Re: [PATCH v9 2/7] RAS/AMD/ATL: Refactor PRM address translation into a common helper

[Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 10:19:17PM -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 03:48:29PM -0400, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> > Every PRM address translation follows the same pattern. Each fills a
> > parameter buffer, invokes the handler, and checks the result. Only the
> > handler GUID and the output buffer differ.
> > 
> > Factor the common sequence into prm_umc_norm_to_addr().
> 
> And here your commit message ends. The rest is describing the diff.
> 

Okay.

> > -unsigned long prm_umc_norm_to_sys_addr(u8 socket_id, u64 bank_id, unsigned long addr)
> > +int prm_umc_norm_to_addr(guid_t guid, u8 socket_id, u64 bank_id,
> > +			 unsigned long addr, void *out_buf)
> 
> So if you're going to have a param buffer structure, you might as well use it:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ras/amd/atl/prm.c b/drivers/ras/amd/atl/prm.c
> index 3d5a6f5ae0a9..726464f31e10 100644
> --- a/drivers/ras/amd/atl/prm.c
> +++ b/drivers/ras/amd/atl/prm.c
> @@ -26,18 +26,11 @@ struct param_buf {
>  	void *out_buf;
>  } __packed;
>  
> -int prm_umc_norm_to_addr(guid_t guid, u8 socket_id, u64 bank_id,
> -			 unsigned long addr, void *out_buf)
> +static int __prm_umc_norm_to_addr(guid_t guid, struct param_buf *p)
>  {
> -	struct param_buf p_buf;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	p_buf.norm_addr = addr;
> -	p_buf.socket    = socket_id;
> -	p_buf.bank_id   = bank_id;
> -	p_buf.out_buf   = out_buf;
> -
> -	ret = acpi_call_prm_handler(guid, &p_buf);
> +	ret = acpi_call_prm_handler(guid, p);
>  	if (!ret)
>  		return 0;
>  
> @@ -52,9 +45,15 @@ int prm_umc_norm_to_addr(guid_t guid, u8 socket_id, u64 bank_id,
>  unsigned long prm_umc_norm_to_sys_addr(u8 socket_id, u64 bank_id, unsigned long addr)
>  {
>  	unsigned long sys_addr;
> +	struct param_buf p_buf = {
> +		.norm_addr = addr,
> +		.socket    = socket_id,
> +		.bank_id   = bank_id,
> +		.out_buf    = &sys_addr,
> +	};
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = prm_umc_norm_to_addr(norm_to_sys_guid, socket_id, bank_id, addr, &sys_addr);
> +	ret = __prm_umc_norm_to_addr(norm_to_sys_guid, &p_buf);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -- 

Right, it gets mostly there in the later patches:
  int prm_umc_norm_to_addr(guid_t guid, struct atl_umc_addr *addr, void *out_buf);

I'll do another revision with your proposal.

Thanks,
Yazen