Re: [PATCH v4 08/28] cxl/mem: Read dynamic capacity configuration from the device

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 04:54:15PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:05:11 -0500
> Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > On Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:16:14 -0500
> > > ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >   
> > > > From: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > 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 support.
> > > > 
> > > > 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Co-developed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>  
> > > 
> > > Looks fine to me.  Trivial comment inline  
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > > > index e8907c403edb..0690b917b1e0 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h  
> > > ...
> > >   
> > > > +/* 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[];  
> > > 
> > > Could throw in a __counted_by I think?  
> > 
> > I was not sure if this would work considering this is coming from the hardware.
> > From what I have read I think it will but only because the region count can't
> > be byte swapped.
> 
> __counted_by_le() deals potentially larger values by just making
> the __counted_by go away on big endian architectures.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Is this something we want to do with structs coming from hardware when we can?
> 
> I think we still do.  Gustavo, Kees?

As long as "regions_returned" got correctly set by hardware before
anything in the kernel touches the "region" array, it can totally be
used by a __counted_by annotation.

-- 
Kees Cook




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