Re: [PATCH] cxl/core/regs.c: Skip Memory Space Enable check for RCD and RCH Ports

[Dave Jiang]

On 4/7/25 12:27 PM, Smita Koralahalli wrote:
> According to CXL r3.2 section 8.2.1.2, the PCI_COMMAND register fields,
> including Memory Space Enable bit, have no effect on the behavior of an
> RCD Upstream Port. Retaining this check may incorrectly cause
> cxl_pci_probe() to fail on a valid RCD upstream Port.
> 
> While the specification is explicit only for RCD Upstream Ports, this
> check is solely for accessing the RCRB, which is always mapped through
> memory space. Therefore, its safe to remove the check entirely. In
> practice, firmware reliably enables the Memory Space Enable bit for
> RCH Downstream Ports and no failures have been observed.
> 
> Removing the check simplifies the code and avoids unnecessary
> special-casing, while relying on BIOS/firmware to configure devices
> correctly. Moreover, any failures due to inaccessible RCRB regions
> will still be caught either in __rcrb_to_component() or while
> parsing the component register block.
> 
> The following failure was observed in dmesg when the check was present:
> 	cxl_pci 0000:7f:00.0: No component registers (-6)
> 
> Fixes: d5b1a27143cb ("cxl/acpi: Extract component registers of restricted hosts from RCRB")
> Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli <Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/regs.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> index 117c2e94c761..5ca7b0eed568 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
> @@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ resource_size_t __rcrb_to_component(struct device *dev, struct cxl_rcrb_info *ri
>  	resource_size_t rcrb = ri->base;
>  	void __iomem *addr;
>  	u32 bar0, bar1;
> -	u16 cmd;
>  	u32 id;
>  
>  	if (which == CXL_RCRB_UPSTREAM)
> @@ -603,7 +602,6 @@ resource_size_t __rcrb_to_component(struct device *dev, struct cxl_rcrb_info *ri
>  	}
>  
>  	id = readl(addr + PCI_VENDOR_ID);
> -	cmd = readw(addr + PCI_COMMAND);
>  	bar0 = readl(addr + PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0);
>  	bar1 = readl(addr + PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_1);
>  	iounmap(addr);
> @@ -618,8 +616,6 @@ resource_size_t __rcrb_to_component(struct device *dev, struct cxl_rcrb_info *ri
>  			dev_err(dev, "Failed to access Downstream Port RCRB\n");
>  		return CXL_RESOURCE_NONE;
>  	}
> -	if (!(cmd & PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY))
> -		return CXL_RESOURCE_NONE;
>  	/* The RCRB is a Memory Window, and the MEM_TYPE_1M bit is obsolete */
>  	if (bar0 & (PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_1M | PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO))
>  		return CXL_RESOURCE_NONE;