Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] arm_mpam: detect and enable MPAM-Fb PCC support
From: Ben Horgan
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 05:09:43 EST
Hi Andre,
Just a couple of nits I spotted just now.
On 7/23/26 16:54, Andre Przywara wrote:
> The Arm MPAM-Fb specification [1] describes a protocol to access MSC
> registers through a firmware interface. This requires a shared memory
> region to hold the message, and a mailbox to trigger the access.
> For ACPI this is wrapped as a PCC channel, described using existing
> ACPI abstractions.
>
> Add code to parse those PCC table descriptions associated with an MSC,
> and store the parsed information in the MSC struct.
> There can be multiple PCC channels, and each channel can serve multiple
> MSCs, so we need to keep track of the channel usage, using a list and
> a refcount.
> This will be used by the MPAM-Fb access wrapper code.
>
> [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0144/latest
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c | 6 +-
> drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> index 84963a20c3e7..ca9b8754ae5f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ static struct platform_device * __init acpi_mpam_parse_msc(struct acpi_mpam_msc_
> struct platform_device *pdev __free(platform_device_put) =
> platform_device_alloc("mpam_msc", tbl_msc->identifier);
> int next_res = 0, next_prop = 0, err;
> - /* pcc, nrdy, affinity and a sentinel */
> - struct property_entry props[4] = { 0 };
> + /* pcc, msc-id, nrdy, affinity and a sentinel */
> + struct property_entry props[5] = { 0 };
> /* mmio, 2xirq, no sentinel. */
> struct resource res[3] = { 0 };
> struct acpi_device *companion;
> @@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ static struct platform_device * __init acpi_mpam_parse_msc(struct acpi_mpam_msc_
> } else if (iface == MPAM_IFACE_PCC) {
> props[next_prop++] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("pcc-channel",
> tbl_msc->base_address);
> + props[next_prop++] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32("msc-id",
> + tbl_msc->identifier);
> }
>
> acpi_mpam_parse_irqs(pdev, tbl_msc, res, &next_res);
> diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
> index fea3161ffbe9..fc4b5f87fbe9 100644
> --- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
> +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
> @@ -19,14 +19,19 @@
> #include <linux/irqdesc.h>
> #include <linux/list.h>
> #include <linux/lockdep.h>
> +#include <linux/mailbox_client.h>
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> #include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/property.h>
> #include <linux/srcu.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/workqueue.h>
>
> +#include <acpi/pcc.h>
> +#include <acpi/acpi_io.h>
> +
> #include "mpam_internal.h"
>
> /* Values for the T241 errata workaround */
> @@ -49,6 +54,86 @@ static LIST_HEAD(mpam_all_msc);
>
> struct srcu_struct mpam_srcu;
>
> +/* PCC channels might be serving multiple MSCs, so keep a refcounted list. */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcc_chan_list_lock);
> +static LIST_HEAD(pcc_chan_list);
> +
> +static void mpam_pcc_chan_release(struct kref *ref)
> +{
> + struct mpam_pcc_chan *cur = container_of(ref, struct mpam_pcc_chan,
> + refcount);
> +
> + pcc_mbox_free_channel(cur->pcc_chan);
> + list_del(&cur->pcc_chans);
> + kfree(cur);
> +}
> +
> +static struct mpam_pcc_chan *mpam_pcc_chan_get(struct device *dev,
> + int subspace_id)
> +{
> + struct mpam_pcc_chan *cur;
> + int ret;
> +
> + guard(mutex)(&pcc_chan_list_lock);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(cur, &pcc_chan_list, pcc_chans) {
> + if (cur->subspace_id == subspace_id) {
> + kref_get(&cur->refcount);
> +
> + return cur;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + cur = kzalloc_obj(*cur);
> + if (!cur)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> + cur->pcc_cl.dev = dev;
> + cur->pcc_cl.tx_block = true;
> +
> + cur->pcc_chan = pcc_mbox_request_channel(&cur->pcc_cl, subspace_id);
> + if (IS_ERR(cur->pcc_chan)) {
> + long err = PTR_ERR(cur->pcc_chan);
> +
> + kfree(cur);
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> + }
> +
> + /* Timeout based on the "nominal latency" from the PCC ACPI table. */
> + cur->pcc_cl.tx_tout = cur->pcc_chan->latency * 5;
> +
> + ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &cur->pcc_chan_lock);
> + if (ret)
> + return ERR_PTR(ret);
> +
> + cur->subspace_id = subspace_id;
> + kref_init(&cur->refcount);
> +
> + list_add_tail(&cur->pcc_chans, &pcc_chan_list);
> +
> + return cur;
> +}
> +
> +static int mpam_pcc_chan_put(struct mpam_pcc_chan *pcc_chan)
> +{
> + struct mpam_pcc_chan *cur, *tmp;
> +
> + if (!pcc_chan)
> + return 0;
> +
> + guard(mutex)(&pcc_chan_list_lock);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &pcc_chan_list, pcc_chans) {
> + if (cur == pcc_chan) {
> + kref_put(&cur->refcount, mpam_pcc_chan_release);
> +
> + return 0;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return -ENOENT;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Number of MSCs that have been probed. Once all MSCs have been probed MPAM
> * can be enabled.
> @@ -2201,6 +2286,8 @@ static void mpam_msc_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct mpam_msc *msc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>
> + mpam_pcc_chan_put(msc->pcc_chan);
> +
> mutex_lock(&mpam_list_lock);
> mpam_msc_destroy(msc);
> mutex_unlock(&mpam_list_lock);
> @@ -2211,7 +2298,7 @@ static void mpam_msc_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> static struct mpam_msc *do_mpam_msc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> int err;
> - u32 tmp;
> + u32 pcc_subspace_id;
> struct mpam_msc *msc;
> struct resource *msc_res;
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> @@ -2259,7 +2346,8 @@ static struct mpam_msc *do_mpam_msc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (err)
> return ERR_PTR(err);
>
> - if (device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "pcc-channel", &tmp))
> + if (device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "pcc-channel",
> + &pcc_subspace_id))
> msc->iface = MPAM_IFACE_MMIO;
> else
> msc->iface = MPAM_IFACE_PCC;
> @@ -2275,6 +2363,41 @@ static struct mpam_msc *do_mpam_msc_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> }
> msc->mapped_hwpage_sz = msc_res->end - msc_res->start;
> msc->mapped_hwpage = io;
> + } else if (msc->iface == MPAM_IFACE_PCC) {
> + u32 msc_id;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "msc-id", &msc_id)) {
We have an existing local variable 'dev' we can use here...
> + pr_err("missing MPAM-Fb MSC identifier\n");
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> + }
> + msc->mpam_fb_msc_id = msc_id;
> +
> + msc->pcc_chan = mpam_pcc_chan_get(&pdev->dev, pcc_subspace_id);
and here.
> + if (IS_ERR(msc->pcc_chan)) {
> + pr_err("Failed to request MSC PCC channel\n");
> + return ERR_CAST(msc->pcc_chan);
> + }
> +
> + if (msc->pcc_chan->pcc_chan->shmem_size < MPAM_FB_MAX_MSG_SIZE) {
> + pr_err("MPAM-Fb PCC channel size too small.\n");
> + mpam_pcc_chan_put(msc->pcc_chan);
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + }
> + ret = mpam_fb_get_protocol_version(msc);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + pr_err("Cannot query MPAM-Fb protocol version.\n");
> + mpam_pcc_chan_put(msc->pcc_chan);
> +
> + /* ret is an MPAM-Fb error code, return a Linux one. */
> + return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
> + }
> + if ((ret >> 16) != 1) {
We can use FIELD_GET() to make this check clearer and to populate the error message just below.
> + pr_err("Incompatible MPAM-Fb protocol version %d.%d\n",
> + ret >> 16, ret & 0xffff);
> + mpam_pcc_chan_put(msc->pcc_chan);
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> + }
> } else {
> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> }
Thanks,
Ben