This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
Signed-off-by: Nikunj Kela <[email protected]>
---
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 1 +
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index e7d97b59963b..b5957cc12fee 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -2914,6 +2914,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id scmi_of_match[] = {
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
{ .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
+ { .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc-param", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
{ .compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio", .data = &scmi_virtio_desc},
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
index 93272e4bbd12..e28387346d33 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
#include "common.h"
+#define lower32(x) ((u32)((x) & 0xffffffff))
+#define upper32(x) ((u32)(((u64)(x) >> 32) & 0xffffffff))
+
/**
* struct scmi_smc - Structure representing a SCMI smc transport
*
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@
* @inflight: Atomic flag to protect access to Tx/Rx shared memory area.
* Used when operating in atomic mode.
* @func_id: smc/hvc call function id
+ * @is_smc64: smc/hvc calling convention type 64 vs 32
+ * @param: physical address of the shmem channel
*/
struct scmi_smc {
@@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ struct scmi_smc {
#define INFLIGHT_NONE MSG_TOKEN_MAX
atomic_t inflight;
u32 func_id;
+ bool is_smc64;
+ phys_addr_t param;
};
static irqreturn_t smc_msg_done_isr(int irq, void *data)
@@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
+ scmi_info->param = res.start;
/*
* If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
* completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather than by
@@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
}
scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
+ scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
@@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
- arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ /*
+ * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
+ * two parameters
+ */
+ if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id,
+ lower32(scmi_info->param),
+ upper32(scmi_info->param),
+ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
+ else
+#endif
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, scmi_info->param,
+ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
/* Only SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED is valid error code */
if (res.a0) {
--
2.17.1
On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
> This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
> in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
> using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
Typo: distinguish.
It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more sense
to encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC parameters,
possibly as part of the function ID itself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikunj Kela <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
> index e7d97b59963b..b5957cc12fee 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
> @@ -2914,6 +2914,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id scmi_of_match[] = {
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
> { .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
> + { .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc-param", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
> { .compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio", .data = &scmi_virtio_desc},
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
> index 93272e4bbd12..e28387346d33 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>
> #include "common.h"
>
> +#define lower32(x) ((u32)((x) & 0xffffffff))
> +#define upper32(x) ((u32)(((u64)(x) >> 32) & 0xffffffff))
Cannot you use the existing lower_32_bits and upper_32_bits macros from
kernel.h here?
> +
> /**
> * struct scmi_smc - Structure representing a SCMI smc transport
> *
> @@ -30,6 +33,8 @@
> * @inflight: Atomic flag to protect access to Tx/Rx shared memory area.
> * Used when operating in atomic mode.
> * @func_id: smc/hvc call function id
> + * @is_smc64: smc/hvc calling convention type 64 vs 32
> + * @param: physical address of the shmem channel
> */
>
> struct scmi_smc {
> @@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ struct scmi_smc {
> #define INFLIGHT_NONE MSG_TOKEN_MAX
> atomic_t inflight;
> u32 func_id;
> + bool is_smc64;
> + phys_addr_t param;
> };
>
> static irqreturn_t smc_msg_done_isr(int irq, void *data)
> @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
> + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
> + scmi_info->param = res.start;
There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the kernel's
view of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a security hole,
too. Your hypervisor presumably needs to have carved out some amount of
memory in order for the messages to be written to/read from, and so
would the VM kernel, so eventually we should have a 'reserved-memory'
entry of some sort, no?
> /*
> * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
> * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather than by
> @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
> }
>
> scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
> + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
> scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
> smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
> cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
> @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>
> shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
>
> - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
> + /*
> + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
> + * two parameters
> + */
> + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the func_id
here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the parameters
region in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you are
guaranteed to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR
virtualization and LPAE are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
> + arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id,
> + lower32(scmi_info->param),
> + upper32(scmi_info->param),
> + 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
> + else
> +#endif
> + arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, scmi_info->param,
> + 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
>
> /* Only SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED is valid error code */
> if (res.a0) {
--
Florian
On 4/17/2023 11:01 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>> This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
>> in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
>> using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
>
> Typo: distinguish.
>
Will fix it.
> It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more
> sense to encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC
> parameters, possibly as part of the function ID itself.
smc-id(func-id) is 32 bit long and the spec doesn't define any such
provisions in it. Having said that, there are optional parameters as
session-id and client-id(secureOS-id) that can be passed in w6/r6 and
w7/r7 registers. If maintainers are OK to use dtb to pass them instead,
I can rework the patches.
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikunj Kela <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 1 +
>> drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
>> b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
>> index e7d97b59963b..b5957cc12fee 100644
>> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
>> @@ -2914,6 +2914,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id
>> scmi_of_match[] = {
>> #endif
>> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
>> { .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
>> + { .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc-param", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
>> #endif
>> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
>> { .compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio", .data = &scmi_virtio_desc},
>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
>> b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
>> index 93272e4bbd12..e28387346d33 100644
>> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/smc.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>> #include "common.h"
>> +#define lower32(x) ((u32)((x) & 0xffffffff))
>> +#define upper32(x) ((u32)(((u64)(x) >> 32) & 0xffffffff))
>
> Cannot you use the existing lower_32_bits and upper_32_bits macros
> from kernel.h here?
>
>> +
>> /**
>> * struct scmi_smc - Structure representing a SCMI smc transport
>> *
>> @@ -30,6 +33,8 @@
>> * @inflight: Atomic flag to protect access to Tx/Rx shared memory
>> area.
>> * Used when operating in atomic mode.
>> * @func_id: smc/hvc call function id
>> + * @is_smc64: smc/hvc calling convention type 64 vs 32
>> + * @param: physical address of the shmem channel
>> */
>> struct scmi_smc {
>> @@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ struct scmi_smc {
>> #define INFLIGHT_NONE MSG_TOKEN_MAX
>> atomic_t inflight;
>> u32 func_id;
>> + bool is_smc64;
>> + phys_addr_t param;
>> };
>> static irqreturn_t smc_msg_done_isr(int irq, void *data)
>> @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info
>> *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>> if (ret < 0)
>> return ret;
>> + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
>> + scmi_info->param = res.start;
>
> There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the
> kernel's view of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a
> security hole, too. Your hypervisor presumably needs to have carved
> out some amount of memory in order for the messages to be written
> to/read from, and so would the VM kernel, so eventually we should have
> a 'reserved-memory' entry of some sort, no?
>
>> /*
>> * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
>> * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather
>> than by
>> @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info
>> *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>> }
>> scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
>> + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
>> scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
>> smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
>> cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
>> @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct
>> scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>> shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
>> - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>> &res);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
>> + /*
>> + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
>> + * two parameters
>> + */
>> + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
>
> There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the
> func_id here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
>
> Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the parameters
> region in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you
> are guaranteed to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR
> virtualization and LPAE are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
>
>> + arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id,
>> + lower32(scmi_info->param),
>> + upper32(scmi_info->param),
>> + 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
>> + else
>> +#endif
>> + arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, scmi_info->param,
>> + 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
>> /* Only SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED is valid error code */
>> if (res.a0) {
>
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
> > This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
> > in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
> > using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
>
> Typo: distinguish.
>
> It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more sense to
> encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC parameters, possibly
> as part of the function ID itself.
>
Yes I was about to suggest this but then remembered one main reason I have
been given in the past against that:
If the system launches high number of VMs then that means loads of FID
needs to be reserved for SCMI and the hypervisor needs to support it.
Basically it is not scalable which I agree but not sure if such large
number of VMs are used in reality with SCMI. But I agree with the technical
reasoning.
The other reason why I preferred the shmem address itself instead of some
custom VM ID/channel number is that it can easily becomes vendor specific
for no real good reason and then we need to add support for each such
different parameters. Nikunj suggested getting them from DT which I really
don't like if the sole reason is just to identify the channel. We don't
have standard SCMI SMC/HVC but allowing such deviations with params from
DT will just explode with various combinations for silly/no reason.
[...]
> > @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
> > if (ret < 0)
> > return ret;
> > + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
> > + scmi_info->param = res.start;
>
> There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the kernel's view
> of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a security hole, too. Your
> hypervisor presumably needs to have carved out some amount of memory in
> order for the messages to be written to/read from, and so would the VM
> kernel, so eventually we should have a 'reserved-memory' entry of some sort,
> no?
>
Not disagreeing here. Just checking if my understanding is correct or not.
IIUC, we need reserved-memory if it is part of the memory presented to the
OS right ? You don't need that if it is dedicated memory like part of SRAM
or something similar.
> > /*
> > * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
> > * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather than by
> > @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
> > }
> > scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
> > + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
> > scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
> > smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
> > cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
> > @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
> > shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
> > - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
> > + /*
> > + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
> > + * two parameters
> > + */
> > + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
>
> There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the func_id
> here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
>
+1
> Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the parameters region
> in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you are guaranteed
> to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR virtualization and LPAE
> are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
>
Agree with the idea. But can a single 4kB be used for multiple shmem across
VMs ? IIUC the hypervisor can deal with that, so I prefer it if it is possible
practically.
--
Regards,
Sudeep
On 4/18/2023 2:58 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>>> This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
>>> in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
>>> using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
>> Typo: distinguish.
>>
>> It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more sense to
>> encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC parameters, possibly
>> as part of the function ID itself.
>>
> Yes I was about to suggest this but then remembered one main reason I have
> been given in the past against that:
> If the system launches high number of VMs then that means loads of FID
> needs to be reserved for SCMI and the hypervisor needs to support it.
> Basically it is not scalable which I agree but not sure if such large
> number of VMs are used in reality with SCMI. But I agree with the technical
> reasoning.
>
> The other reason why I preferred the shmem address itself instead of some
> custom VM ID/channel number is that it can easily becomes vendor specific
> for no real good reason and then we need to add support for each such
> different parameters. Nikunj suggested getting them from DT which I really
> don't like if the sole reason is just to identify the channel. We don't
> have standard SCMI SMC/HVC but allowing such deviations with params from
> DT will just explode with various combinations for silly/no reason.
>
Would you be ok to pass the smc/hvc parameters via kernel parameters in
commandline? If so, I can implement that. I just wanted to keep
everything in one place hence suggested using DTB node.
> [...]
>
>>> @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>> if (ret < 0)
>>> return ret;
>>> + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
>>> + scmi_info->param = res.start;
>> There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the kernel's view
>> of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a security hole, too. Your
>> hypervisor presumably needs to have carved out some amount of memory in
>> order for the messages to be written to/read from, and so would the VM
>> kernel, so eventually we should have a 'reserved-memory' entry of some sort,
>> no?
>>
> Not disagreeing here. Just checking if my understanding is correct or not.
> IIUC, we need reserved-memory if it is part of the memory presented to the
> OS right ? You don't need that if it is dedicated memory like part of SRAM
> or something similar.
We are not using reserved-memory node. Instead using sram-mmio to carve
out shmem for scmi instances.
>>> /*
>>> * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
>>> * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather than by
>>> @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>> }
>>> scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
>>> + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
>>> scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
>>> smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
>>> cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
>>> @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>>> shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
>>> - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
>>> + /*
>>> + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
>>> + * two parameters
>>> + */
>>> + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
>> There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the func_id
>> here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
>>
> +1
ACK!
>> Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the parameters region
>> in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you are guaranteed
>> to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR virtualization and LPAE
>> are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
>>
> Agree with the idea. But can a single 4kB be used for multiple shmem across
> VMs ? IIUC the hypervisor can deal with that, so I prefer it if it is possible
> practically.
We have multiple VMs and each VM has multiple instances. We will have
quite a few domains and I am not sure if single page will suffice.
> --
> Regards,
> Sudeep
On 4/18/23 07:20, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>
> On 4/18/2023 2:58 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>>>> This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
>>>> in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances are
>>>> using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the instances.
>>> Typo: distinguish.
>>>
>>> It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more
>>> sense to
>>> encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC parameters,
>>> possibly
>>> as part of the function ID itself.
>>>
>> Yes I was about to suggest this but then remembered one main reason I
>> have
>> been given in the past against that:
>> If the system launches high number of VMs then that means loads of FID
>> needs to be reserved for SCMI and the hypervisor needs to support it.
>> Basically it is not scalable which I agree but not sure if such large
>> number of VMs are used in reality with SCMI. But I agree with the
>> technical
>> reasoning.
>>
>> The other reason why I preferred the shmem address itself instead of some
>> custom VM ID/channel number is that it can easily becomes vendor specific
>> for no real good reason and then we need to add support for each such
>> different parameters. Nikunj suggested getting them from DT which I
>> really
>> don't like if the sole reason is just to identify the channel. We don't
>> have standard SCMI SMC/HVC but allowing such deviations with params from
>> DT will just explode with various combinations for silly/no reason.
>>
> Would you be ok to pass the smc/hvc parameters via kernel parameters in
> commandline? If so, I can implement that. I just wanted to keep
> everything in one place hence suggested using DTB node.
Command line arguments seem a bit unnecessary here and it would force
you to invent a scheme to control per SCMI device/instance parameters.
>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info
>>>> *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>>> if (ret < 0)
>>>> return ret;
>>>> + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
>>>> + scmi_info->param = res.start;
>>> There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the
>>> kernel's view
>>> of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a security hole,
>>> too. Your
>>> hypervisor presumably needs to have carved out some amount of memory in
>>> order for the messages to be written to/read from, and so would the VM
>>> kernel, so eventually we should have a 'reserved-memory' entry of
>>> some sort,
>>> no?
>>>
>> Not disagreeing here. Just checking if my understanding is correct or
>> not.
>> IIUC, we need reserved-memory if it is part of the memory presented to
>> the
>> OS right ? You don't need that if it is dedicated memory like part of
>> SRAM
>> or something similar.
> We are not using reserved-memory node. Instead using sram-mmio to carve
> out shmem for scmi instances.
OK, that works too.
>>>> /*
>>>> * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
>>>> * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt rather
>>>> than by
>>>> @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info
>>>> *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>>> }
>>>> scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
>>>> + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
>>>> scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
>>>> smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
>>>> cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
>>>> @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct
>>>> scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>>>> shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
>>>> - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>>>> &res);
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
>>>> + * two parameters
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
>>> There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the func_id
>>> here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
>>>
>> +1
> ACK!
>>> Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the parameters
>>> region
>>> in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you are
>>> guaranteed
>>> to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR virtualization
>>> and LPAE
>>> are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
>>>
>> Agree with the idea. But can a single 4kB be used for multiple shmem
>> across
>> VMs ? IIUC the hypervisor can deal with that, so I prefer it if it is
>> possible
>> practically.
> We have multiple VMs and each VM has multiple instances. We will have
> quite a few domains and I am not sure if single page will suffice.
I did not make myself clear enough, you can encode an offset into the
shared memory area, and however big that shared memory area will be,
that offset can be in a 4KB size. So for instance if you have your MMIO
SRAM at 0x8000_0000, the first VM can use 0x8000_0ffff, the second VM
can use 0x8000_1000 to 0x8000_1fff and so on and so forth.
Even if you need more than 4KB per VM, you can put that information into
the two additional parameters you pass through the SMC/HVC call.
--
Florian
On 4/18/2023 9:33 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 4/18/23 07:20, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>>
>> On 4/18/2023 2:58 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>> On 4/17/23 10:44, Nikunj Kela wrote:
>>>>> This patch add support for passing shmem channel address as parameter
>>>>> in smc/hvc call. This patch is useful when multiple scmi instances
>>>>> are
>>>>> using same smc-id and firmware needs to distiguish among the
>>>>> instances.
>>>> Typo: distinguish.
>>>>
>>>> It really would have been a lot clearer and made a whole lot more
>>>> sense to
>>>> encode a VM ID/channel number within some of the SMCCC parameters,
>>>> possibly
>>>> as part of the function ID itself.
>>>>
>>> Yes I was about to suggest this but then remembered one main reason
>>> I have
>>> been given in the past against that:
>>> If the system launches high number of VMs then that means loads of FID
>>> needs to be reserved for SCMI and the hypervisor needs to support it.
>>> Basically it is not scalable which I agree but not sure if such large
>>> number of VMs are used in reality with SCMI. But I agree with the
>>> technical
>>> reasoning.
>>>
>>> The other reason why I preferred the shmem address itself instead of
>>> some
>>> custom VM ID/channel number is that it can easily becomes vendor
>>> specific
>>> for no real good reason and then we need to add support for each such
>>> different parameters. Nikunj suggested getting them from DT which I
>>> really
>>> don't like if the sole reason is just to identify the channel. We don't
>>> have standard SCMI SMC/HVC but allowing such deviations with params
>>> from
>>> DT will just explode with various combinations for silly/no reason.
>>>
>> Would you be ok to pass the smc/hvc parameters via kernel parameters
>> in commandline? If so, I can implement that. I just wanted to keep
>> everything in one place hence suggested using DTB node.
>
> Command line arguments seem a bit unnecessary here and it would force
> you to invent a scheme to control per SCMI device/instance parameters.
>
Agreed!
>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> @@ -137,6 +144,8 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct
>>>>> scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>>>> if (ret < 0)
>>>>> return ret;
>>>>> + if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "arm,scmi-smc-param"))
>>>>> + scmi_info->param = res.start;
>>>> There is not even a check that this is going to be part of the
>>>> kernel's view
>>>> of memory, that seems a bit brittle and possibly a security hole,
>>>> too. Your
>>>> hypervisor presumably needs to have carved out some amount of
>>>> memory in
>>>> order for the messages to be written to/read from, and so would the VM
>>>> kernel, so eventually we should have a 'reserved-memory' entry of
>>>> some sort,
>>>> no?
>>>>
>>> Not disagreeing here. Just checking if my understanding is correct
>>> or not.
>>> IIUC, we need reserved-memory if it is part of the memory presented
>>> to the
>>> OS right ? You don't need that if it is dedicated memory like part
>>> of SRAM
>>> or something similar.
>> We are not using reserved-memory node. Instead using sram-mmio to
>> carve out shmem for scmi instances.
>
> OK, that works too.
>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * If there is an interrupt named "a2p", then the service and
>>>>> * completion of a message is signaled by an interrupt
>>>>> rather than by
>>>>> @@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ static int smc_chan_setup(struct
>>>>> scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>>>>> }
>>>>> scmi_info->func_id = func_id;
>>>>> + scmi_info->is_smc64 = ARM_SMCCC_IS_64(func_id);
>>>>> scmi_info->cinfo = cinfo;
>>>>> smc_channel_lock_init(scmi_info);
>>>>> cinfo->transport_info = scmi_info;
>>>>> @@ -188,7 +198,20 @@ static int smc_send_message(struct
>>>>> scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>>>>> shmem_tx_prepare(scmi_info->shmem, xfer, cinfo);
>>>>> - arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(scmi_info->func_id, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>>>>> &res);
>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
>>>>> + /*
>>>>> + * if SMC32 convention is used, pass 64 bit address in
>>>>> + * two parameters
>>>>> + */
>>>>> + if (!scmi_info->is_smc64)
>>>> There is no need for scmi_info to store is_smc64, just check the
>>>> func_id
>>>> here and declare is_smc64 as a local variable to the function.
>>>>
>>> +1
>> ACK!
>>>> Also, another way to approach this would be to encode the
>>>> parameters region
>>>> in 4KB units such that event on a 32-bit system with LPAE you are
>>>> guaranteed
>>>> to fit the region into a 32-bit unsigned long. AFAIR virtualization
>>>> and LPAE
>>>> are indistinguishable on real CPUs?
>>>>
>>> Agree with the idea. But can a single 4kB be used for multiple shmem
>>> across
>>> VMs ? IIUC the hypervisor can deal with that, so I prefer it if it
>>> is possible
>>> practically.
>> We have multiple VMs and each VM has multiple instances. We will have
>> quite a few domains and I am not sure if single page will suffice.
>
> I did not make myself clear enough, you can encode an offset into the
> shared memory area, and however big that shared memory area will be,
> that offset can be in a 4KB size. So for instance if you have your
> MMIO SRAM at 0x8000_0000, the first VM can use 0x8000_0ffff, the
> second VM can use 0x8000_1000 to 0x8000_1fff and so on and so forth.
>
> Even if you need more than 4KB per VM, you can put that information
> into the two additional parameters you pass through the SMC/HVC call.
Okay. I will float another version, first parameter of smc/hvc call will
be pfn and second the offset!