Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/vsec: Restore BAR fallback for header walk

From: David Box

Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 15:38:47 EST


On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 06:32:32PM +0000, Ruhl, Michael J wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: David E. Box <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, May 29, 2026 2:32 PM
> >To: ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ruhl, Michael J <michael.j.ruhl@xxxxxxxxx>;
> >david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Cc: Brost, Matthew <matthew.brost@xxxxxxxxx>;
> >thomas.hellstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-xe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> >kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/vsec: Restore BAR fallback for header walk
> >
> >The base_addr refactor changed intel_vsec_walk_header() to pass
> >info->base_addr as the discovery-table base address. For the PCI VSEC
> >driver this info comes from driver_data, but exported callers may provide
> >their own static headers and leave base_addr unset.
> >
> >For xe, this made the discovery-table base address zero instead of the BAR
> >selected by header->tbir, preventing PMT endpoints from being created.
> >
> >Restore the previous behavior for the header-walk path by falling back to
> >pci_resource_start(pdev, header->tbir) when base_addr is not specified.
> >Keep explicit base_addr override behavior unchanged.
> >
> >This preserves the refactor structure while fixing the functional
> >regression in manual-header users.
> >
> >Fixes: 904b333fc51c ("platform/x86/intel/vsec: Refactor base_addr handling")
> >Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
> >Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c
> >b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c
> >index 1657834fd275..3c6d8a1928c0 100644
> >--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c
> >+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c
> >@@ -482,10 +482,25 @@ static int intel_vsec_walk_header(struct device
> >*dev,
> > const struct intel_vsec_platform_info *info)
> > {
> > struct intel_vsec_header **header = info->headers;
> >+ u64 base_addr;
> > int ret;
> >
> > for ( ; *header; header++) {
> >- ret = intel_vsec_register_device(dev, *header, info, info->base_addr);
> >+ if (info->base_addr) {
> >+ base_addr = info->base_addr;
> >+ } else {
> >+ struct pci_dev *pdev;
> >+
> >+ if (!dev_is_pci(dev)) {
> >+ dev_err(dev, "non-PCI device without a base address\n");
> >+ return -EINVAL;
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
> >+ base_addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, (*header)->tbir);
>
> Alternate:
>
> if (!info->base_addr) {
> struct pci_dev *pdev;
>
> if (!dev_is_pci(dev)) {
> dev_err(dev, "non-PCI device without a base address\n");
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
> info->base_addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, (*header)->tbir);}
> }

Thanks. I'll do this in the next patch.

>
> Would it make sense to require the caller to fill this in?
>
> i.e. if (!info->base_addr) return EINVAL?
>
> Change of behavior, but forcing the caller to provide the right info seems reasonable.

Agreed. But that would be separate from this fixup patch.

>
> Either way, this looks reasonable to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Michael J. Ruhl <michael.j.ruhl@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks

David

>
> M
>
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ ret = intel_vsec_register_device(dev, *header, info, base_addr);
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> >base-commit: a167ae8eace52dd6c80438b77d92450fe12cd4be
> >--
> >2.43.0
>