Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] ACPI / PPTT: Add a helper to fill a cpumask from a processor container

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On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:43:37 +0100
Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:42:41 +0000
> James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > The ACPI MPAM table uses the UID of a processor container specified in
> > the PPTT to indicate the subset of CPUs and cache topology that can
> > access each MPAM System Component (MSC).
> > 
> > This information is not directly useful to the kernel. The equivalent
> > cpumask is needed instead.
> > 
> > Add a helper to find the processor container by its id, then walk
> > the possible CPUs to fill a cpumask with the CPUs that have this
> > processor container as a parent.
> > 
> > CC: Dave Martin <dave.martin@xxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>  
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> Sorry I missed v1.  Busy few weeks.
> 
> I think one resource leak plus a few suggested changes that
> I'm not that bothered about.
Ignore the resource leak. I didn't read acpi_get_pptt() properly.  No bug there.

So consider the comments below, but I'm fine with this as is.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> > ---
> > Changes since v1:
> >  * Replaced commit message with wording from Dave.
> >  * Fixed a stray plural.
> >  * Moved further down in the file to make use of get_pptt() helper.
> >  * Added a break to exit the loop early.
> > 
> > Changes since RFC:
> >  * Removed leaf_flag local variable from acpi_pptt_get_cpus_from_container()
> > 
> > Changes since RFC:
> >  * Dropped has_leaf_flag dodging of acpi_pptt_leaf_node()
> >  * Added missing : in kernel-doc
> >  * Made helper return void as this never actually returns an error.
> > ---
> >  drivers/acpi/pptt.c  | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/acpi.h |  3 ++
> >  2 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pptt.c b/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
> > index 54676e3d82dd..1728545d90b2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
> > @@ -817,3 +817,86 @@ int find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id(unsigned int cpu)
> >  	return find_acpi_cpu_topology_tag(cpu, PPTT_ABORT_PACKAGE,
> >  					  ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_IDENTICAL);
> >  }  
> 
> > +/**
> > + * acpi_pptt_get_cpus_from_container() - Populate a cpumask with all CPUs in a
> > + *                                       processor container
> > + * @acpi_cpu_id:	The UID of the processor container.
> > + * @cpus:		The resulting CPU mask.
> > + *
> > + * Find the specified Processor Container, and fill @cpus with all the cpus
> > + * below it.
> > + *
> > + * Not all 'Processor' entries in the PPTT are either a CPU or a Processor
> > + * Container, they may exist purely to describe a Private resource. CPUs
> > + * have to be leaves, so a Processor Container is a non-leaf that has the
> > + * 'ACPI Processor ID valid' flag set.
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 for a complete walk, or an error if the mask is incomplete.
> > + */
> > +void acpi_pptt_get_cpus_from_container(u32 acpi_cpu_id, cpumask_t *cpus)
> > +{
> > +	struct acpi_pptt_processor *cpu_node;
> > +	struct acpi_table_header *table_hdr;
> > +	struct acpi_subtable_header *entry;
> > +	unsigned long table_end;
> > +	u32 proc_sz;
> > +
> > +	cpumask_clear(cpus);
> > +
> > +	table_hdr = acpi_get_pptt();  
> 
> This calls acpi_get_table() so you need to put it again or every call
> to this leaks a reference count.  I messed around with DEFINE_FREE() for this
> but it doesn't fit that well as the underlying call doesn't return the table.
> This one does though so you could do a pptt specific one.  
> 
> Or just acpi_put_table(table_hdr); at exit path from this function.
> 
> 
> > +	if (!table_hdr)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	table_end = (unsigned long)table_hdr + table_hdr->length;
> > +	entry = ACPI_ADD_PTR(struct acpi_subtable_header, table_hdr,
> > +			     sizeof(struct acpi_table_pptt));  
> Hmm. Not related to this patch but I have no idea why acpi_get_pptt()
> doesn't return a struct acpi_table_pptt as if it did this would be a simple
> + 1 and not require those who only sometimes deal with ACPI code to go
> check what that macro actually does!
> 
> 
> > +	proc_sz = sizeof(struct acpi_pptt_processor);  
> Maybe sizeof (*cpu_node) is more helpful to reader.
> Also shorter so you could do
> 	while ((unsigned long)entry + sizeof(*cpu_node) <= table_end)
> 
> > +	while ((unsigned long)entry + proc_sz <= table_end) {
> > +		cpu_node = (struct acpi_pptt_processor *)entry;  
> 
> For me, assigning this before checking the type is inelegant.
> but the nesting does get deep without it so I guess this is ok maybe, though
> I wonder if better reorganized to combine a different bunch of conditions.
> I think this is functionally identival.
> 
> 		if (entry->type == ACPI_PTT_TYPE_PROCESSOR) {
> 			struct acpi_pptt_processor *cpu_node = 
> 				(struct acpi_pptt_processor *)entry;
> 			if ((cpu_node->flags & ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_PROCESSOR_ID_VALID) &&
> 			    (!acpi_pptt_leaf_node(table_hdr, cpu_node) &&
> 			    (cpu_node->acpi_processor_id == acpi_cpu_id)) {
> 				acpi_pptt_get_child_cpus(table_hdr, cpu_node, cpus);
> 				break;
> 		
> 			}
> 		}
> 		entry = ACPI_ADD_PTR(struct acpi_subtable_header, entry,
> 				     entry->length);
> 
> More generally I wonder if it is worth adding a for_each_acpi_pptt_entry() macro.
> There is some precedence in drivers acpi such as for_each_nhlt_endpoint()
> 
> That's probably material for another day though unless you think it brings
> enough benefits to do it here.
> 
> 
> > +		if (entry->type == ACPI_PPTT_TYPE_PROCESSOR &&
> > +		    cpu_node->flags & ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_PROCESSOR_ID_VALID) {
> > +			if (!acpi_pptt_leaf_node(table_hdr, cpu_node)) {
> > +				if (cpu_node->acpi_processor_id == acpi_cpu_id) {
> > +					acpi_pptt_get_child_cpus(table_hdr, cpu_node, cpus);
> > +					break;
> > +				}
> > +			}
> > +		}
> > +		entry = ACPI_ADD_PTR(struct acpi_subtable_header, entry,
> > +				     entry->length);
> > +	}
> > +}
> > diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
> > index 1c5bb1e887cd..f97a9ff678cc 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/acpi.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
> > @@ -1541,6 +1541,7 @@ int find_acpi_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpu, int level);
> >  int find_acpi_cpu_topology_cluster(unsigned int cpu);
> >  int find_acpi_cpu_topology_package(unsigned int cpu);
> >  int find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id(unsigned int cpu);
> > +void acpi_pptt_get_cpus_from_container(u32 acpi_cpu_id, cpumask_t *cpus);
> >  #else
> >  static inline int acpi_pptt_cpu_is_thread(unsigned int cpu)
> >  {
> > @@ -1562,6 +1563,8 @@ static inline int find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id(unsigned int cpu)
> >  {
> >  	return -EINVAL;
> >  }
> > +static inline void acpi_pptt_get_cpus_from_container(u32 acpi_cpu_id,
> > +						     cpumask_t *cpus) { }
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  void acpi_arch_init(void);  
> 





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