[PATCH 8/8] powerpc/papr_scm: Implement support for DSM_PAPR_SCM_HEALTH

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav at linux.ibm.com> writes:

> The DSM 'DSM_PAPR_SCM_HEALTH' should return a 'struct
> nd_papr_scm_dimm_health_stat' containing information in dimm health back
> to user space in response to ND_CMD_CALL. We implement this DSM by
> implementing a new function papr_scm_get_health() that queries the
> DIMM health information and then copies these bitmaps to the package
> payload whose layout is defined by 'struct papr_scm_ndctl_health'.
>
> The patch also handle cases where in future versions of 'struct
> papr_scm_ndctl_health' may want to return more health
> information. Such payload envelops will contain appropriate version
> information in 'struct nd_papr_scm_cmd_pkg.payload_version'. The patch
> takes care of only returning the sub-data corresponding to the payload
> version requested. Please see the comments in papr_scm_get_health()
> for how this is done.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> index 29f38246c59f..bf81acb0bf3f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> @@ -415,6 +415,74 @@ static int cmd_to_func(struct nvdimm *nvdimm, unsigned int cmd, void *buf,
>  	return pkg->hdr.nd_command;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Fetch the DIMM health info and populate it in provided papr_scm package.
> + * Since the caller can request a different version of payload and each new
> + * version of struct nd_papr_scm_dimm_health_stat is a proper-subset of
> + * previous version hence we return a subset of the cached 'struct
> + * nd_papr_scm_dimm_health_stat' depending on the payload version requested.
> + */
> +static int papr_scm_get_health(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
> +			       struct nd_papr_scm_cmd_pkg *pkg)
> +{
> +	int rc;
> +	size_t copysize;
> +	/* Map version to number of bytes to be copied to payload */
> +	const size_t copysizes[] = {
> +		[1] =
> +		sizeof(struct nd_papr_scm_dimm_health_stat_v1),
> +
> +		/*  This should always be preset */
> +		[ND_PAPR_SCM_DIMM_HEALTH_VERSION] =
> +		sizeof(struct nd_papr_scm_dimm_health_stat),
> +	};


We will not be able to determine that during build. For performance
hcall to run LPAR should be privileged. ie, even if the kernel supports v2
version of the health information, it may only be able to
return v1 version of the health because LPAR performance stat hcall
failed.

-aneesh