[PATCH v7 09/20] soc: mediatek: mtk-cmdq: Add pa_base parsing for hardware without subsys ID support

AngeloGioacchino Del Regno angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com
Thu Oct 9 04:35:50 PDT 2025


Il 27/08/25 13:37, Jason-JH Lin ha scritto:
> When GCE executes instructions, it typically locates the corresponding
> hardware register using the subsys ID. For hardware that does not
> support subsys ID, the subsys ID is set to an invalid value, and the
> physical address must be used to generate GCE instructions.
> 
> The main advantage of using subsys ID is to reduce the number of
> instructions. Without subsys ID, an additional `ASSIGN` instruction
> is needed to assign the high bytes of the physical address, which can
> impact performance if too many instructions are required. However, if
> the hardware does not support subsys ID, using the physical address
> is the only option to achieve the same functionality.
> 
> This commit adds a pa_base parsing flow to the cmdq_client_reg structure
> to handle hardware without subsys ID support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason-JH Lin <jason-jh.lin at mediatek.com>
> ---
>   drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
>   include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h  |  3 +++
>   2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c
> index 4b1591e5b1ae..41e1997cdd53 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>   #include <linux/module.h>
>   #include <linux/mailbox_controller.h>
>   #include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
>   #include <linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h>
>   
>   #define CMDQ_WRITE_ENABLE_MASK	BIT(0)
> @@ -60,20 +61,30 @@ int cmdq_dev_get_client_reg(struct device *dev,
>   			    struct cmdq_client_reg *client_reg, int idx)
>   {
>   	struct of_phandle_args spec;
> +	struct resource res;
>   	int err;
>   
>   	if (!client_reg)
>   		return -ENOENT;
>   

	err = of_address_to_resource( ... )
	if (err) {
		dev_err(....)
		return;
	}

after which:

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>

> +	if (of_address_to_resource(dev->of_node, 0, &res) != 0) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Missing reg in %s node\n", dev->of_node->full_name);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +	client_reg->pa_base = res.start;
> +
>   	err = of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(dev->of_node,
>   					       "mediatek,gce-client-reg",
>   					       3, idx, &spec);
>   	if (err < 0) {
> -		dev_warn(dev,
> +		dev_dbg(dev,
>   			"error %d can't parse gce-client-reg property (%d)",
>   			err, idx);
>   
> -		return err;
> +		/* make subsys invalid */
> +		client_reg->subsys = CMDQ_SUBSYS_INVALID;
> +
> +		return 0;
>   	}
>   
>   	client_reg->subsys = (u8)spec.args[0];
> diff --git a/include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h b/include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h
> index 5e3a0e807980..3699229a7375 100644
> --- a/include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
>   #define CMDQ_THR_SPR_IDX2	(2)
>   #define CMDQ_THR_SPR_IDX3	(3)
>   
> +#define CMDQ_SUBSYS_INVALID	(U8_MAX)
> +
>   struct cmdq_pkt;
>   
>   enum cmdq_logic_op {
> @@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ struct cmdq_operand {
>   
>   struct cmdq_client_reg {
>   	u8 subsys;
> +	phys_addr_t pa_base;
>   	u16 offset;
>   	u16 size;
>   };




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