[PATCH v2 1/3] PCI: endpoint: Define endpoint DMA BAR metadata format

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 02:36:57 EST


Define the BAR-resident metadata format used by endpoint functions that
expose an endpoint-integrated DMA controller to the host.

A VSEC-based discovery scheme would be a natural fit, and existing
dw-edma-pcie providers such as Synopsys EDDA and AMD/Xilinx MDB already
use VSECs for DMA discovery. However, some endpoint controllers cannot
provide enough writable configuration-space storage for a complete,
controller-defined payload. Keep the extensible metadata in a BAR
instead, where the endpoint function controls the layout and size.

The format describes the DMA register window, exported channel counts,
descriptor windows, optional auxiliary windows, endpoint-local descriptor
and auxiliary DMA addresses, and a ready bit that tells the host when the
described BAR windows are usable. Channel entries keep the auxiliary
window optional so layouts that need a separate data or auxiliary aperture
can describe it without a format bump.

Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 164 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2fb1c75afd16..416c8c063113 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -20508,6 +20508,7 @@ F: Documentation/PCI/endpoint/*
F: Documentation/misc-devices/pci-endpoint-test.rst
F: drivers/misc/pci_endpoint_test.c
F: drivers/pci/endpoint/
+F: include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h
F: tools/testing/selftests/pci_endpoint/

PCI ENHANCED ERROR HANDLING (EEH) FOR POWERPC
diff --git a/include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h b/include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c5fd7aab2101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LINUX_PCI_EP_DMA_H
+#define __LINUX_PCI_EP_DMA_H
+
+#include <linux/bits.h>
+
+/*
+ * BAR metadata format used by PCI endpoint functions that expose an
+ * endpoint-integrated DMA controller to a PCI host.
+ *
+ * Offsets are relative to the beginning of the metadata blob. Multi-byte
+ * fields are little-endian. The blob is normally placed at offset 0 of a
+ * function BAR selected by the endpoint function and discovered by the host
+ * driver using device-specific policy. Other data in the same BAR, such as a
+ * standard MSI-X table or PBA, is outside this metadata format.
+ *
+ * 31 0
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x000 | metadata magic |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * 31 16 15 8 7 0
+ * +-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
+ * +0x004 | metadata length | reserved | revision |
+ * +-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
+ * 31 30 29 27 26 19 18 11 10 3 2 0
+ * +--+--+--------+--------------+--------------+--------------+---+
+ * +0x008 |R |H |reserved| ch entry size| RD count | WR count |BAR|
+ * +--+--+--------+--------------+--------------+--------------+---+
+ * +0x00c | register window offset[31:0] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x010 | register window offset[63:32] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * 31 16 15 8 7 0
+ * +-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
+ * +0x014 | reserved | layout data | layout |
+ * +-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
+ * +0x018 | register window size |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x01c | write table |
+ * | ( channel table entries #0 ~ #N ) |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * | read table |
+ * | ( channel table entries #0 ~ #N ) |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ *
+ * metadata magic: PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_MAGIC.
+ * metadata length: byte size of the whole metadata blob.
+ * revision: metadata format revision.
+ * R: ready bit. Set when all BAR windows described by this metadata
+ * have been programmed and can be used by the host.
+ * H: host-request bit. Set by the host driver after it has found this
+ * metadata. The endpoint may use this as the trigger to program
+ * DMA window BAR subrange mappings.
+ * ch entry size: byte stride between consecutive channel table
+ * entries. Revision 1 requires at least
+ * PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_ENTRY_SIZE bytes.
+ * RD count: number of exposed RC-to-endpoint DMA read channels and
+ * read channel-table entries.
+ * WR count: number of exposed endpoint-to-RC DMA write channels and
+ * write channel-table entries.
+ * BAR: BAR that contains the DMA controller register window.
+ * register window offset: BAR-local byte offset of the DMA controller
+ * register window in BAR.
+ * register window size: DMA controller register window size in bytes.
+ * layout: DMA controller register layout identifier.
+ * layout data: layout-specific data. For
+ * PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_LAYOUT_DW_EDMA this is the
+ * DesignWare eDMA/HDMA map format.
+ * write table: starts at PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR_LEN if write channel
+ * count is non-zero.
+ * read table: starts at PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR_LEN plus the write
+ * table size if read channel count is non-zero.
+ *
+ *
+ * Channel table entry:
+ *
+ * 31 17 16 15 14 12 11 10 8 7 0
+ * +--------------------+--+--+-------+--+--------+----------------+
+ * +0x000 | reserved |A |rs|aux BAR|rs|desc BAR|hardware channel|
+ * +--------------------+--+--+-------+--+--------+----------------+
+ * +0x004 | descriptor window BAR offset[31:0] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x008 | descriptor window BAR offset[63:32] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x00c | descriptor window size |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x010 | descriptor DMA address[31:0] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x014 | descriptor DMA address[63:32] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x018 | auxiliary window BAR offset[31:0] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x01c | auxiliary window BAR offset[63:32] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x020 | auxiliary window size |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x024 | auxiliary DMA address[31:0] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ * +0x028 | auxiliary DMA address[63:32] |
+ * +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+ *
+ * A: auxiliary-window-valid bit. If clear, aux BAR and auxiliary
+ * window fields are ignored.
+ * aux BAR: BAR that contains the optional auxiliary window.
+ * desc BAR: BAR that contains the descriptor window.
+ * hardware channel: DMA controller's hardware channel number.
+ * Revision 1 entries are currently consumed in dense
+ * 0-based order.
+ * descriptor window BAR offset: BAR-local byte offset of the
+ * descriptor window in desc BAR.
+ * descriptor window size: descriptor window size in bytes.
+ * descriptor DMA address: endpoint-local address used by the DMA
+ * controller to fetch descriptors.
+ * auxiliary window BAR offset: BAR-local byte offset of the auxiliary
+ * window in aux BAR.
+ * auxiliary window size: auxiliary window size in bytes.
+ * auxiliary DMA address: endpoint-local address corresponding to the
+ * auxiliary window.
+ */
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_MAGIC 0x4d444550 /* "PEDM" */
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REV 0x1
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR_LEN 0x1c
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR 0x04
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR_REV GENMASK(7, 0)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_HDR_LEN_FIELD GENMASK(31, 16)
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL 0x08
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_REG_BAR GENMASK(2, 0)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_WR_CH_COUNT GENMASK(10, 3)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_RD_CH_COUNT GENMASK(18, 11)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_CH_ENTRY_SIZE GENMASK(26, 19)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_HOST_REQ BIT(30)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CTRL_READY BIT(31)
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_OFF_LO 0x0c
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_OFF_HI 0x10
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_LAYOUT 0x14
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_LAYOUT_ID GENMASK(7, 0)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_LAYOUT_DATA GENMASK(15, 8)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_SIZE 0x18
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_REG_LAYOUT_DW_EDMA 0x1
+
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_ENTRY_SIZE 0x2c
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_CTRL 0x00
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_CTRL_HW_CH GENMASK(7, 0)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_CTRL_DESC_BAR GENMASK(10, 8)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_CTRL_AUX_BAR GENMASK(14, 12)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_CTRL_AUX_VALID BIT(16)
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_DESC_OFF_LO 0x04
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_DESC_OFF_HI 0x08
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_DESC_SIZE 0x0c
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_DESC_ADDR_LO 0x10
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_DESC_ADDR_HI 0x14
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_AUX_OFF_LO 0x18
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_AUX_OFF_HI 0x1c
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_AUX_SIZE 0x20
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_AUX_ADDR_LO 0x24
+#define PCI_EP_DMA_METADATA_CH_AUX_ADDR_HI 0x28
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_PCI_EP_DMA_H */
--
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