On 13.01.2026 11:46, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 12.01.2026 22:07, Stewart Hildebrand wrote:
>> On 1/6/26 08:47, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> @@ -420,6 +467,19 @@ static struct pci_dev *alloc_pdev(struct
>>>              break;
>>>      }
>>>  
>>> +    if ( pdev->ext_cfg &&
>>> +         /*
>>> +          * Regular PCI devices have 256 bytes, but PCI-X 2 and PCI Express
>>> +          * devices have 4096 bytes.  Even if the device is capable, that
>>> +          * doesn't mean we can access it.  Maybe we don't have a way to
>>> +          * generate extended config space accesses, or the device is 
>>> behind a
>>> +          * reverse Express bridge.  So we try reading the dword at
>>> +          * PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE which must either be 0 or a valid extended
>>> +          * capability header.
>>> +          */
>>> +         pci_conf_read32(pdev->sbdf, PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE) == 0xffffffffU )
>>> +        pdev->ext_cfg = false;
>>
>> I'm using a machine where
>> xen/arch/x86/x86_64/mmconfig-shared.c:is_mmconf_reserved() will initially 
>> return
>> false during Xen boot:
>>
>> (XEN) PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base f0000000 segment 0000 buses 00 - 3f
>> (XEN) PCI: Not using MCFG for segment 0000 bus 00-3f
>>
>> Then, during dom0 boot, dom0 will call PHYSDEVOP_pci_mmcfg_reserved, after 
>> which
>> MCFG becomes enabled in Xen:
>>
>> (XEN) PCI: Using MCFG for segment 0000 bus 00-3f
>>
>> On such machines where mmcfg/ECAM is initially disabled, this will 
>> effectively
>> set ->ext_cfg to false for all devices discovered at Xen boot.
>>
>> I'm not really sure if I have any good suggestions, but perhaps we could add 
>> a
>> macro or small function that returns something like
>>    ( pdev->ext_cfg && pci_conf_read32(pdev->sbdf, PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE) != 
>> 0xffffffffU )
>> to allow this checking to happen dynamically (but this still wouldn't handle 
>> the
>> aliasing quirk). Maybe re-run the ext_cfg detection logic at the end of
>> PHYSDEVOP_pci_mmcfg_reserved?
>>
>> Regardless, I'd be happy to provide my R-b without this addressed, but I am
>> curious if others think this as an issue?
> 
> Hmm, no, I forgot to consider that case (which in principle I'm well aware 
> of).
> Will need to fix in v2.

That'll be a little interesting, since per Dom0's request we may also lose
MCFG access to a range of busses. Looks like we indeed need to fully re-
evaluate ->ext_cfg.

Jan

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