Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] RISC-V: sifive_l2_cache: Add L2 cache controller driver for SiFive SoCs

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On 5/7/19 2:48 AM, Yash Shah wrote:
> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 5:48 PM Andrew F. Davis <afd@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/6/19 6:48 AM, Yash Shah wrote:
>>> The driver currently supports only SiFive FU540-C000 platform.
>>>
>>> The initial version of L2 cache controller driver includes:
>>> - Initial configuration reporting at boot up.
>>> - Support for ECC related functionality.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yash Shah <yash.shah@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/riscv/include/asm/sifive_l2_cache.h |  16 +++
>>>  arch/riscv/mm/Makefile                   |   1 +
>>>  arch/riscv/mm/sifive_l2_cache.c          | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 192 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/sifive_l2_cache.h
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/mm/sifive_l2_cache.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sifive_l2_cache.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sifive_l2_cache.h
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..04f6748
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sifive_l2_cache.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>>> +/*
>>> + * SiFive L2 Cache Controller header file
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#ifndef _ASM_RISCV_SIFIVE_L2_CACHE_H
>>> +#define _ASM_RISCV_SIFIVE_L2_CACHE_H
>>> +
>>> +extern int register_sifive_l2_error_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>>> +extern int unregister_sifive_l2_error_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>>> +
>>> +#define SIFIVE_L2_ERR_TYPE_CE 0
>>> +#define SIFIVE_L2_ERR_TYPE_UE 1
>>> +
>>> +#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_SIFIVE_L2_CACHE_H */
>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/Makefile b/arch/riscv/mm/Makefile
>>> index eb22ab4..1523ee5 100644
>>> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/Makefile
>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/Makefile
>>> @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ obj-y += fault.o
>>>  obj-y += extable.o
>>>  obj-y += ioremap.o
>>>  obj-y += cacheflush.o
>>> +obj-y += sifive_l2_cache.o
>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/sifive_l2_cache.c b/arch/riscv/mm/sifive_l2_cache.c
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..4eb6461
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/sifive_l2_cache.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>> +/*
>>> + * SiFive L2 cache controller Driver
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 SiFive, Inc.
>>> + *
>>> + */
> [...]
>>> +
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>>> +static struct dentry *sifive_test;
>>> +
>>> +static ssize_t l2_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
>>> +                     size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>>> +{
>>> +     unsigned int val;
>>> +
>>> +     if (kstrtouint_from_user(data, count, 0, &val))
>>> +             return -EINVAL;
>>> +     if ((val >= 0 && val < 0xFF) || (val >= 0x10000 && val < 0x100FF))
>>
>> I'm guessing bit 16 is the enable and the lower 8 are some kind of
>> region to enable the error? This is probably a bad interface, it looks
>> useful for testing but doesn't provide any debugging info useful for
>> running systems. Do you really want userspace to be able to do this?
> 
> Bit 16 selects the type of ECC error (0=data or 1=directory error).
> The lower 8 bits toggles (corrupt) that bit index.
> Are you suggesting to remove this debug interface altogether or you
> want me to improve the current interface?
> Something like providing 2 separate debugfs files for data and
> directory errors. And create a separate 8-bit debugfs variable to
> select the bit index to toggle.
> 

I was suggesting to remove the whole thing. I don't see it being all
that useful, but it is up to you.

Andrew

> - Yash
> 
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> 



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