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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:54:24 -0500
From: Frank Li <Frank.li@....com>
To: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] dt-bindings: PCI: dwc: Add 'msg' register region

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 05:24:01PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 12:52:52PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 11:02:02AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 03:37:30PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 05:47:26PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 02:13:37PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 06:30:48PM +0000, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 01:44:31AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 10:11:27AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Add an outbound iATU-capable memory-region which will be used to send PCIe
> > > > > > > > > message (such as PME_Turn_Off) to peripheral. So all platforms can use
> > > > > > > > > common method to send out PME_Turn_Off message by using one outbound iATU.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
> > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/snps,dw-pcie.yaml | 4 ++++
> > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/snps,dw-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/snps,dw-pcie.yaml
> > > > > > > > > index 022055edbf9e6..25a5420a9ce1e 100644
> > > > > > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/snps,dw-pcie.yaml
> > > > > > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/snps,dw-pcie.yaml
> > > > > > > > > @@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ properties:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > >              Outbound iATU-capable memory-region which will be used to access
> > > > > > > > >              the peripheral PCIe devices configuration space.
> > > > > > > > >            const: config
> > > > > > > > > +        - description:
> > > > > > > > > +            Outbound iATU-capable memory-region which will be used to send
> > > > > > > > > +            PCIe message (such as PME_Turn_Off) to peripheral.
> > > > > > > > > +          const: msg
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Note there is a good chance Rob won't like this change. AFAIR he
> > > > > > > > already expressed a concern regarding having the "config" reg-name
> > > > > > > > describing a memory space within the outbound iATU memory which is
> > > > > > > > normally defined by the "ranges" property. Adding a new reg-entry with
> > > > > > > > similar semantics I guess won't receive warm welcome.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I do think it is a bit questionable. Ideally, the driver could 
> > > > > > > just configure this on its own. However, since we don't describe all of 
> > > > > > > the CPU address space (that's input to the iATU) already, that's not 
> > > > > > > going to be possible. I suppose we could fix that, but then config space 
> > > > > > > would have to be handled differently too.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Sorry, I have not understand what your means. Do you means, you want
> > > > > > a "cpu-space", for example, 0x8000000 - 0x9000000 for all ATU. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Then allocated some space to 'config', 'io', 'memory' and this 'msg'.
> > > > > 
> > > > > @rob:
> > > > > 
> > > > >     So far, I think "msg" is feasilbe solution. Or give me some little
> > > > > detail direction?
> > > > 
> > > > Found the Rob' note about the iATU-space chunks utilized in the reg
> > > > property:
> > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/CAL_JsqLp7QVgxrAZkW=z38iB7SV5VeWH1O6s+DVCm9p338Czdw@mail.gmail.com/
> > > > 
> > > > So basically Rob meant back then that
> > > > either originally we should have defined a new reg-name like "atu-out"
> > > > with the entire outbound iATU CPU-space specified and unpin the
> > > > regions like "config"/"ecam"/"msg"/etc from there in the driver
> > > > or, well, stick to the chunking further. The later path was chosen
> > > > after the patch with the "ecam" reg-name was accepted (see the link
> > > > above).
> > > > 
> > > > Really ECAM/config space access, custom TLP messages, legacy interrupt
> > > > TLPs, etc are all application-specific features. Each of them is
> > > > implemented based on a bit specific but basically the same outbound
> > > > iATU engine setup. Thus from the "DT is a hardware description" point
> > > > of view it would have been enough to describe the entire outbound iATU
> > > > CPU address space and then let the software do the space
> > > > reconfiguration in runtime based on it' application needs.
> > > 
> > > There are "addr_space" in EP mode, which useful map out outbound iatu
> > > region. We can reuse this name.
> > > 
> > > To keep compatiblity, cut hole from 'config' and 'ranges'. If there are
> > > not 'config', we can alloc a 1M(default) from top for 'config', then, 4K
> > > (default) for msg, 64K( for IO if not IO region in 'ranges'), left is
> > > mem region. We can config each region size by module parameter or drvdata.
> > > 
> > > So we can deprecate 'config', even 'ranges'
> > 
> > Not sure I fully understand what you mean. In anyway the "config" reg
> > name is highly utilized by the DW PCIe IP-core instances. We can't
> > deprecate it that easily. At least the backwards compatibility must be
> > preserved. Moreover "addr_space" is also just a single value reg which
> > won't solve a problem with the disjoint DW PCIe outbound iATU memory
> > regions.
> > 
> > The "ranges" property is a part of the DT specification.  The
> > PCI-specific way of the property-based mapping is de-facto a standard
> > too. So this can't be deprecated.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > * Rob, correct me if am wrong.
> > > > 
> > > > On the other hand it's possible to have more than one disjoint CPU
> > > > address region handled by the outbound iATU (especially if there is no
> > > > AXI-bridge enabled, see XALI - application transmit client interfaces
> > > > in HW manual). Thus having a single reg-property might get to be
> > > > inapplicable in some cases. Thinking about that got me to an idea.
> > > > What about just extending the PCIe "ranges" property flags
> > > > (IORESOURCE_TYPE_BITS) with the new ones in this case indicating the
> > > > TLP Msg mapping? Thus we can avoid creating app-specific reg-names and
> > > > use the flag to define a custom memory range for the TLP messages
> > > > generation. At some point it can be also utilized for the config-space
> > > > mapping. What do you think?
> > > 
> > 
> > > IORESOURCE_TYPE_BITS is 1f, Only 5bit. If extend IORESOURCE_TYPE_BITS, 
> > > all IORESOURCE_* bit need move. And it is actual MEMORY regain. 
> > 
> > No. The lowest four bits aren't flags but the actual value. They are
> > retrieved from the PCI-specific memory ranges mapping:
> > https://elinux.org/Device_Tree_Usage#PCI_Address_Translation
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_64.c#L141
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device_32.c#L78
> 
> In dt: phys.hi cell: npt000ss bbbbbbbb dddddfff rrrrrrrr
> 
> of_bus_pci_get_flags() will parser (phys.hi) to resource flags. Even there
> are "000" in dt, we can use, but it need convert IORESOURCE_*, which have
> not reserve bit can be used for TLP.
> 
> we may call reserve_region_with_split() to split 4k region in mmio windows
> in dw_pcie_host_init(). 

By using resource_request() to reserve a region from IOMEMORY space. So
Needn't change dt binding. All changes are in dwc drivers.

If you have time, please check
https://lore.kernel.org/imx/20240213-pme_msg-v4-0-e2acd4d7a292@nxp.com/T/#t

Frank

> 
> So needn't change any dts file. 
> 
> Frank
> 
> > Currently only first four out of _sixteen_ values have been defined so
> > far. So we can freely use some of the free values for custom TLPs,
> > etc. Note the config-space is already defined by the ranges property
> > having the 0x0 space code (see the first link above), but it isn't
> > currently supported by the PCI subsystem. So at least that option can
> > be considered as a ready-to-implement replacement for the "config"
> > reg-name.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Or we can use IORESOURCE_BITS (0xff)
> > > 
> > > /* PCI ROM control bits (IORESOURCE_BITS) */
> > > #define IORESOURCE_ROM_ENABLE		(1<<0)	/* ROM is enabled, same as PCI_ROM_ADDRESS_ENABLE */
> > > #define IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW		(1<<1)	/* Use RAM image, not ROM BAR */
> > > 
> > > /* PCI control bits.  Shares IORESOURCE_BITS with above PCI ROM.  */
> > > #define IORESOURCE_PCI_FIXED		(1<<4)	/* Do not move resource */
> > > #define IORESOURCE_PCI_EA_BEI		(1<<5)	/* BAR Equivalent Indicator */
> > > 
> > > we can add
> > > 
> > > IORESOURCE_PRIV_WINDOWS			(1<<6)
> > > 
> > > I think previous method was more extendable. How do you think?
> > 
> > IMO extending the PCIe "ranges" property semantics looks more
> > promising, more flexible and more portable across various PCIe
> > controllers. But the most importantly is what Rob and Bjorn think
> > about that, not me.
> > 
> > -Serge(y)
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -Serge(y)
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Frank
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Frank
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Rob

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