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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _MISC_CXLLIB_H
+#define _MISC_CXLLIB_H
+
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
+
+/*
+ * cxl driver exports a in-kernel 'library' API which can be called by
+ * other drivers to help interacting with an IBM XSL.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * tells whether capi is supported on the PCIe slot where the
+ * device is seated
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *	dev: device whose slot needs to be checked
+ *	flags: 0 for the time being
+ */
+bool cxllib_slot_is_supported(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags);
+
+
+/*
+ * Returns the configuration parameters to be used by the XSL or device
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *	dev: device, used to find PHB
+ * Output:
+ *	struct cxllib_xsl_config:
+ *		version
+ *		capi BAR address, i.e. 0x2000000000000-0x2FFFFFFFFFFFF
+ *		capi BAR size
+ *		data send control (XSL_DSNCTL)
+ *		dummy read address (XSL_DRA)
+ */
+#define CXL_XSL_CONFIG_VERSION1		1
+struct cxllib_xsl_config {
+	u32	version;     /* format version for register encoding */
+	u32	log_bar_size;/* log size of the capi_window */
+	u64	bar_addr;    /* address of the start of capi window */
+	u64	dsnctl;      /* matches definition of XSL_DSNCTL */
+	u64	dra;         /* real address that can be used for dummy read */
+};
+
+int cxllib_get_xsl_config(struct pci_dev *dev, struct cxllib_xsl_config *cfg);
+
+
+/*
+ * Activate capi for the pci host bridge associated with the device.
+ * Can be extended to deactivate once we know how to do it.
+ * Device must be ready to accept messages from the CAPP unit and
+ * respond accordingly (TLB invalidates, ...)
+ *
+ * PHB is switched to capi mode through calls to skiboot.
+ * CAPP snooping is activated
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *	dev: device whose PHB should switch mode
+ *	mode: mode to switch to i.e. CAPI or PCI
+ *	flags: options related to the mode
+ */
+enum cxllib_mode {
+	CXL_MODE_CXL,
+	CXL_MODE_PCI,
+};
+
+#define CXL_MODE_NO_DMA       0
+#define CXL_MODE_DMA_TVT0     1
+#define CXL_MODE_DMA_TVT1     2
+
+int cxllib_switch_phb_mode(struct pci_dev *dev, enum cxllib_mode mode,
+			unsigned long flags);
+
+
+/*
+ * Set the device for capi DMA.
+ * Define its dma_ops and dma offset so that allocations will be using TVT#1
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *	dev: device to set
+ *	flags: options. CXL_MODE_DMA_TVT1 should be used
+ */
+int cxllib_set_device_dma(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned long flags);
+
+
+/*
+ * Get the Process Element structure for the given thread
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *    task: task_struct for the context of the translation
+ *    translation_mode: whether addresses should be translated
+ * Output:
+ *    attr: attributes to fill up the Process Element structure from CAIA
+ */
+struct cxllib_pe_attributes {
+	u64 sr;
+	u32 lpid;
+	u32 tid;
+	u32 pid;
+};
+#define CXL_TRANSLATED_MODE 0
+#define CXL_REAL_MODE 1
+
+int cxllib_get_PE_attributes(struct task_struct *task,
+	     unsigned long translation_mode, struct cxllib_pe_attributes *attr);
+
+
+/*
+ * Handle memory fault.
+ * Fault in all the pages of the specified buffer for the permissions
+ * provided in ‘flags’
+ *
+ * Shouldn't be called from interrupt context
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *	mm: struct mm for the thread faulting the pages
+ *	addr: base address of the buffer to page in
+ *	size: size of the buffer to page in
+ *	flags: permission requested (DSISR_ISSTORE...)
+ */
+int cxllib_handle_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, u64 addr, u64 size, u64 flags);
+
+
+#endif /* _MISC_CXLLIB_H */