsec_pkg->package.elements[4].integer.value;
> +
> + header->id = FIELD_GET(DVSEC_ID_MASK, hdr0);
> + header->num_entries = FIELD_GET(NUM_ENTRIES_MASK, hdr0);
> + header->entry_size = FIELD_GET(ENTRY_SIZE_MASK, hdr0);
> + header->tbir = FIELD_GET(TBIR_MASK, hdr1);
> + header->offset = FIELD_GET(DISC_TBL_OFF_MASK, hdr1);
> +
> + /* Second Package contains the discovery tables */
> + disc_pkg = &obj->package.elements[1];
> + if (disc_pkg->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE || disc_pkg->package.count < 1)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + num_regions = disc_pkg->package.count;
> + if (header->num_entries != num_regions)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + *acpi_disc = kmalloc_array(num_regions, sizeof(**acpi_disc), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!*acpi_disc)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < num_regions; i++) {
> + union acpi_object *pkg;
> + u64 value;
> + int j;
> +
> + pkg = &disc_pkg->package.elements[i];
> + if (!is_valid_entry(pkg)) {
> + kfree(*acpi_disc);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + /* Element 0 is a descriptive string; DWORD values start at index 1. */
> + for (j = 1; j < ENTRY_LEN; j++) {
> + value = pkg->package.elements[j].integer.value;
> + if (value > U32_MAX) {
> + kfree(*acpi_disc);
> + return -ERANGE;
> + }
> +
> + (*acpi_disc)[i][j - 1] = value;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return 0;

Should this function return err ptrs instead?

Consider also using __free() + no_free_ptr().

> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(pmc_parse_telem_dsd, "INTEL_PMC_CORE");
> +
> +union acpi_object *pmc_find_telem_guid(union acpi_object *dsd)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + if (!dsd || dsd->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i + 1 < dsd->package.count; i += 2) {
> + union acpi_object *uuid_obj, *data_obj;
> + guid_t uuid;
> +
> + uuid_obj = &dsd->package.elements[i];
> + data_obj = &dsd->package.elements[i + 1];
> +
> + if (uuid_obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER ||
> + uuid_obj->buffer.length != 16)
> + continue;
> +
> + memcpy(&uuid, uuid_obj->buffer.pointer, 16);
> + if (guid_equal(&uuid, &intel_vsec_guid))
> + return data_obj;
> + }
> +
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(pmc_find_telem_guid, "INTEL_PMC_CORE");
> +
> +static int pmc_pwrm_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct acpi_buffer buf = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
> + acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&pdev->dev);
> + struct intel_vsec_header header;
> + struct intel_vsec_header *headers[2] = { &header, NULL };
> + struct intel_vsec_platform_info info = { };
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + struct resource *res;
> + u32 (*acpi_disc)[4];
> + union acpi_object *dsd;
> + acpi_status status;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (!handle)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_DSD", NULL, &buf);
> + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENODEV, "Could not evaluate _DSD: %s\n",
> + acpi_format_exception(status));

Braces.

> +
> + dsd = pmc_find_telem_guid(buf.pointer);
> + if (!dsd) {
> + ret = -ENODEV;
> + goto cleanup_acpi_buf;
> + }
> +
> + ret = pmc_parse_telem_dsd(dsd, &header, &acpi_disc);
> + if (ret)
> + goto cleanup_acpi_buf;
> +
> + res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, header.tbir);
> + if (!res) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto cleanup_acpi_disc;
> + }
> +
> + info.headers = headers;
> + info.caps = VSEC_CAP_TELEMETRY;
> + info.acpi_disc = acpi_disc;
> + info.src = INTEL_VSEC_DISC_ACPI;
> + info.base_addr = res->start;
> +
> + ret = intel_vsec_register(&pdev->dev, &info);
> +
> +cleanup_acpi_disc:
> + kfree(acpi_disc);
> +cleanup_acpi_buf:
> + ACPI_FREE(buf.pointer);

My impression is that these days kfree() is used directly.

Both look like they could use __free().

> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct acpi_device_id pmc_pwrm_acpi_ids[] = {
> + { "INTC1122", 0 }, /* Nova Lake */
> + { "INTC1129", 0 }, /* Nova Lake */
> + { }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, pmc_pwrm_acpi_ids);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver pmc_pwrm_acpi_driver = {
> + .probe = pmc_pwrm_acpi_probe,
> + .driver = {
> + .name = "intel_pmc_pwrm_acpi",
> + .acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(pmc_pwrm_acpi_ids),
> + },
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(pmc_pwrm_acpi_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("David E. Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel PMC PWRM ACPI driver");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_IMPORT_NS("INTEL_VSEC");
>

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