Re: [PATCH 03/14] cxl/mem: Find device capabilities

[Ben Widawsky]

On 21-02-01 13:51:16, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> 
> > On 21-01-30 15:51:49, David Rientjes wrote:
> > > On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > > 
> > > > +static int cxl_mem_setup_mailbox(struct cxl_mem *cxlm)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	const int cap = cxl_read_mbox_reg32(cxlm, CXLDEV_MB_CAPS_OFFSET);
> > > > +
> > > > +	cxlm->mbox.payload_size =
> > > > +		1 << CXL_GET_FIELD(cap, CXLDEV_MB_CAP_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* 8.2.8.4.3 */
> > > > +	if (cxlm->mbox.payload_size < 256) {
> > > > +		dev_err(&cxlm->pdev->dev, "Mailbox is too small (%zub)",
> > > > +			cxlm->mbox.payload_size);
> > > > +		return -ENXIO;
> > > > +	}
> > > 
> > > Any reason not to check cxlm->mbox.payload_size > (1 << 20) as well and 
> > > return ENXIO if true?
> > 
> > If some crazy vendor wanted to ship a mailbox larger than 1M, why should the
> > driver not allow it?
> > 
> 
> Because the spec disallows it :)

I don't see it being the driver's responsibility to enforce spec correctness
though. In certain cases, I need to use the spec, like I have to pick /some/
mailbox timeout. For other cases... 

I'm not too familiar with what other similar drivers may or may not do in
situations like this. The current 256 limit is mostly a reflection of that being
too small to even support advertised mandatory commands. So things can't work in
that scenario, but things can work if they have a larger register size (so long
as the BAR advertises enough space).