[PATCH v2 2/2] arm_mpam: Update architecture version check for MPAM MSC
Ben Horgan
ben.horgan at arm.com
Fri May 8 02:56:17 PDT 2026
Hi again James and Zeng,
On 5/8/26 10:37, Ben Horgan wrote:
> 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)
This isn't correct. I missed that MPAM_ARCHITECTURE_V1 is 0x10 (which matches MPAMF_AIDR_ARCH_REV) and not 1.
Thanks,
Ben
> 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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