[PATCH v7 9/9] PCI: endpoint: pci-ep-msi: Add embedded eDMA doorbell fallback

Koichiro Den den at valinux.co.jp
Sun Feb 15 08:38:47 PST 2026


Some endpoint platforms cannot use platform MSI / GIC ITS to implement
EP-side doorbells. In those cases, EPF drivers cannot provide an
interrupt-driven doorbell and often fall back to polling.

Add an "embedded" doorbell backend that uses a controller-integrated
doorbell target (e.g. DesignWare integrated eDMA interrupt-emulation
doorbell).

The backend locates the doorbell register and a corresponding Linux IRQ
via the EPC aux-resource API. If the doorbell register is already
exposed via a fixed BAR mapping, provide BAR+offset. Otherwise provide
the physical address so EPF drivers can map it into BAR space.

When MSI doorbell allocation fails with -ENODEV,
pci_epf_alloc_doorbell() falls back to this embedded backend.

Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den at valinux.co.jp>
---
 drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
index a42f69ad24ad..6e1524c2d891 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-msi.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Author: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>
  */
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -36,6 +37,82 @@ static void pci_epf_write_msi_msg(struct msi_desc *desc, struct msi_msg *msg)
 	pci_epc_put(epc);
 }
 
+static int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell_embedded(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
+{
+	const struct pci_epc_aux_resource *doorbell = NULL;
+	struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg *msg;
+	struct pci_epc *epc = epf->epc;
+	struct device *dev = &epf->dev;
+	int count, ret, i;
+	u64 addr;
+
+	count = pci_epc_get_aux_resources(epc, epf->func_no, epf->vfunc_no,
+					  NULL, 0);
+	if (count == -EOPNOTSUPP || count == 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	if (count < 0)
+		return count;
+
+	struct pci_epc_aux_resource *res __free(kfree) =
+				kcalloc(count, sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!res)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = pci_epc_get_aux_resources(epc, epf->func_no, epf->vfunc_no,
+					res, count);
+	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP || ret == 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	count = ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if (res[i].type == PCI_EPC_AUX_DOORBELL_MMIO) {
+			if (doorbell) {
+				dev_warn(dev,
+					 "Duplicate DOORBELL_MMIO resource found\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+			doorbell = &res[i];
+		}
+	}
+	if (!doorbell)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	msg = kcalloc(num_db, sizeof(*msg), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	addr = doorbell->phys_addr;
+
+	/*
+	 * Embedded doorbell backends (e.g. DesignWare eDMA interrupt emulation)
+	 * typically provide a single IRQ and do not offer per-doorbell
+	 * distinguishable address/data pairs. The EPC aux resource therefore
+	 * exposes one DOORBELL_MMIO entry (u.db_mmio.irq).
+	 *
+	 * Still, pci_epf_alloc_doorbell() allows requesting multiple doorbells.
+	 * For such backends we replicate the same address/data for each entry
+	 * and mark the IRQ as shared (IRQF_SHARED). Consumers must treat them
+	 * as equivalent "kick" doorbells.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < num_db; i++) {
+		msg[i].msg.address_lo = (u32)addr;
+		msg[i].msg.address_hi = (u32)(addr >> 32);
+		msg[i].msg.data = 0;
+		msg[i].virq = doorbell->u.db_mmio.irq;
+		msg[i].irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
+		msg[i].type = PCI_EPF_DOORBELL_EMBEDDED;
+		msg[i].bar = doorbell->bar;
+		msg[i].offset = (doorbell->bar == NO_BAR) ? 0 : doorbell->bar_offset;
+	}
+
+	epf->num_db = num_db;
+	epf->db_msg = msg;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell_msi(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
 {
 	struct pci_epf_doorbell_msg *msg;
@@ -110,6 +187,19 @@ int pci_epf_alloc_doorbell(struct pci_epf *epf, u16 num_db)
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fall back to embedded doorbell only when platform MSI is unavailable
+	 * for this EPC.
+	 */
+	if (ret != -ENODEV)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = pci_epf_alloc_doorbell_embedded(epf, num_db);
+	if (!ret) {
+		dev_info(dev, "Using embedded (DMA) doorbell fallback\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate doorbell: %d\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.51.0




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