linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxl/core/regs.c: Skip Memory Space Enable check for RCD and RCH Ports

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Message-ID: <1ea05918-73aa-4469-89da-f366844864a6@amd.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:47:24 -0500
From: "Bowman, Terry" <terry.bowman@....com>
To: Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
 Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
 Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
 Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>, Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/core/regs.c: Skip Memory Space Enable check for RCD
 and RCH Ports



On 4/7/2025 2:27 PM, Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> According to CXL r3.2 section 8.2.1.2, the PCI_COMMAND register fields,
> including Memory Space Enable bit, have no effect on the behavior of an
> RCD Upstream Port. Retaining this check may incorrectly cause
> cxl_pci_probe() to fail on a valid RCD upstream Port.
>
> While the specification is explicit only for RCD Upstream Ports, this
> check is solely for accessing the RCRB, which is always mapped through
> memory space. Therefore, its safe to remove the check entirely. In
> practice, firmware reliably enables the Memory Space Enable bit for
> RCH Downstream Ports and no failures have been observed.
>
> Removing the check simplifies the code and avoids unnecessary
> special-casing, while relying on BIOS/firmware to configure devices
> correctly. Moreover, any failures due to inaccessible RCRB regions
> will still be caught either in __rcrb_to_component() or while
> parsing the component register block.
>
> The following failure was observed in dmesg when the check was present:
> 	cxl_pci 0000:7f:00.0: No component registers (-6)
>
> Fixes: d5b1a27143cb ("cxl/acpi: Extract component registers of restricted hosts from RCRB")
> Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>