RE: [PATCH] libnvdimm, nfit: fix persistence domain reporting

From: Jiang, Dave
Date: Wed Mar 21 2018 - 18:50:41 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Williams, Dan J
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:39 PM
> To: linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jiang, Dave <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] libnvdimm, nfit: fix persistence domain reporting
>
> The persistence domain is a point in the platform where once writes
> reach that destination the platform claims it will make them persistent
> relative to power loss. In the ACPI NFIT this is currently communicated
> as 2 bits in the "NFIT - Platform Capabilities Structure". The bits
> comprise a hierarchy, i.e. bit0 "CPU Cache Flush to NVDIMM Durability on
> Power Loss Capable" implies bit1 "Memory Controller Flush to NVDIMM
> Durability on Power Loss Capable".
>
> Commit 96c3a239054a "libnvdimm: expose platform persistence attr..."
> shows the persistence domain as flags, but it's really an enumerated
> hierarchy.
>
> Fix this newly introduced user ABI to show the closest available
> persistence domain before userspace develops dependencies on seeing, or
> needing to develop code to tolerate, the raw NFIT flags communicated
> through the libnvdimm-generic region attribute.
>
> Fixes: 96c3a239054a ("libnvdimm: expose platform persistence attr...")
> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>


Thanks for the fix!

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 10 +++++++---
> drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 10 ++++++----
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> index bbe48ad20886..eb09ef55c38a 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> @@ -2675,10 +2675,14 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_region(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
> else
> ndr_desc->numa_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>
> - if(acpi_desc->platform_cap & ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_CACHE_FLUSH)
> + /*
> + * Persistence domain bits are hierarchical, if
> + * ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_CACHE_FLUSH is set then
> + * ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_MEM_FLUSH is implied.
> + */
> + if (acpi_desc->platform_cap & ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_CACHE_FLUSH)
> set_bit(ND_REGION_PERSIST_CACHE, &ndr_desc->flags);
> -
> - if (acpi_desc->platform_cap & ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_MEM_FLUSH)
> + else if (acpi_desc->platform_cap & ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_MEM_FLUSH)
> set_bit(ND_REGION_PERSIST_MEMCTRL, &ndr_desc->flags);
>
> list_for_each_entry(nfit_memdev, &acpi_desc->memdevs, list) {
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> index a8e9d428c0a5..1593e1806b16 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> @@ -532,11 +532,13 @@ static ssize_t persistence_domain_show(struct device *dev,
> struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> {
> struct nd_region *nd_region = to_nd_region(dev);
> - unsigned long flags = nd_region->flags;
>
> - return sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n",
> - flags & BIT(ND_REGION_PERSIST_CACHE) ? "cpu_cache " : "",
> - flags & BIT(ND_REGION_PERSIST_MEMCTRL) ? "memory_controller " : "");
> + if (test_bit(ND_REGION_PERSIST_CACHE, &nd_region->flags))
> + return sprintf(buf, "cpu_cache\n");
> + else if (test_bit(ND_REGION_PERSIST_MEMCTRL, &nd_region->flags))
> + return sprintf(buf, "memory_controller\n");
> + else
> + return sprintf(buf, "\n");
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(persistence_domain);
>