* [PATCH] arm_mpam: Warn when firmware leaves PARTIDs disabled
@ 2026-10-27 8:35 Ping Li
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From: Ping Li @ 2026-10-27 8:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: james.morse, ben.horgan
Cc: linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, reinette.chatre, fenghuay, Ping Li
MPAMF_IDR.HAS_ENDIS indicates the MSC supports the MPAMCFG_EN_FLAGS
PARTID enable/disable feature. Firmware is required to enable all
PARTIDs at boot before handing over to software that is unaware of
these registers. A PARTID left disabled silently ignores all resctrl
schemata changes, as its traffic is treated as having no resources.
Debugging an IP that implements HAS_ENDIS but had no visible effect
from resctrl took a while to root cause. The fix belongs in firmware,
but warn during probe so this misconfiguration is reported loudly
instead of silently.
Signed-off-by: Ping Li <leeonion.muyu@gmail.com>
---
drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
index 48adc49b833c..f03aa40faa0a 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ static int mpam_msc_hw_probe(struct mpam_msc *msc)
{
int ret;
u64 idr;
+ u32 en_flags;
u16 partid_max;
u8 ris_idx, pmg_max;
struct mpam_msc_ris *ris;
@@ -1199,6 +1200,21 @@ static int mpam_msc_hw_probe(struct mpam_msc *msc)
ret = mpam_msc_read_idr(msc, &idr);
if (ret)
return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Firmware must enable all PARTIDs before handing the
+ * system to software that is unaware of EN_FLAGS, so
+ * a disabled PARTID here means resctrl schemata
+ * changes silently have no effect.
+ */
+ if (FIELD_GET(MPAMF_IDR_HAS_ENDIS, idr)) {
+ u32 en_mask = GENMASK(FIELD_GET(MPAMF_IDR_PARTID_MAX, idr) % 32, 0);
+
+ ret = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MPAMCFG_EN_FLAGS, &en_flags);
+ if (!ret && (en_flags & en_mask) != en_mask)
+ dev_err_once(dev,
+ "firmware left PARTIDs disabled, schemata changes will not take effect\n");
+ }
}
partid_max = FIELD_GET(MPAMF_IDR_PARTID_MAX, idr);
diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h
index 1f86cc158100..008dc4e10f38 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ int mpam_fb_check_shared_buffer_size(struct mpam_msc *msc);
#define MPAMCFG_MBW_MIN 0x0200 /* min mem-bw config */
#define MPAMCFG_MBW_MAX 0x0208 /* max mem-bw config */
#define MPAMCFG_MBW_WINWD 0x0220 /* mem-bw accounting window config */
+#define MPAMCFG_EN_FLAGS 0x0320 /* partid enable flags config */
#define MPAMCFG_MBW_PBM 0x2000 /* mem-bw portion bitmap config */
#define MPAMCFG_PRI 0x0400 /* priority partitioning config */
#define MPAMCFG_MBW_PROP 0x0500 /* mem-bw stride config */
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@ int mpam_fb_check_shared_buffer_size(struct mpam_msc *msc);
#define MPAMF_IDR_HAS_RIS BIT(32)
#define MPAMF_IDR_HAS_EXTD_ESR BIT(38)
#define MPAMF_IDR_HAS_ESR BIT(39)
+#define MPAMF_IDR_HAS_ENDIS BIT(42)
#define MPAMF_IDR_RIS_MAX GENMASK(59, 56)
/* MPAMF_MSMON_IDR - MPAM performance monitoring ID register */
--
2.34.1
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