From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>,
linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org,
Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>,
Chris Browy <cbrowy@avery-design.com>,
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Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>, Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>,
Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>,
Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
daniel.lll@alibaba-inc.com,
"John Groves (jgroves)" <jgroves@micron.com>,
"Kelley, Sean V" <sean.v.kelley@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] cxl/mem: Find device capabilities
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 14:02:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4jyojkRqkXPK=ZgMfUATVNUf71GZsgQuarygz4QEM1o-w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <32f33dd-97a-8b1c-d488-e5198a3d7748@google.com>
On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 1:51 PM David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2021, Ben Widawsky wrote:
>
> > On 21-01-30 15:51:49, David Rientjes wrote:
> > > On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > >
> > > > +static int cxl_mem_setup_mailbox(struct cxl_mem *cxlm)
> > > > +{
> > > > + const int cap = cxl_read_mbox_reg32(cxlm, CXLDEV_MB_CAPS_OFFSET);
> > > > +
> > > > + cxlm->mbox.payload_size =
> > > > + 1 << CXL_GET_FIELD(cap, CXLDEV_MB_CAP_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
> > > > +
> > > > + /* 8.2.8.4.3 */
> > > > + if (cxlm->mbox.payload_size < 256) {
> > > > + dev_err(&cxlm->pdev->dev, "Mailbox is too small (%zub)",
> > > > + cxlm->mbox.payload_size);
> > > > + return -ENXIO;
> > > > + }
> > >
> > > Any reason not to check cxlm->mbox.payload_size > (1 << 20) as well and
> > > return ENXIO if true?
> >
> > If some crazy vendor wanted to ship a mailbox larger than 1M, why should the
> > driver not allow it?
> >
>
> Because the spec disallows it :)
Unless it causes an operational failure in practice I'd go with the
Robustness Principle and be liberal in accepting hardware geometries.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-01 22:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-30 0:24 [PATCH 00/14] CXL 2.0 Support Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 01/14] cxl/mem: Introduce a driver for CXL-2.0-Type-3 endpoints Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 23:51 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 17:21 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-01 17:34 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 17:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-02 18:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 02/14] cxl/mem: Map memory device registers Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 23:51 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 16:46 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:19 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-02-01 17:36 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 18:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-02 18:31 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-03 17:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 03/14] cxl/mem: Find device capabilities Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 23:51 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 16:53 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 21:51 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 21:58 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 22:23 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 22:28 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 22:33 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 22:45 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 22:50 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 23:09 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 23:17 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 23:58 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-02 0:11 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-02 0:14 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-02 1:09 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 22:02 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2021-02-01 17:41 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-01 17:50 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:08 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 18:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-02 18:24 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-03 17:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-03 17:23 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-03 21:23 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-04 7:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-04 15:29 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 04/14] cxl/mem: Implement polled mode mailbox Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 23:51 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 20:00 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-02 22:57 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-02 23:54 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-03 0:54 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-02 22:50 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 17:54 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-01 19:13 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 19:28 ` Dan Williams
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2021-02-04 22:24 ` [EXT] " Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 05/14] cxl/mem: Register CXL memX devices Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:31 ` Dan Williams
2021-01-30 23:52 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 17:10 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 21:53 ` David Rientjes
2021-02-01 21:55 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-02 18:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 06/14] cxl/mem: Add basic IOCTL interface Ben Widawsky
2021-02-02 18:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-02 18:33 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 07/14] cxl/mem: Add send command Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:15 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 23:08 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 08/14] taint: add taint for direct hardware access Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:18 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-01 18:34 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 19:01 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-02 2:49 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 17:46 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-08 22:00 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-08 22:09 ` Kees Cook
2021-02-08 23:05 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-08 23:36 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-09 1:03 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-09 3:36 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 09/14] cxl/mem: Add a "RAW" send command Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:24 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-01 19:27 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 19:34 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-01 21:20 ` Dan Williams
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 10/14] cxl/mem: Create concept of enabled commands Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 11/14] cxl/mem: Use CEL for enabling commands Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 12/14] cxl/mem: Add set of informational commands Ben Widawsky
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 13/14] cxl/mem: Add limited Get Log command (0401h) Ben Widawsky
2021-02-01 18:28 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-02 23:51 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-02 23:57 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-03 17:16 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-03 18:14 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2021-02-03 20:31 ` Dan Williams
2021-02-04 18:55 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-02-04 21:01 ` Dan Williams
2021-01-30 0:24 ` [PATCH 14/14] MAINTAINERS: Add maintainers of the CXL driver Ben Widawsky
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