Re: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86/amd/pmc: Fix fetching DRAM size mechanism

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On 10/9/2023 8:25 PM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On 10/9/2023 09:47, Shyam Sundar S K wrote:
>> amd_pmc_get_dram_size() is used to get the DRAM size information.
>> But in
>> the current code, mailbox command to get the DRAM size info is sent
>> based
>> on the values of dev->major and dev->minor.
>>
>> But dev->major and dev->minor will have either junk or zero assigned to
>> them until at least once a call to amd_pmc_get_smu_version() is made
>> which
>> ideally populates dev->major and dev->minor.
>>
>> Add a missing amd_pmc_get_smu_version() call to
>> amd_pmc_get_dram_size().
>>
>> Fixes: be8325fb3d8c ("platform/x86/amd: pmc: Get STB DRAM size from
>> PMFW")
>> Suggested-by: Sanket Goswami <Sanket.Goswami@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> based on review-ilpo, can be added on top of recent stb changes
> 
> Hmm, so this is actually going to mean that we end up with a round
> trip call to the SMU as part of probe to get the version when STB is
> initialized.
> 
> I think that's going to translate to a longer amd_pmc startup time,
> which could be problematic if a platform leaves STB enabled by default.
> 
> At a minimum I would suggest to only do the version check when it's
> one that needs it (IE AMD_CPU_ID_YC right now).  But otherwise this
> s2d initialization can't happen the first time it's used?

I remember the long boot time problems, but was not that confined to
only CZN based platforms?

Thanks,
Shyam

> 
>>
>>   drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
>> b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
>> index 1424c03c1f03..92adf4523736 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/pmc.c
>> @@ -981,6 +981,10 @@ static int amd_pmc_get_dram_size(struct
>> amd_pmc_dev *dev)
>>   {
>>       int ret;
>>   +    ret = amd_pmc_get_smu_version(dev);
>> +    if (ret)
>> +        return ret;
>> +
>>       switch (dev->cpu_id) {
>>       case AMD_CPU_ID_YC:
>>           if (!(dev->major > 90 || (dev->major == 90 && dev->minor >
>> 39))) {
> 



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