linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 19/26] cxl/pci: Add RCH downstream port AER register discovery

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Message-ID: <a83b46e2-62db-65bc-204a-7f67c6ee556e@amd.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:41:47 -0500
From:   Terry Bowman <Terry.Bowman@....com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        alison.schofield@...el.com, vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
        ira.weiny@...el.com, bwidawsk@...nel.org, dave.jiang@...el.com,
        Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rrichter@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 19/26] cxl/pci: Add RCH downstream port AER register
 discovery

Hi Dan,

I added a response inline below.

On 6/9/23 22:09, Dan Williams wrote:
> Terry Bowman wrote:
>> Restricted CXL host (RCH) downstream port AER information is not currently
>> logged while in the error state. One problem preventing the error logging
>> is the AER and RAS registers are not accessible. The CXL driver requires
>> changes to find RCH downstream port AER and RAS registers for purpose of
>> error logging.
>>
>> RCH downstream ports are not enumerated during a PCI bus scan and are
>> instead discovered using system firmware, ACPI in this case.[1] The
>> downstream port is implemented as a Root Complex Register Block (RCRB).
>> The RCRB is a 4k memory block containing PCIe registers based on the PCIe
>> root port.[2] The RCRB includes AER extended capability registers used for
>> reporting errors. Note, the RCH's AER Capability is located in the RCRB
>> memory space instead of PCI configuration space, thus its register access
>> is different. Existing kernel PCIe AER functions can not be used to manage
>> the downstream port AER capabilities and RAS registers because the port was
>> not enumerated during PCI scan and the registers are not PCI config
>> accessible.
>>
>> Discover RCH downstream port AER extended capability registers. Use MMIO
>> accesses to search for extended AER capability in RCRB register space.
>>
>> [1] CXL 3.0 Spec, 9.11.2 - System Firmware View of CXL 1.1 Hierarchy
>> [2] CXL 3.0 Spec, 8.2.1.1 - RCH Downstream Port RCRB
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/cxl/core/regs.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
>> index ba2b1763042c..dd6c3c898cff 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
>> @@ -408,6 +408,54 @@ int cxl_setup_regs(struct cxl_register_map *map)
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_setup_regs, CXL);
>>  
>> +static void __iomem *cxl_map_reg(struct device *dev, resource_size_t addr,
>> +				resource_size_t length)
>> +{
>> +	struct resource *res;
>> +
>> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(addr == CXL_RESOURCE_NONE))
>> +		return NULL;
>> +
>> +	res = request_mem_region(addr, length, dev_name(dev));
>> +	if (!res)
>> +		return NULL;
>> +
>> +	return ioremap(addr, length);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void cxl_unmap_reg(void __iomem *base, resource_size_t addr,
>> +			 resource_size_t length)
>> +{
>> +	iounmap(base);
>> +	release_mem_region(addr, length);
>> +}
> 
> Why redo the {request,release}_mem_region() and ioremap() vs handling
> this inside of the existing mapping of the RCRB in this function?

The intention was to follow the same pattern as existing {request,release} 
functions but doesn't make much sense with only one user in this case. I'll 
fold the {request,release} logic into cxl_rcrb_to_aer().

Regards,
Terry