[PATCH v2 2/2] arm_mpam: Update architecture version check for MPAM MSC
Ben Horgan
ben.horgan at arm.com
Fri May 8 02:37:58 PDT 2026
Hi James and Zeng,
On 5/8/26 04:47, Zeng Heng wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> On 2026/5/8 10:26, Zeng Heng wrote:
>
>>> I think its simpler to rule out the unsupported combinations, something like:
>>> | static bool mpam_msc_check_aidr(struct mpam_msc *msc)
>>> | {
>>> | u32 rev;
>>> |
>>> | rev = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MPAMF_AIDR) & MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_REV;
>>> |
>>> | /*
>>> | * v0.0 and >v2.x aren't supported, but anything else should be backward
>>> | * compatible to v0.1 or v1.0.
>>> | */
>>> | if (!rev)
>>> | return false;
>>> | if (rev & MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MAJOR_REV > MPAM_ARCHITECTURE_V1)
>>> | return false;
>>> |
>
> Oops, after more complete version number testing, I found there's an
> operator precedence issue here. The correct fix is:
>
> if ((rev & MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MAJOR_REV) > MPAM_ARCHITECTURE_V1)
> return false;
>
> Note that '>' has higher precedence than '&'.
Isn't it better to use FIELD_GET()? We could also avoid creating MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_REV and use MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MAJOR_REV
and MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MINOR_REV directly to stop splitting the logic over two files. mpam_msc_check_aidr() could become:
static bool mpam_msc_check_aidr(struct mpam_msc *msc)
{
u32 aidr = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MPAMF_AIDR);
u32 major = FIELD_GET(MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MAJOR_REV, aidr);
u32 minor = FIELD_GET(MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_MINOR_REV, aidr);
/*
* v0.0 and >v2.x aren't supported, but anything else should be backward
* compatible to v0.1 or v1.0.
*/
if (!major && !minor)
return false;
if (major > MPAM_ARCHITECTURE_V1)
return false;
return true;
}
Thanks,
Ben
>
>
> With this fix included:
> Tested-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4 at huawei.com>
>
>
>>> | return true;
>>> | }
>>>
>>>> + if (!mpam_msc_check_aidr(msc)) {
>>>> + dev_err_once(dev, "MSC does not match MPAM architecture\n");
>>>> return -EIO;
>>>> }
>>>
>>> I'd like to keep the 'v1.x' in this message - this should help folk with old stable
>>> kernels running on new hardware work out why the feature isn't available.
>>> (assuming they have some documentation that says v2.0 in it!)
>>>
>>> I've rebased this with the above changes, which I'll post shortly for fixes.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Agreed. Keep the backward compatibility extension for versions
>> (compatible with v0.x(x>0) and 1.x), and remove the redundant
>> MPAM_ARCHITECTURE_Vx_x macro definitions.
>>
>> I've verified locally that everything works fine.
>>
>
>
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