On Thu, 12 Mar 2026, David E. Box wrote:

> From: Xi Pardee <[email protected]>
> 
> Switch the readiness synchronization from a global device_probed flag to
> per-index devid publication.

It would be nice if you could expand the synchronization explanation a 
bit. It's mostly in the comments below but it wouldn't hurt to add it here 
as well.

> This is required because a subsequent patch
> makes probe reentrant, so a single global flag can no longer reliably
> signal completion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xi Pardee <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: David E. Box <[email protected]>
> ---
>  .../platform/x86/intel/pmc/ssram_telemetry.c  | 34 ++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/ssram_telemetry.c 
> b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/ssram_telemetry.c
> index 7db98037c521..246efdcf6950 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/ssram_telemetry.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/ssram_telemetry.c
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static const struct ssram_type pci_main = {
>  };
>  
>  static struct pmc_ssram_telemetry pmc_ssram_telems[3];
> -static bool device_probed;
>  
>  static inline u64 get_base(void __iomem *addr, u32 offset)
>  {
> @@ -52,8 +51,13 @@ static void pmc_ssram_get_devid_pwrmbase(void __iomem 
> *ssram, unsigned int pmc_i
>       pwrm_base = get_base(ssram, SSRAM_PWRM_OFFSET);
>       devid = readw(ssram + SSRAM_DEVID_OFFSET);
>  
> -     pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid = devid;
>       pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].base_addr = pwrm_base;
> +     /*
> +      * Memory barrier is used to ensure the correct write order between 
> base_addr
> +      * and devid.
> +      */
> +     smp_wmb();
> +     pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid = devid;
>  }
>  
>  static int
> @@ -151,32 +155,28 @@ static int pmc_ssram_telemetry_pci_init(struct pci_dev 
> *pcidev)
>   * * 0           - Success
>   * * -EAGAIN     - Probe function has not finished yet. Try again.
>   * * -EINVAL     - Invalid pmc_idx
> - * * -ENODEV     - PMC device is not available
>   */
>  int pmc_ssram_telemetry_get_pmc_info(unsigned int pmc_idx,
>                                    struct pmc_ssram_telemetry 
> *pmc_ssram_telemetry)
>  {
> +     if (pmc_idx >= MAX_NUM_PMC)
> +             return -EINVAL;
> +
>       /*
>        * PMCs are discovered in probe function. If this function is called 
> before
> -      * probe function complete, the result would be invalid. Use 
> device_probed
> -      * variable to avoid this case. Return -EAGAIN to inform the consumer 
> to call
> +      * probe function complete, the result would be invalid. Use devid to 
> avoid
> +      * this case. Return -EAGAIN to inform the consumer to call
>        * again later.
>        */
> -     if (!device_probed)
> +     if (!pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid)
>               return -EAGAIN;
>  
> +     pmc_ssram_telemetry->devid = pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid;
>       /*
>        * Memory barrier is used to ensure the correct read order between
> -      * device_probed variable and PMC info.
> +      * devid variable and base_addr.
>        */
>       smp_rmb();
> -     if (pmc_idx >= MAX_NUM_PMC)
> -             return -EINVAL;
> -
> -     if (!pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid)
> -             return -ENODEV;
> -
> -     pmc_ssram_telemetry->devid = pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].devid;
>       pmc_ssram_telemetry->base_addr = pmc_ssram_telems[pmc_idx].base_addr;
>       return 0;
>  }
> @@ -209,12 +209,6 @@ static int pmc_ssram_telemetry_probe(struct pci_dev 
> *pcidev, const struct pci_de
>               ret = -EINVAL;
>  
>  probe_finish:

This label becomes pointless after the removal and the gotoers should just 
return directly.

> -     /*
> -      * Memory barrier is used to ensure the correct write order between PMC 
> info
> -      * and device_probed variable.
> -      */
> -     smp_wmb();
> -     device_probed = true;
>       return ret;

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