From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>,
Linux NVDIMM <nvdimm@lists.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [ndctl PATCH v4 05/17] libcxl: add support for command query and submission
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:53:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4j2=K15QDN2S6G+R37rSQQOQjO3NQP8RHWca0OnwvSh6g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211007082139.3088615-6-vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 1:22 AM Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Add a set of APIs around 'cxl_cmd' for querying the kernel for supported
> commands, allocating and validating command structures against the
> supported set, and submitting the commands.
>
> 'Query Commands' and 'Send Command' are implemented as IOCTLs in the
> kernel. 'Query Commands' returns information about each supported
> command, such as flags governing its use, or input and output payload
> sizes. This information is used to validate command support, as well as
> set up input and output buffers for command submission.
>
> Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
> ---
[..]
> +CXL_EXPORT int cxl_cmd_submit(struct cxl_cmd *cmd)
> +{
> + struct cxl_memdev *memdev = cmd->memdev;
> + const char *devname = cxl_memdev_get_devname(memdev);
> + struct cxl_ctx *ctx = cxl_memdev_get_ctx(memdev);
> + int rc;
> +
> + switch (cmd->query_status) {
Ah, now I see why you proposed having another flag in the
cxl_query_cmd() payload to indicate hardware support for the command.
to save having to validate before each command.
I wouldn't mind a TODO here to remind about that... but not critical:
You can add:
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-14 2:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-07 8:21 [ndctl PATCH v4 00/17] Initial CXL support Vishal Verma
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 01/17] ndctl: add .clang-format Vishal Verma
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 02/17] cxl: add a cxl utility and libcxl library Vishal Verma
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 03/17] cxl: add a local copy of the cxl_mem UAPI header Vishal Verma
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 04/17] util: add the struct_size() helper from the kernel Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 2:40 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 05/17] libcxl: add support for command query and submission Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 2:53 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 06/17] libcxl: add support for the 'Identify Device' command Vishal Verma
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 07/17] libcxl: add GET_HEALTH_INFO mailbox command and accessors Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 16:01 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-02 20:22 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-11-02 20:27 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 08/17] libcxl: add support for the 'GET_LSA' command Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 16:35 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-14 20:06 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-14 20:55 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 09/17] util/hexdump: Add a util helper to print a buffer in hex Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 16:48 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-14 20:33 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-14 22:39 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-02 20:25 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 10/17] libcxl: add label_size to cxl_memdev, and an API to retrieve it Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 18:24 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-14 21:50 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 11/17] libcxl: add a stub interface to determine whether a memdev is active Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 19:59 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 12/17] libcxl: add interfaces for label operations Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 21:27 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-14 22:18 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-14 22:24 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-14 22:45 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 13/17] cxl: add commands to read, write, and zero labels Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 22:34 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 14/17] Documentation/cxl: add library API documentation Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 23:31 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-05 18:58 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 15/17] ndctl: Add CXL packages to the RPM spec Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 23:33 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 16/17] cxl-cli: add bash completion Vishal Verma
2021-10-14 23:34 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-07 8:21 ` [ndctl PATCH v4 17/17] cxl: add health information to cxl-list Vishal Verma
2021-10-11 22:07 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-15 0:09 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-14 23:42 ` Verma, Vishal L
2021-10-15 21:15 ` Dan Williams
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