linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 08/27] cxl/mem: Read dynamic capacity configuration from the device

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Message-ID: <67225eb59d0ac_483142946d@iweiny-mobl.notmuch>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:28:37 -0500
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>
CC: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>, "Navneet
 Singh" <navneet.singh@...el.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, "Andrew
 Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, Alison Schofield
	<alison.schofield@...el.com>, Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	<linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kees Cook
	<kees@...nel.org>, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	<linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/27] cxl/mem: Read dynamic capacity configuration
 from the device

Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:34:43 -0500
> ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> 
> > From: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@...el.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 is supported.
> > 
> > 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@...el.com>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> > Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@...el.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> > Co-developed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> I'll assume you'll fix the typo the bot found.

Already done...  I did not realize my compiler was too old for this
feature.

FWIW:

/*
 * Optional: only supported since gcc >= 15
...

FC40 is still at 14.2.1...  :-/

Ira

> 
> > +
> > +/* 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[] __counted_by(regions_retunred);
> returned
> 
> > +	/* Trailing fields unused */
> > +} __packed;