[PATCH v2 2/3] drm/xe: Expose PCIe Gen4 downspeed attributes

Riana Tauro riana.tauro at intel.com
Wed Apr 16 14:52:38 UTC 2025



On 4/16/2025 4:28 PM, Raag Jadav wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 03:36:55PM +0530, Riana Tauro wrote:
>> Hi Raag
>>
>> On 4/3/2025 11:17 PM, Raag Jadav wrote:
>>> Expose sysfs attributes for PCIe Gen4 downspeed capability and status.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_sysfs.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pcode_api.h    |  5 ++
>>>    2 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_sysfs.c
>>> index d4c73acea1cf..4e6175907832 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_sysfs.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_sysfs.c
>>> @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
>>>    #include "xe_device.h"
>>>    #include "xe_device_sysfs.h"
>>> +#include "xe_mmio.h"
>>> +#include "xe_pcode_api.h"
>>> +#include "xe_pcode.h"
>>>    #include "xe_pm.h"
>>>    /**
>>> @@ -63,12 +66,85 @@ vram_d3cold_threshold_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>>>    static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(vram_d3cold_threshold);
>>> +/**
>>> + * DOC: PCIe Gen5 Update Limitations
>>> + *
>>> + * Default link speed of discrete GPUs is determined by FIT parameters stored
>>> + * in their flash memory, which are subject to override through user initiated
>>> + * firmware updates. It has been observed that devices configured with PCIe
>>> + * Gen5 as their default speed can come across link quality issues due to host
>>> + * or motherboard limitations and may have to auto-downspeed to PCIe Gen4 when
>>> + * faced with unstable link at Gen5. The users are required to ensure that the
>>> + * device is capable of auto-downspeeding to PCIe Gen4 link before pushing the
>>> + * image with Gen5 as default configuration. This can be done by reading
>>> + * ``pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable`` sysfs entry, which will denote PCIe Gen4
>>> + * downspeed capability of the device with boolean output value of ``0`` or
>>> + * ``1``, meaning `incapable` or `capable` respectively.
>>> + *
>>> + * .. code-block:: shell
>>> + *
>>> + *    $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/<bdf>/pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable
>>> + *
>>> + * Pushing PCIe Gen5 update on a downspeed incapable device and facing link
>>> + * instability due to host or motherboard limitations can result in driver not
>>> + * being able to successfully bind to the device, making further firmware
>>> + * updates impossible with RMA being the only last resort.
>>> + *
>>> + * Link downspeed status of PCIe Gen4 downspeed capable devices is available
>>> + * through ``pcie_gen4_downspeed_status`` sysfs entry with boolean output value
>>> + * of ``0`` or ``1``, where ``0`` means no auto-downspeeding was required during
>>> + * link training (which is the optimal scenario) and ``1`` means the device has
>>> + * auto-downsped to PCIe Gen4 due to unstable Gen5 link.
>>> + *
>>> + * .. code-block:: shell
>>> + *
>>> + *    $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/<bdf>/pcie_gen4_downspeed_status
>> Why downspeed? Shouldn't it be downgrade?
> 
> It's distinguishable.
> https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/Z-4CxE_CDYHk_nxS@black.fi.intel.com/
> 
>>> +static ssize_t
>>> +pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
>>> +	struct xe_device *xe = pdev_to_xe_device(pdev);
>>> +	u32 cap, val;
>>> +
>>> +	xe_pm_runtime_get(xe);
>>> +	val = xe_mmio_read32(xe_root_tile_mmio(xe), BMG_PCIE4_CAP);
>>> +	xe_pm_runtime_put(xe);
>>> +
>>> +	cap = REG_FIELD_GET(PCIE4_DOWNSPEED, val);
>>> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", cap == DOWNSPEED_CAPABLE ? true : false);
>>> +}
>>> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable);
>>> +
>>> +static ssize_t
>>> +pcie_gen4_downspeed_status_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
>>> +	struct xe_device *xe = pdev_to_xe_device(pdev);
>>> +	u32 val;
>>> +	int ret;
>>> +
>>> +	xe_pm_runtime_get(xe);
>>> +	ret = xe_pcode_read(xe_device_get_root_tile(xe), PCODE_MBOX(DGFX_PCODE_STATUS,
>>> +			    DGFX_GET_INIT_STATUS, 0), &val, NULL);
>> indentation
> 
> Can you please elaborate? Shouldn't it follow the parentheses?
yeah it should. DGFX_GET_INIT_STATUS should follow PCODE_MBOX parenthesis

or align PCODE_MBOX instead

ret = xe_pcode_read(xe_device_get_root_tile(xe),
                     PCODE_MBOX...

Thanks
Riana>
>> +	xe_pm_runtime_put(xe);
>>> +
>>> +	return ret ?: sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", REG_FIELD_GET(DGFX_PCIE4_DOWNSPEED_STATUS, val));
>>> +}
>>> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(pcie_gen4_downspeed_status);
>>> +
>>>    static void xe_device_sysfs_fini(void *arg)
>>>    {
>>>    	struct xe_device *xe = arg;
>>>    	if (xe->d3cold.capable)
>>>    		sysfs_remove_file(&xe->drm.dev->kobj, &dev_attr_vram_d3cold_threshold.attr);
>>> +
>>> +	if (xe->info.platform == XE_BATTLEMAGE) {
>>> +		sysfs_remove_file(&xe->drm.dev->kobj, &dev_attr_pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable.attr);
>>> +		sysfs_remove_file(&xe->drm.dev->kobj, &dev_attr_pcie_gen4_downspeed_status.attr);
>>> +	}
>>>    }
>>>    int xe_device_sysfs_init(struct xe_device *xe)
>>> @@ -82,5 +158,15 @@ int xe_device_sysfs_init(struct xe_device *xe)
>>>    			return ret;
>>>    	}
>>> +	if (xe->info.platform == XE_BATTLEMAGE) {
>>> +		ret = sysfs_create_file(&dev->kobj, &dev_attr_pcie_gen4_downspeed_capable.attr);
>>> +		if (ret)
>>> +			return ret;
>>> +
>>> +		ret = sysfs_create_file(&dev->kobj, &dev_attr_pcie_gen4_downspeed_status.attr);
>>> +		if (ret)
>>> +			return ret;
>>> +	}
>> This should be create_files. If second one fails, none of the other files
>> are removed.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> Raag



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