[PATCH v4 10/10] arm_mpam: detect and enable MPAM-Fb PCC support

Andre Przywara andre.przywara at arm.com
Wed Jul 29 02:21:53 PDT 2026


Hi Ben,

On 7/29/26 10:56, Ben Horgan wrote:
> Hi Andre,
> 
> Just a couple of nits I spotted just now.

Ok, thanks, both fixed.

Cheers,
Andre

> 
> 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 at arm.com>
>> ---
>>   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
> 




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