Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] PCI/doe: Initial support PCI Data Object Exchange

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:31 AM Jonathan Cameron
<Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:45:49 -0700
> Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hey Jonathan, happy to see this, some comments below...
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Thanks for taking a look!
>
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:08 AM Jonathan Cameron
> > <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Introduced in an ECN to the PCI 5.0, DOE provides a config space
> > > based mailbox with standard protocol discovery.  Each mailbox
> > > is accessed through a DOE PCIE Extended Capability.
> > >
> > > A device may have 1 or more DOE mailboxes, each of which is allowed
> > > to support any number of protocols (some DOE protocols
> > > specifications apply additional restrictions).  A given protocol
> > > may be supported on more than one DOE mailbox on a given function.
> >
> > Are all those protocol instances shared?
> > I'm trying to mental model
> > whether, for example, an auxiliary driver instance could be loaded per
> > DOE mailbox, or if there would need to be coordination of a given
> > protocol no matter how many DOE mailboxes on that device implemented
> > that protocol.
>
> Just to check I've understood corectly, you mean multiple instances of same
> protocol across different DOE mailboxes on a given device?
>

Right.

> At DOE ECN level I don't think it is actually defined if they can
> interact or not.  I've trawled though the released protocols that I know of
> to see if there is a consensus but not finding much information.
>
> I would argue however that there would be no reason to have the OS make
> use of more than one DOE mailbox for the same protocol. Bit fiddly to
> handle, but doesn't seem impossible to only register a protocol with first
> DOE that supports it.
>
> CMA does talk about use of multiple methods to communicate with the device
> and the need for results consistency. However that is referring to out of
> band vs DOE rather than multiple DOEs.  Plus it isn't making statements
> about protocol coordination just responses to particular queries.
>
> Things might get crazy if you tried to do IDE setup from two different DOE
> mailboxes. The IDE ECN refers to "the specific instance of DOE used for..."
> implying I think that there might be multiple but software should only
> use one of them?
>
> My other gut feeling is that only some of the DOE mailboxes are ever going
> to be in the control of Linux. IDE calls out models where firmware or a TEE is
> responsible for it for example. I'm not sure how that is going to be communicated
> to the OS (can guess of course)
>
> Sub drivers are a plausible model that I'll think about some more - but
> for now it feels like too early to go that way..

Ok, fair enough.

>
> >
> > >
> > > The current infrastructure is fairly simplistic and pushes the burden
> > > of handling this many-to-many relantionship to the drivers. In many
> >
> > s/relantionship/relationship/
> >
> > > cases the arrangement will be static, making this straight forward.
> > >
> > > Open questions:
> > > * timeouts: The DOE specification allows for 1 second for some
> > >   operations, but notes that specific protocols may have different
> > >   requirements. Should we introduce the flexiblity now, or leave
> >
> > s/flexiblity/flexibility/
>
> Gah. One day I'll remember to spell check. Sorry about that.
>
> >
> > >   that to be implemented when support for such a protocol is added?
> >
> > If the timeout is property of the protocol then perhaps it should wait
> > and not be modeled at the transport level, but that's just an initial
> > reaction. I have not spent quality time with the DOE spec.
>
> I'm not sure it's possible to do so without breaking the abstraction of
> DOE request / response into a bunch of messy sub steps.  Perhaps there is
> a clean way of doing it but I can't immediately think of it.
>
> If a protocol comes along that varies the timeout we can just add
> a parameter to say what it is on a call by call basis.

Now that I've had a chance to take a look the spec seems to
unequivocally mandate the timeouts in "6.xx.1 Operation", where was
the per-protocol timeout implied?

> > > * DOE mailboxes may use MSI / MSIX to signal that the have prepared
> > >   a response. These require normal conditions are setup by the driver.
> > >   Should we move some of this into the DOE support (such as ensuring
> > >   bus mastering is enabled)?
> >
> > DOE support seems suitable to just be a library and leave the
> > host-device management to the host driver.
>
> Agreed.  Though might be worth some debug checks.
>
> Speaking from experience it's easy to spend half a day wondering why your
> interrupts aren't turning up (I was blaming QEMU) because bus mastering
> wasn't enabled.

Sure, no concern about validating assumptions in the library, but
leave control to the host.

> > > Testing conducted against QEMU using:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1612900760-7361-1-git-send-email-cbrowy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > + fix for interrupt flag mentioned in that thread.
> > >
> >
> > I came across this the other day and made me wonder about SPDM
> > emulation as another test case:
> >
> > https://cfp.osfc.io/media/osfc2020/submissions/ECQ88N/resources/An_open_source_SPDM_implementation_for_secure_devi_kmIgAQe.pdf
>
> Nice!  Looking at CMA / IDE emulation was on my todo list and that looks like
> it might make that job a lot easier.
>
> >
> >
> > > Additional testing to be done, particularly around error handling.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Anything not commented on should be in v2.
>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig      |   8 +
> > >  drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile     |   1 +
> > >  drivers/pci/pcie/doe.c        | 284 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/pcie-doe.h      |  35 +++++
> > >  include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h |  29 +++-
> > >  5 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile b/drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile
> > > index b2980db88cc0..801fdd5fbfc1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile
> > > @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_PME)                += pme.o
> > >  obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_DPC)         += dpc.o
> > >  obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_PTM)         += ptm.o
> > >  obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_EDR)         += edr.o
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_PCIE_DOE)         += doe.o
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/doe.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/doe.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..b091ef379362
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/doe.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > +/*
> > > + * Data Object Exchange was added to the PCI spec as an ECN to 5.0.
> >
> > Perhaps just put the ECN link here?
>
> It's by number so I've left the title here as well as a link.

Ok.

>
> >
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2021 Huawei
> > > + *     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> > > +#include <linux/delay.h>
> > > +#include <linux/jiffies.h>
> > > +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> > > +#include <linux/pci.h>
> > > +#include <linux/pcie-doe.h>
> > > +
> > > +static irqreturn_t doe_irq(int irq, void *data)
> > > +{
> > > +       struct pcie_doe *doe = data;
> > > +       struct pci_dev *pdev = doe->pdev;
> > > +       u32 val;
> > > +
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS, &val);
> > > +       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_INT_STATUS, val)) {
> > > +               pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS,
> > > +                                      val);
> > > +               complete(&doe->c);
> > > +               return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > > +       }
> > > +       /* Leave the error case to be handled outside irq */
> > > +       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val)) {
> > > +               complete(&doe->c);
> > > +               return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > > +       }
> >
> > Only one DOE command can be outstanding at a time per PCI device?
>
> No, unless I'm missing something, that is one command per DOE mailbox at a time.
> The completion is part of the pcie_doe structure, not the pci_dev.
> That represents a single DOE mailbox.
>
> There can be multiple commands in flight to multiple DOE mailboxes. Not clear
> that there ever will be in real use cases however.
>
> This comes up later wrt to async operation.  The mailbox only
> supports one request / response cycle at a time, they cannot be overlapped.

"6.xx.1 Operation" says "If a single DOE instance supports multiple
data object protocols, system firmware/software is permitted to
interleave requests/responses with different data object protocols."

...although I must say I don't understand how system software tracks
which response belongs to which request if the transactions are
interleaved.

> > This
> > seems insufficient in the multi-mailbox case / feels like there should
> > be a 'struct pcie_doe_request' object to track what it is to be
> > completed.
>
> No need for the complexity with one request / response in flight per
> mailbox at a time and each mailbox having separate state maintenance.

I think the workqueue proposal removes the need for pcie_doe_request,
but still allows for the possibility of interleaving requests.

>
> >
> > > +
> > > +       return IRQ_NONE;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int pcie_doe_abort(struct pcie_doe *doe)
> > > +{
> > > +       struct pci_dev *pdev = doe->pdev;
> > > +       int retry = 0;
> > > +       u32 val;
> > > +
> > > +       pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_CTRL,
> > > +                              PCI_DOE_CTRL_ABORT);
> > > +       /* Abort is allowed to take up to 1 second */
> > > +       do {
> > > +               retry++;
> > > +               pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS,
> > > +                                     &val);
> > > +               if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val) &&
> > > +                   !FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_BUSY, val))
> > > +                       return 0;
> > > +               usleep_range(1000, 2000);
> > > +       } while (retry < 1000);
> > > +
> > > +       return -EIO;
> >
> > What's the state of the mailbox after an abort failure?
>
> Good question.  I think the answer to that is dead device, reboot the machine
> or at least the device if you can do a hard enough slot reset.

...and hopefully that device is not part of an active interleave
otherwise a reset can take down "System RAM".

>
> The specification goes with...
> "It is strongly recommend that implementations ensure that the functionality
> of the DOE Abort bit is resilient, including that DOE Abort functionality is
> maintained even in cases where device firmware is malfunctioning"

Ok.

>
> So cross our fingers everyone obeys that strong recommendation or try to
> work out what to do?

What's the worst that can happen? </famous last words>

>
> >
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * pcie_doe_init() - Initialise a Data Object Exchange mailbox
> > > + * @doe: state structure for the DOE mailbox
> > > + * @pdev: pci device which has this DOE mailbox
> > > + * @doe_offset: offset in configuration space of the DOE extended capability.
> > > + * @use_int: whether to use the optional interrupt
> > > + * Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error
> > > + *
> > > + * Caller responsible for calling pci_alloc_irq_vectors() including DOE
> > > + * interrupt.
> > > + */
> > > +int pcie_doe_init(struct pcie_doe *doe, struct pci_dev *pdev, int doe_offset,
> > > +                 bool use_int)
> > > +{
> > > +       u32 val;
> > > +       int rc;
> > > +
> > > +       mutex_init(&doe->lock);
> > > +       init_completion(&doe->c);
> > > +       doe->cap_offset = doe_offset;
> > > +       doe->pdev = pdev;
> > > +       /* Reset the mailbox by issuing an abort */
> > > +       rc = pcie_doe_abort(doe);
> > > +       if (rc)
> > > +               return rc;
> > > +
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe_offset + PCI_DOE_CAP, &val);
> > > +
> > > +       if (use_int && FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_CAP_INT, val)) {
> > > +               rc = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev,
> >
> > Lets not hide devm semantics from the caller, so at a minimum this
> > function should be called pcim_pcie_doe_init() to indicate to the
> > caller that it has placed something into the devm stack. However, this
> > may not be convenient for the caller. I'd leave it to the user to call
> > a pcie_doe() unregister routine via devm_add_action_or_reset() if it
> > wants.
>
> >
> > Lastly, I don't expect _init() routines to fail so perhaps split this
> > into pure "init" and "register" functionality?
>
> I'm a bit doubtful on naming of register() but will go with that for v2.
>
> It's not registering with anything so that feels a bit wrong as a description
> for part 2 of setup.  Can leave that bike shedding for now though.
>

Ok, just searching for a name that implies symmetrical teardown
register/unregister, enable/disable, ... etc. init/deinit doesn't do
it for me.

> >
> > > +                                     pci_irq_vector(pdev,
> > > +                                                    FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_CAP_IRQ, val)),
> > > +                                     doe_irq, 0, "DOE", doe);
> > > +               if (rc)
> > > +                       return rc;
> > > +
> > > +               doe->use_int = use_int;
> > > +               pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe_offset + PCI_DOE_CTRL,
> > > +                                      FIELD_PREP(PCI_DOE_CTRL_INT_EN, 1));
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * pcie_doe_exchange() - Send a request and receive a response
> > > + * @doe: DOE mailbox state structure
> > > + * @request: request data to be sent
> > > + * @request_sz: size of request in bytes
> > > + * @response: buffer into which to place the response
> > > + * @response_sz: size of available response buffer in bytes
> > > + *
> > > + * Return: 0 on success, < 0 on error
> > > + * Excess data will be discarded.
> > > + */
> > > +int pcie_doe_exchange(struct pcie_doe *doe, u32 *request, size_t request_sz,
> > > +                     u32 *response, size_t response_sz)
> >
> > Are requests made against a specific protocol?
>
> Yes, but the descriptive header is very brea.
>
> >
> > This interface feels under-decorated for a public API for host-drivers to use.
>
> I'll see what I can come up with for v2.
> Likely to look something like
>
> int pcie_doe_exchange(struct pci_doe *doe, u16 vid, u8 type,
>                       u32 *request_pl, size_t request_pl_sz,
>                       u32 *response_pl, size_t response_pl_sz)

I was thinking something like 'struct pcie_doe_object' pointers rather
than u32 arrays.

>
> and return received length or negative on error.
>
> The disadvantage is that at least some of the specs just have the
> header as their first few DW.  So there isn't a clear distinction
> between header and payload. May lead to people getting offsets wrong
> in a way they wouldn't do if driver was responsible for building the
> whole message.

Aren't they more likely to get offsets wrong with u32 arrays rather
than data structures?

>
> >
> > > +{
> > > +       struct pci_dev *pdev = doe->pdev;
> > > +       int ret = 0;
> > > +       int i;
> > > +       u32 val;
> > > +       int retry = -1;
> > > +       size_t length;
> > > +
> > > +       /* DOE requests must be a whole number of DW */
> > > +       if (request_sz % sizeof(u32))
> > > +               return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +       /* Need at least 2 DW to get the length */
> > > +       if (response_sz < 2 * sizeof(u32))
> > > +               return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +       mutex_lock(&doe->lock);
> > > +       /*
> > > +        * Check the DOE busy bit is not set.
> > > +        * If it is set, this could indicate someone other than Linux is
> > > +        * using the mailbox.
> > > +        */
> >
> > Ugh, makes me think we need to extend the support for blocking pci
> > device MMIO while a driver is attached to config-space as well. How
> > can a communication protocol work if initiators can trample each
> > other's state?
>
> Agreed. It is crazy. At very least we need a means of saying
> keep your hands off this DOE to the OS.
>
> We can't do it on a per protocol basis, which was what I was previously
> thinking, because we can't call the discovery protocol to see what
> a given DOE is for.

I'm specifically thinking of a mechanism that blocks pci-sysfs from
initiating config-cycles if a driver has claimed that range.

However, these MCTP to DOE tunnels that the SPDM presentation alluded
to make me nervous as there is no protocol to prevent an OS driver
agent and an MCTP agent from clobbering each other.

>
> >
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS, &val);
> > > +       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_BUSY, val)) {
> > > +               ret = -EBUSY;
> > > +               goto unlock;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val)) {
> > > +               ret = pcie_doe_abort(doe);
> > > +               if (ret)
> > > +                       goto unlock;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       for (i = 0; i < request_sz / 4; i++)
> > > +               pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_WRITE,
> > > +                                      request[i]);
> > > +
> > > +       reinit_completion(&doe->c);
> > > +       pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_CTRL,
> > > +                              PCI_DOE_CTRL_GO);
> > > +
> > > +       if (doe->use_int) {
> > > +               /*
> > > +                * Timeout of 1 second from 6.xx.1 ECN - Data Object Exchange
> > > +                * Note a protocol is allowed to specify a different timeout, so
> > > +                * that may need supporting in future.
> > > +                */
> > > +               if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&doe->c,
> > > +                                                msecs_to_jiffies(1000))) {
> >
> > s/msecs_to_jiffies(1000)/HZ/
>
> huh. Missed that :)

Yeah, the shorthand that X*HZ == "X seconds worth of jiffies" is just
something I picked up from other drivers not explicit documentation.

>
> >
> > > +                       ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
> > > +                       goto unlock;
> > > +               }
> > > +
> > > +               pci_read_config_dword(pdev,
> > > +                                     doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS,
> > > +                                     &val);
> > > +               if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val)) {
> > > +                       pcie_doe_abort(doe);
> > > +                       ret = -EIO;
> > > +                       goto unlock;
> > > +               }
> > > +       } else {
> > > +               do {
> > > +                       retry++;
> > > +                       pci_read_config_dword(pdev,
> > > +                                             doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS,
> > > +                                             &val);
> > > +                       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val)) {
> > > +                               pcie_doe_abort(doe);
> > > +                               ret = -EIO;
> > > +                               goto unlock;
> > > +                       }
> > > +
> > > +                       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_DATA_OBJECT_READY, val))
> > > +                               break;
> > > +                       usleep_range(1000, 2000);
> > > +               } while (retry < 1000);
> > > +               if (!FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_DATA_OBJECT_READY, val)) {
> > > +                       ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
> > > +                       goto unlock;
> >
> > Rather than a lock and polling loop I'd organize this as a single
> > threaded delayed_workqueue that periodically services requests or
> > immediately runs the workqueue upon receipt of an interrupt. This
> > provides a software queuing model that can optionally be treated as
> > async / sync depending on the use case.
>
> Given it's single element in flight I don't think there is any benefit
> to enabling async.  The lock has to be held throughout anyway.
> It is always possible a particular caller wants to overlap this
> transaction with some other actions, but I'd rather put the burden
> on that clever caller which can spin this out to a thread of one type
> or another.
>
> We can revisit and split this in half if we have a user who benefits
> from the complexity.

I don't think it's complex. I think it's simpler to rationalize than
this pattern of taking a lock and going to sleep with the lock held.
You can eliminate the lock completely if the only access to a given
DOE is a single dedicated kthread. There are other examples of this
single-thread protocol handler pattern in the kernel, like libsas SMP
protocol.

> > > +               }
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       /* Read the first two dwords to get the length */
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ,
> > > +                             &response[0]);
> > > +       pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ, 0);
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ,
> > > +                             &response[1]);
> > > +       pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ, 0);
> > > +       length = FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_HEADER_2_LENGTH,
> > > +                          response[1]);
> > > +       if (length > SZ_1M)
>
> oops. That's exiting with mutex held. Fixed in v2.
>
> > > +               return -EIO;
> > > +
> > > +       for (i = 2; i < min(length, response_sz / 4); i++) {
> > > +               pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ,
> > > +                                     &response[i]);
> > > +               pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ, 0);
> > > +       }
> > > +       /* flush excess length */
> > > +       for (; i < length; i++) {
> > > +               pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ,
> > > +                                     &val);
> > > +               pci_write_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_READ, 0);
> > > +       }
> > > +       /* Final error check to pick up on any since Data Object Ready */
> > > +       pci_read_config_dword(pdev, doe->cap_offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS, &val);
> > > +       if (FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_STATUS_ERROR, val)) {
> > > +               pcie_doe_abort(doe);
> > > +               ret = -EIO;
> > > +       }
> > > +unlock:
> > > +       mutex_unlock(&doe->lock);
> > > +
> > > +       return ret;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +
> > > +static int pcie_doe_discovery(struct pcie_doe *doe, u8 *index, u16 *vid, u8 *protocol)
> > > +{
> > > +       u32 request[3] = {
> >
> > Should this be a proper struct with named fields rather than an array?
>
> Well the field names are going to end up as dw0 dw1 etc as there isn't a lot more
> meaningful to call them.  We also want to keep them as u32 values throughout to
> avoid fiddly packing manipulation on different endian machines.

The DOE object format has dedicated space for type and length.

If anything the endian issue is more reason to have a proper data structure.

>
> This becomes rather simpler when it's just the payload due to changes in the
> interface in v2.
>
> >
> > > +               [0] = FIELD_PREP(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_HEADER_1_VID, 0001) |
> > > +               FIELD_PREP(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_HEADER_1_TYPE, 0),
> > > +               [1] = FIELD_PREP(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_HEADER_2_LENGTH, 3),
> > > +               [2] = FIELD_PREP(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_DISC_REQ_3_INDEX, *index)
> > > +       };
> > > +       u32 response[3];
> > > +       int ret;
> > > +
> > > +       ret = pcie_doe_exchange(doe, request, sizeof(request), response, sizeof(response));
> > > +       if (ret)
> > > +               return ret;
> > > +
> > > +       *vid = FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_DISC_RSP_3_VID, response[2]);
> > > +       *protocol = FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_DISC_RSP_3_PROTOCOL, response[2]);
> > > +       *index = FIELD_GET(PCI_DOE_DATA_OBJECT_DISC_RSP_3_NEXT_INDEX, response[2]);
> > > +
> > > +       return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * pcie_doe_protocol_check() - check if this DOE mailbox supports specific protocol
> > > + * @doe: DOE state structure
> > > + * @vid: Vendor ID
> > > + * @protocol: Protocol number as defined by Vendor
> > > + * Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error
> > > + */
> > > +int pcie_doe_protocol_check(struct pcie_doe *doe, u16 vid, u8 protocol)
> >
> > Not clear to me that this is a comfortable API for a driver. I would
> > expect that at registration time all the supported protocols would be
> > retrieved and cached in the 'struct pcie_doe' context and then the
> > host driver could query from there without going back to the device
> > again.
>
> I'm not sure I follow.
>
> Any driver will fall into one of the following categories:
> a) Already knows what protocols are available on a
>    given DOE instance perhaps because that's a characteristic of the hardware
>    supported, in which case it has no reason to check (unless driver writer
>    is paranoid)
> b) It has no way to know (e.g. class driver), then it makes sense to query
>    the DOE instance to find out what protocols are available.

I was more thinking that the public interface is a protocol rather
than the raw DOE. So the library knows CDAT, SPDM, IDE... and drivers
never need to query the interface.

So this more of a question about where to draw the line of common code.

For example in the nfit driver there is usage of:

acpi_label_write()

...and:

acpi_evaluate_dsm()

...where the former abstracts the protocol and the latter is the raw
interface. Both can write to a label area, but only one is idiomatic.



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