[PATCH v3 07/29] arm_mpam: Add probe/remove for mpam msc driver and kbuild boiler plate

[Ben Horgan]

Hi James,

On 10/17/25 19:56, James Morse wrote:
> Probing MPAM is convoluted. MSCs that are integrated with a CPU may
> only be accessible from those CPUs, and they may not be online.
> Touching the hardware early is pointless as MPAM can't be used until
> the system-wide common values for num_partid and num_pmg have been
> discovered.
> 
> Start with driver probe/remove and mapping the MSC.
> 
> CC: Carl Worth <carl at os.amperecomputing.com>
> Tested-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
>  * Comment in Kconfig about why EXPERT.
>  * Dropped duplicate depends.
>  * Fixed duplicate return statement.
>  * Restructured driver probe to have a do_ function to allow breaks to be
>    return instead...
>  * Removed resctrl.h include, added spinlock.h
>  * Removed stray DT function prototype
>  * Removed stray PCC variables in struct mpam_msc.
>  * Used ccflags not cflags for debug define.
>  * Moved srcu header include to internal.h
>  * Moved mpam_msc_destroy() into this patch.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  * Avoid selecting driver on other architectrues.
>  * Removed PCC support stub.
>  * Use for_each_available_child_of_node_scoped() and of_property_read_reg()
>  * Clarified a comment.
>  * Stopped using mpam_num_msc as an id,a and made it atomic.
>  * Size of -1 returned from cache_of_calculate_id()
>  * Renamed some struct members.
>  * Made a bunch of pr_err() dev_err_ocne().
>  * Used more cleanup magic.
>  * Inlined a print message.
>  * Fixed error propagation from mpam_dt_parse_resources().
>  * Moved cache accessibility checks earlier.
>  * Change cleanup macro to use IS_ERR_OR_NULL().
> 
> Changes since RFC:
>  * Check for status=broken DT devices.
>  * Moved all the files around.
>  * Made Kconfig symbols depend on EXPERT
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig              |   1 +
>  drivers/Kconfig                 |   2 +
>  drivers/Makefile                |   1 +
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c       |   7 ++
>  drivers/resctrl/Kconfig         |  13 +++
>  drivers/resctrl/Makefile        |   4 +
>  drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c  | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h |  52 +++++++++
>  include/linux/acpi.h            |   2 +-
>  9 files changed, 271 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index c5e66d5d72cd..004d58cfbff8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -2025,6 +2025,7 @@ config ARM64_TLB_RANGE
>  
>  config ARM64_MPAM
>  	bool "Enable support for MPAM"
> +	select ARM64_MPAM_DRIVER if EXPERT	# does nothing yet
>  	select ACPI_MPAM if ACPI
>  	help
>  	  Memory System Resource Partitioning and Monitoring (MPAM) is an
> diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig
> index 4915a63866b0..3054b50a2f4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/Kconfig
> @@ -251,4 +251,6 @@ source "drivers/hte/Kconfig"
>  
>  source "drivers/cdx/Kconfig"
>  
> +source "drivers/resctrl/Kconfig"
> +
>  endmenu
> diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
> index 8e1ffa4358d5..20eb17596b89 100644
> --- a/drivers/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/Makefile
> @@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HTE)		+= hte/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL)		+= accel/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CDX_BUS)		+= cdx/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DPLL)		+= dpll/
> +obj-y				+= resctrl/
>  
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DIBS)		+= dibs/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_S390)		+= s390/
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> index 59712397025d..51c6f5fd4a5e 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c
> @@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ static int __init acpi_mpam_parse(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * acpi_mpam_count_msc() - Count the number of MSC described by firmware.
> + *
> + * Returns the number of of MSC, or zero for an error.
> + *
> + * This can be called before or in parallel with acpi_mpam_parse().
> + */

This comment can be added in the patch where you add the function,
acpi_mpam_count_msc().

>  int acpi_mpam_count_msc(void)
>  {
>  	struct acpi_table_header *table __free(acpi_table) = acpi_get_table_ret(ACPI_SIG_MPAM, 0);
[...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
> index 9d66421f68ff..70f075b397ce 100644
> --- a/include/linux/acpi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static inline struct acpi_table_header *acpi_get_table_ret(char *signature, u32
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>  	return table;
>  }
> -DEFINE_FREE(acpi_table, struct acpi_table_header *, if (!IS_ERR(_T)) acpi_put_table(_T))
> +DEFINE_FREE(acpi_table, struct acpi_table_header *, if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T)) acpi_put_table(_T))

Ah, you did make this change. Just ended up in the wrong patch.

>  
>  int acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler);
>  int __init_or_acpilib acpi_table_parse_entries(char *id,

-- 
Thanks,

Ben