linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 24/34] arm_mpam: Probe and reset the rest of the features

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Message-ID: <268c2bdf-9eb5-4436-8f3c-40c9690d9322@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:54:22 -0800
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
To: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>, james.morse@....com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 24/34] arm_mpam: Probe and reset the rest of the
 features



On 11/17/25 09:00, Ben Horgan wrote:
> From: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> 
> MPAM supports more features than are going to be exposed to resctrl.
> For partid other than 0, the reset values of these controls isn't
> known.
> 
> Discover the rest of the features so they can be reset to avoid any
> side effects when resctrl is in use.
> 
> PARTID narrowing allows MSC/RIS to support less configuration space than
> is usable. If this feature is found on a class of device we are likely
> to use, then reduce the partid_max to make it usable. This allows us
> to map a PARTID to itself.
> 
> CC: Rohit Mathew <Rohit.Mathew@....com>
> CC: Zeng Heng <zengheng4@...wei.com>
> CC: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Tested-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Carl Worth <carl@...amperecomputing.com>
> Tested-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
> Tested-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>

Thanks.

-Fenghua