[PATCH 7/7] Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp: Document the SMN and MSR IOCTLs
Muralidhara M K <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:10:34 +0530
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.platform-driver-x86,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Describe HSMP_IOCTL_SMN_CMD and HSMP_IOCTL_MSR_CMD: the payload structs, the CAP_SYS_RAWIO and open-mode requirements, and the rule that both are read-only, so a request with @write set is refused with -EPERM even for a fully privileged caller on an O_RDWR handle. Also note that reading the protocol_version attribute can fail on the Fam1Ah client platforms, because some client SMU builds reject the interface-version query, which is why the telemetry ioctl rather than that attribute is the way to reach the client telemetry layout. Signed-off-by: Muralidhara M K <[email protected]> --- Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp.rst index 8a9d6fe7d4cf..0f03201a9f68 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd_hsmp.rst @@ -229,6 +229,50 @@ The following IOCTLs are defined: ``sizeof(struct hsmp_metric_table)``. Later version metrics table layout is documented in the Public PPR. + On the Fam1Ah client platforms reading ``protocol_version`` can fail, + because some client SMU builds reject the interface-version query. + Those parts have their own telemetry layout and this ioctl is the way + to read it. + +``ioctl(file, HSMP_IOCTL_SMN_CMD, struct hsmp_smn_message *smn)`` + Read a 32-bit SMN register on the socket given by ``sock_ind``. This + reaches registers outside the HSMP message ABI, so it requires + ``CAP_SYS_RAWIO`` as well as a handle opened for reading, the latter + because the value read is written back into the request struct. + + The ioctl is read-only. ``write`` must be zero, and a request that + sets it is rejected with ``-EPERM`` even with ``CAP_SYS_RAWIO`` and an + ``O_RDWR`` handle; the field exists only so that write support could be + added later without changing the layout. ``reserved`` must be zero. + Argument:: + + struct hsmp_smn_message { + __u32 smn_address; /* SMN address to read */ + __u32 value; /* Value read, filled in by the kernel */ + __u16 sock_ind; /* Socket index */ + __u8 write; /* Must be zero */ + __u8 reserved; /* Reserved, must be zero */ + }; + +``ioctl(file, HSMP_IOCTL_MSR_CMD, struct hsmp_msr_message *msr)`` + Read a 64-bit MSR on the logical CPU given by ``core_id``, or on + whichever CPU the ioctl runs on when ``core_id`` is + ``HSMP_MSR_ANY_CPU`` (``(__u32)-1``). Any other ``core_id`` must refer + to an online CPU, otherwise the call fails with ``-EINVAL``. Requires + ``CAP_SYS_RAWIO`` and a handle opened for reading. + + Read-only on the same terms as ``HSMP_IOCTL_SMN_CMD``: a non-zero + ``write`` is rejected with ``-EPERM``, and every byte of ``reserved`` + must be zero. Argument:: + + struct hsmp_msr_message { + __u32 msr_address; /* MSR index to read */ + __u32 core_id; /* Logical CPU, or HSMP_MSR_ANY_CPU */ + __u64 value; /* Value read, filled in by the kernel */ + __u8 write; /* Must be zero */ + __u8 reserved[3]; /* Reserved, must be zero */ + }; + The ioctl would return a non-zero on failure; you can read errno to see what happened. The transaction returns 0 on success. -- 2.34.1