[Skiboot-stable] [PATCH] hdata/memory.c: Fix "Inconsistent MSAREA" warnings

Vasant Hegde hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Apr 27 19:12:43 AEST 2020


On 4/27/20 1:15 AM, Klaus Heinrich Kiwi wrote:
> add_memory_buffer_mmio() should be exclusive to P9P (AXONE).
> Running it on non P9P systems resulted in warnings such as:
> 
> MS AREA: Inconsistent MSAREA version 40 for P9P system
> 
> So check for PVR and quietly return if not P9P.
> 
> Fixes: 38b5c3179 (Add support for memory-buffer mmio)
> Cc: skiboot-stable at lists.ozlabs.org
> Cc: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Klaus Heinrich Kiwi <klaus at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>   hdata/memory.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hdata/memory.c b/hdata/memory.c
> index 7ce927502..f2c440540 100755
> --- a/hdata/memory.c
> +++ b/hdata/memory.c
> @@ -514,6 +514,9 @@ static void add_memory_buffer_mmio(const struct HDIF_common_hdr *msarea)
>   	struct dt_node *membuf;
>   	uint64_t *reg, *flags;
> 
> +	if (PVR_TYPE(mfspr(SPR_PVR)) != PVR_TYPE_P9P)
> +		return;
> +

Is this supported *only* on P9P? I thought we are going to support this in 
future processors as well.

Better way to skip warning in below if condition and return.


-Vasant

>   	if (be32_to_cpu(msarea->version) < 0x50) {
>   		prlog(PR_WARNING, "MS AREA: Inconsistent MSAREA version %x for P9P system",
>   			be32_to_cpu(msarea->version));
> 



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