Re: [PATCH v4 08/28] cxl/mem: Read dynamic capacity configuration from the device

Ira Weiny
2024-10-14T00:05:24Z

Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:16:14 -0500
> ira.weiny@intel.com wrote:
>
> > From: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@intel.com>
> >
> > Devices which optionally support Dynamic Capacity (DC) are configured
> > via mailbox commands. CXL 3.1 requires the host to issue the Get DC
> > Configuration command in order to properly configure DCDs. Without the
> > Get DC Configuration command DCD can't be supported.
> >
> > Implement the DC mailbox commands as specified in CXL 3.1 section
> > 8.2.9.9.9 (opcodes 48XXh) to read and store the DCD configuration
> > information. Disable DCD if DCD is not supported. Leverage the Get DC
> > Configuration command supported bit to indicate if DCD support.
> >
> > Linux has no use for the trailing fields of the Get Dynamic Capacity
> > Configuration Output Payload (Total number of supported extents, number
> > of available extents, total number of supported tags, and number of
> > available tags). Avoid defining those fields to use the more useful
> > dynamic C array.
> >
> > Cc: "Li, Ming" <ming4.li@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@intel.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> Looks fine to me. Trivial comment inline

Thanks.

> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
>
>
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > index e8907c403edb..0690b917b1e0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > +++ b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> ...
>
> > +/* See CXL 3.1 Table 8-164 get dynamic capacity config Output Payload */
> > +struct cxl_mbox_get_dc_config_out {
> > + u8 avail_region_count;
> > + u8 regions_returned;
> > + u8 rsvd[6];
> > + /* See CXL 3.1 Table 8-165 */
> > + struct cxl_dc_region_config {
> > + __le64 region_base;
> > + __le64 region_decode_length;
> > + __le64 region_length;
> > + __le64 region_block_size;
> > + __le32 region_dsmad_handle;
> > + u8 flags;
> > + u8 rsvd[3];
> > + } __packed region[];
>
> Could throw in a __counted_by I think?

I was not sure if this would work considering this is coming from the hardware.
From what I have read I think it will but only because the region count can't
be byte swapped.

Is this something we want to do with structs coming from hardware when we can?

Ira