On 25/08/10 02:46PM, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> + Glenn
> + Gautam
>
> On 8/10/25 12:45, Aditya Gupta wrote:
> > On 25/08/10 12:26PM, Aditya Gupta wrote:
> > > > <...snip...>
> > >
> > > About the error, seems xive2 always expecting powernv10 chip, I will
> > > have to rethink how should I use the same xive2 for powernv11.
> > >
> >
> > There's a type cast to Pnv10Chip in 'pnv_xive2_get_remote'.
> > The cast is only temporarily used to get the 'PnvXive2' object in the
> > Pnv10Chip.
> > It's the only place in hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c assuming Pnv10Chip object.
> >
> > Thinking to have a helper function to just return the 'PnvXive2' object
> > inside the chip, given a 'PnvChip'.
> >
> > Or the below change where we are adding another pointer in PnvChipClass:
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c b/hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c
> > index e019cad5c14c..9832be5fd297 100644
> > --- a/hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c
> > +++ b/hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c
> > @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ static PnvXive2 *pnv_xive2_get_remote(uint32_t
> > vsd_type, hwaddr fwd_addr)
> > int i;
> > for (i = 0; i < pnv->num_chips; i++) {
> > - Pnv10Chip *chip10 = PNV10_CHIP(pnv->chips[i]);
> > - PnvXive2 *xive = &chip10->xive;
> > + PnvChipClass *k = PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(pnv->chips[i]);
> > + PnvXive2 *xive = k->intc_get(pnv->chips[i]);
> > /*
> > * Is this the XIVE matching the forwarded VSD address is for
> > this
> >
> > Which one do you suggest ? Or should I look for another way ?
> >
> > I am preferring the first way to have a helper, but both ways look hacky.
>
> Any call to qdev_get_machine() in device model is at best
> a modeling shortcut, most likely it is a hack :
>
> /*
> * Remote access to INT controllers. HW uses MMIOs(?). For now, a simple
> * scan of all the chips INT controller is good enough.
> */
>
> So all these calls are suspicious :
>
> $ git grep qdev_get_machine hw/*/*pnv*
> hw/intc/pnv_xive2.c: PnvMachineState *pnv =
> PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/pci-host/pnv_phb.c: PnvMachineState *pnv =
> PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/pci-host/pnv_phb3.c: PnvMachineState *pnv =
> PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/ppc/pnv.c: PnvMachineState *pnv = PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/ppc/pnv.c: PnvMachineState *pnv = PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.c: PnvMachineState *pnv =
> PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.c: PnvMachineState *pnv =
> PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c: PnvMachineState *pnv = PNV_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
>
> In the particular case of XIVE2, the solution is to rework
> pnv_xive2_get_remote() like it was for P9. See b68147b7a5bf
> ("ppc/xive: Add support for the PC MMIOs").
I am having difficulties making a change here, don't know this path.
Going through the docs to understand XIVE2.
Will post once I have a patch.
Thanks Cedric,
- Aditya G
