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[v3,1/2] ndctl: add check for update firmware supported

Message ID 152037997577.39785.391131497352047651.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com (mailing list archive)
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Dave Jiang March 6, 2018, 11:46 p.m. UTC
Adding generic and intel support function to allow check if update firmware
is supported by the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
 ndctl/lib/firmware.c   |   11 +++++++++++
 ndctl/lib/intel.c      |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym |    1 +
 ndctl/lib/private.h    |    1 +
 ndctl/libndctl.h       |    1 +
 ndctl/update.c         |   13 +++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

Comments

Verma, Vishal L March 9, 2018, 12:10 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 16:46 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> Adding generic and intel support function to allow check if update
> firmware
> is supported by the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---
>  ndctl/lib/firmware.c   |   11 +++++++++++
>  ndctl/lib/intel.c      |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym |    1 +
>  ndctl/lib/private.h    |    1 +
>  ndctl/libndctl.h       |    1 +
>  ndctl/update.c         |   13 +++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
> index f6deec5d..277b5399 100644
> --- a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
> +++ b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
> @@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct
> ndctl_cmd *cmd)
>  	else
>  		return FW_EUNKNOWN;
>  }
> +
> +NDCTL_EXPORT int
> +ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
> +{
> +	struct ndctl_dimm_ops *ops = dimm->ops;
> +
> +	if (ops && ops->fw_update_supported)
> +		return ops->fw_update_supported(dimm);
> +	else
> +		return -ENOTTY;
> +}
> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/intel.c b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
> index cee5204c..a4f0af26 100644
> --- a/ndctl/lib/intel.c
> +++ b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
> @@ -650,6 +650,29 @@ intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>  	return cmd;
>  }
>  
> +static int intel_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
> +{
> +	struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_dimm_get_ctx(dimm);
> +
> +	if (!ndctl_dimm_is_cmd_supported(dimm, ND_CMD_CALL)) {
> +		dbg(ctx, "unsupported cmd: %d\n", ND_CMD_CALL);
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We only need to check FW_GET_INFO. If that isn't
> supported then
> +	 * the others aren't either.
> +	 */

Since this is an is_supported type function, for completeness,
shouldn't we just check for all the related DSMs? I agree we will
probably never hit the case where say FW_GET_INFO is supported but
others aren't, but just adding in the other checks is probably better
than the possibility of running into a case where this passes but one
of the other functions isn't supported..

> +	if (test_dimm_dsm(dimm, ND_INTEL_FW_GET_INFO)
> +			== DIMM_DSM_UNSUPPORTED) {
> +		dbg(ctx, "unsupported function: %d\n",
> +				ND_INTEL_FW_GET_INFO);
> +		return -EIO;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops = &(struct
> ndctl_dimm_ops) {
>  	.cmd_desc = intel_cmd_desc,
>  	.new_smart = intel_dimm_cmd_new_smart,
> @@ -703,4 +726,5 @@ struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops =
> &(struct ndctl_dimm_ops) {
>  	.fw_fquery_get_fw_rev = intel_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev,
>  	.fw_xlat_firmware_status =
> intel_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status,
>  	.new_ack_shutdown_count = intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss,
> +	.fw_update_supported = intel_dimm_fw_update_supported,
>  };
> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
> index af9b7d54..cc580f9c 100644
> --- a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
> +++ b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
> @@ -344,4 +344,5 @@ global:
>  	ndctl_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev;
>  	ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status;
>  	ndctl_dimm_cmd_new_ack_shutdown_count;
> +	ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported;
>  } LIBNDCTL_13;
> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/private.h b/ndctl/lib/private.h
> index 015eeb2d..1cad06b7 100644
> --- a/ndctl/lib/private.h
> +++ b/ndctl/lib/private.h
> @@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ struct ndctl_dimm_ops {
>  	unsigned long long (*fw_fquery_get_fw_rev)(struct ndctl_cmd
> *);
>  	enum ND_FW_STATUS (*fw_xlat_firmware_status)(struct
> ndctl_cmd *);
>  	struct ndctl_cmd *(*new_ack_shutdown_count)(struct
> ndctl_dimm *);
> +	int (*fw_update_supported)(struct ndctl_dimm *);
>  };
>  
>  struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops;
> diff --git a/ndctl/libndctl.h b/ndctl/libndctl.h
> index 9db775ba..d223ea81 100644
> --- a/ndctl/libndctl.h
> +++ b/ndctl/libndctl.h
> @@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ unsigned int
> ndctl_cmd_fw_start_get_context(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
>  unsigned long long ndctl_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev(struct ndctl_cmd
> *cmd);
>  enum ND_FW_STATUS ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct ndctl_cmd
> *cmd);
>  struct ndctl_cmd *ndctl_dimm_cmd_new_ack_shutdown_count(struct
> ndctl_dimm *dimm);
> +int ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm);
>  
>  #ifdef __cplusplus
>  } /* extern "C" */
> diff --git a/ndctl/update.c b/ndctl/update.c
> index 0f0f0d81..b4ae1ddb 100644
> --- a/ndctl/update.c
> +++ b/ndctl/update.c
> @@ -449,11 +449,24 @@ static int get_ndctl_dimm(struct update_context
> *uctx, void *ctx)
>  {
>  	struct ndctl_dimm *dimm;
>  	struct ndctl_bus *bus;
> +	int rc;
>  
>  	ndctl_bus_foreach(ctx, bus)
>  		ndctl_dimm_foreach(bus, dimm) {
>  			if (!util_dimm_filter(dimm, uctx->dimm_id))
>  				continue;
> +			rc = ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(dimm);
> +			switch (rc) {
> +			case -ENOTTY:
> +				error("DIMM firmware update not
> supported by ndctl.");
> +				return rc;
> +			case -EOPNOTSUPP:
> +				error("DIMM firmware update not
> supported by the kernel");
> +				return rc;
> +			case -EIO:
> +				error("DIMM firmware update not
> supported by platform firmware.");
> +				return rc;
> +			}
>  			uctx->dimm = dimm;
>  			return 0;
>  		}
>
Dan Williams March 9, 2018, 12:23 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Verma, Vishal L
<vishal.l.verma@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 16:46 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>> Adding generic and intel support function to allow check if update
>> firmware
>> is supported by the kernel.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> ---
>>  ndctl/lib/firmware.c   |   11 +++++++++++
>>  ndctl/lib/intel.c      |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym |    1 +
>>  ndctl/lib/private.h    |    1 +
>>  ndctl/libndctl.h       |    1 +
>>  ndctl/update.c         |   13 +++++++++++++
>>  6 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>> index f6deec5d..277b5399 100644
>> --- a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>> @@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct
>> ndctl_cmd *cmd)
>>       else
>>               return FW_EUNKNOWN;
>>  }
>> +
>> +NDCTL_EXPORT int
>> +ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>> +{
>> +     struct ndctl_dimm_ops *ops = dimm->ops;
>> +
>> +     if (ops && ops->fw_update_supported)
>> +             return ops->fw_update_supported(dimm);
>> +     else
>> +             return -ENOTTY;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/intel.c b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>> index cee5204c..a4f0af26 100644
>> --- a/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>> @@ -650,6 +650,29 @@ intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>       return cmd;
>>  }
>>
>> +static int intel_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>> +{
>> +     struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_dimm_get_ctx(dimm);
>> +
>> +     if (!ndctl_dimm_is_cmd_supported(dimm, ND_CMD_CALL)) {
>> +             dbg(ctx, "unsupported cmd: %d\n", ND_CMD_CALL);
>> +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     /*
>> +      * We only need to check FW_GET_INFO. If that isn't
>> supported then
>> +      * the others aren't either.
>> +      */
>
> Since this is an is_supported type function, for completeness,
> shouldn't we just check for all the related DSMs? I agree we will
> probably never hit the case where say FW_GET_INFO is supported but
> others aren't, but just adding in the other checks is probably better
> than the possibility of running into a case where this passes but one
> of the other functions isn't supported.

Some of them aren't required for example I think this gauntlet of
checks is overkill, especially when we consider other vendor firmware
update mechanisms that might not implement all of these...

        fw->store_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_storage_size(cmd);
        if (fw->store_size == UINT_MAX)
                return -ENXIO;

        fw->update_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_send_len(cmd);
        if (fw->update_size == UINT_MAX)
                return -ENXIO;

        fw->query_interval = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_query_interval(cmd);
        if (fw->query_interval == UINT_MAX)
                return -ENXIO;

        fw->max_query = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_query_time(cmd);
        if (fw->max_query == UINT_MAX)
                return -ENXIO;

        fw->run_version = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_run_version(cmd);
        if (fw->run_version == ULLONG_MAX)
                return -ENXIO;

...so yes, I think it would be could to expand the 'supported' checks,
but only to the bare minimum that would allow a firmware update to
complete.
Dave Jiang March 9, 2018, 12:27 a.m. UTC | #3
On 03/08/2018 05:23 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Verma, Vishal L
> <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 16:46 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>>> Adding generic and intel support function to allow check if update
>>> firmware
>>> is supported by the kernel.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>  ndctl/lib/firmware.c   |   11 +++++++++++
>>>  ndctl/lib/intel.c      |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym |    1 +
>>>  ndctl/lib/private.h    |    1 +
>>>  ndctl/libndctl.h       |    1 +
>>>  ndctl/update.c         |   13 +++++++++++++
>>>  6 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>> index f6deec5d..277b5399 100644
>>> --- a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>> @@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct
>>> ndctl_cmd *cmd)
>>>       else
>>>               return FW_EUNKNOWN;
>>>  }
>>> +
>>> +NDCTL_EXPORT int
>>> +ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct ndctl_dimm_ops *ops = dimm->ops;
>>> +
>>> +     if (ops && ops->fw_update_supported)
>>> +             return ops->fw_update_supported(dimm);
>>> +     else
>>> +             return -ENOTTY;
>>> +}
>>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/intel.c b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>> index cee5204c..a4f0af26 100644
>>> --- a/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>> @@ -650,6 +650,29 @@ intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>>       return cmd;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static int intel_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_dimm_get_ctx(dimm);
>>> +
>>> +     if (!ndctl_dimm_is_cmd_supported(dimm, ND_CMD_CALL)) {
>>> +             dbg(ctx, "unsupported cmd: %d\n", ND_CMD_CALL);
>>> +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>> +     /*
>>> +      * We only need to check FW_GET_INFO. If that isn't
>>> supported then
>>> +      * the others aren't either.
>>> +      */
>>
>> Since this is an is_supported type function, for completeness,
>> shouldn't we just check for all the related DSMs? I agree we will
>> probably never hit the case where say FW_GET_INFO is supported but
>> others aren't, but just adding in the other checks is probably better
>> than the possibility of running into a case where this passes but one
>> of the other functions isn't supported.
> 
> Some of them aren't required for example I think this gauntlet of
> checks is overkill, especially when we consider other vendor firmware
> update mechanisms that might not implement all of these...
> 
>         fw->store_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_storage_size(cmd);
>         if (fw->store_size == UINT_MAX)
>                 return -ENXIO;
> 
>         fw->update_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_send_len(cmd);
>         if (fw->update_size == UINT_MAX)
>                 return -ENXIO;
> 
>         fw->query_interval = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_query_interval(cmd);
>         if (fw->query_interval == UINT_MAX)
>                 return -ENXIO;
> 
>         fw->max_query = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_query_time(cmd);
>         if (fw->max_query == UINT_MAX)
>                 return -ENXIO;
> 
>         fw->run_version = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_run_version(cmd);
>         if (fw->run_version == ULLONG_MAX)
>                 return -ENXIO;
> 
> ...so yes, I think it would be could to expand the 'supported' checks,
> but only to the bare minimum that would allow a firmware update to
> complete.
> 

At least for the Intel firmware update, every one of the DSM calls are
required to complete all the steps.
Dan Williams March 9, 2018, 12:37 a.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 03/08/2018 05:23 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Verma, Vishal L
>> <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 16:46 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>>>> Adding generic and intel support function to allow check if update
>>>> firmware
>>>> is supported by the kernel.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  ndctl/lib/firmware.c   |   11 +++++++++++
>>>>  ndctl/lib/intel.c      |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym |    1 +
>>>>  ndctl/lib/private.h    |    1 +
>>>>  ndctl/libndctl.h       |    1 +
>>>>  ndctl/update.c         |   13 +++++++++++++
>>>>  6 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>>> index f6deec5d..277b5399 100644
>>>> --- a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
>>>> @@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct
>>>> ndctl_cmd *cmd)
>>>>       else
>>>>               return FW_EUNKNOWN;
>>>>  }
>>>> +
>>>> +NDCTL_EXPORT int
>>>> +ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>>> +{
>>>> +     struct ndctl_dimm_ops *ops = dimm->ops;
>>>> +
>>>> +     if (ops && ops->fw_update_supported)
>>>> +             return ops->fw_update_supported(dimm);
>>>> +     else
>>>> +             return -ENOTTY;
>>>> +}
>>>> diff --git a/ndctl/lib/intel.c b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>>> index cee5204c..a4f0af26 100644
>>>> --- a/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>>> +++ b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
>>>> @@ -650,6 +650,29 @@ intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>>>       return cmd;
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>> +static int intel_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
>>>> +{
>>>> +     struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_dimm_get_ctx(dimm);
>>>> +
>>>> +     if (!ndctl_dimm_is_cmd_supported(dimm, ND_CMD_CALL)) {
>>>> +             dbg(ctx, "unsupported cmd: %d\n", ND_CMD_CALL);
>>>> +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>>> +     }
>>>> +
>>>> +     /*
>>>> +      * We only need to check FW_GET_INFO. If that isn't
>>>> supported then
>>>> +      * the others aren't either.
>>>> +      */
>>>
>>> Since this is an is_supported type function, for completeness,
>>> shouldn't we just check for all the related DSMs? I agree we will
>>> probably never hit the case where say FW_GET_INFO is supported but
>>> others aren't, but just adding in the other checks is probably better
>>> than the possibility of running into a case where this passes but one
>>> of the other functions isn't supported.
>>
>> Some of them aren't required for example I think this gauntlet of
>> checks is overkill, especially when we consider other vendor firmware
>> update mechanisms that might not implement all of these...
>>
>>         fw->store_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_storage_size(cmd);
>>         if (fw->store_size == UINT_MAX)
>>                 return -ENXIO;
>>
>>         fw->update_size = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_send_len(cmd);
>>         if (fw->update_size == UINT_MAX)
>>                 return -ENXIO;
>>
>>         fw->query_interval = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_query_interval(cmd);
>>         if (fw->query_interval == UINT_MAX)
>>                 return -ENXIO;
>>
>>         fw->max_query = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_max_query_time(cmd);
>>         if (fw->max_query == UINT_MAX)
>>                 return -ENXIO;
>>
>>         fw->run_version = ndctl_cmd_fw_info_get_run_version(cmd);
>>         if (fw->run_version == ULLONG_MAX)
>>                 return -ENXIO;
>>
>> ...so yes, I think it would be could to expand the 'supported' checks,
>> but only to the bare minimum that would allow a firmware update to
>> complete.
>>
>
> At least for the Intel firmware update, every one of the DSM calls are
> required to complete all the steps.

Ugh, I didn't realize. Whatever happened to the Robustness Principle, oh well.
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Patch

diff --git a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
index f6deec5d..277b5399 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
+++ b/ndctl/lib/firmware.c
@@ -107,3 +107,14 @@  ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd)
 	else
 		return FW_EUNKNOWN;
 }
+
+NDCTL_EXPORT int
+ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
+{
+	struct ndctl_dimm_ops *ops = dimm->ops;
+
+	if (ops && ops->fw_update_supported)
+		return ops->fw_update_supported(dimm);
+	else
+		return -ENOTTY;
+}
diff --git a/ndctl/lib/intel.c b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
index cee5204c..a4f0af26 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/intel.c
+++ b/ndctl/lib/intel.c
@@ -650,6 +650,29 @@  intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
 	return cmd;
 }
 
+static int intel_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm)
+{
+	struct ndctl_ctx *ctx = ndctl_dimm_get_ctx(dimm);
+
+	if (!ndctl_dimm_is_cmd_supported(dimm, ND_CMD_CALL)) {
+		dbg(ctx, "unsupported cmd: %d\n", ND_CMD_CALL);
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We only need to check FW_GET_INFO. If that isn't supported then
+	 * the others aren't either.
+	 */
+	if (test_dimm_dsm(dimm, ND_INTEL_FW_GET_INFO)
+			== DIMM_DSM_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		dbg(ctx, "unsupported function: %d\n",
+				ND_INTEL_FW_GET_INFO);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops = &(struct ndctl_dimm_ops) {
 	.cmd_desc = intel_cmd_desc,
 	.new_smart = intel_dimm_cmd_new_smart,
@@ -703,4 +726,5 @@  struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops = &(struct ndctl_dimm_ops) {
 	.fw_fquery_get_fw_rev = intel_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev,
 	.fw_xlat_firmware_status = intel_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status,
 	.new_ack_shutdown_count = intel_dimm_cmd_new_lss,
+	.fw_update_supported = intel_dimm_fw_update_supported,
 };
diff --git a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
index af9b7d54..cc580f9c 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
+++ b/ndctl/lib/libndctl.sym
@@ -344,4 +344,5 @@  global:
 	ndctl_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev;
 	ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status;
 	ndctl_dimm_cmd_new_ack_shutdown_count;
+	ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported;
 } LIBNDCTL_13;
diff --git a/ndctl/lib/private.h b/ndctl/lib/private.h
index 015eeb2d..1cad06b7 100644
--- a/ndctl/lib/private.h
+++ b/ndctl/lib/private.h
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@  struct ndctl_dimm_ops {
 	unsigned long long (*fw_fquery_get_fw_rev)(struct ndctl_cmd *);
 	enum ND_FW_STATUS (*fw_xlat_firmware_status)(struct ndctl_cmd *);
 	struct ndctl_cmd *(*new_ack_shutdown_count)(struct ndctl_dimm *);
+	int (*fw_update_supported)(struct ndctl_dimm *);
 };
 
 struct ndctl_dimm_ops * const intel_dimm_ops;
diff --git a/ndctl/libndctl.h b/ndctl/libndctl.h
index 9db775ba..d223ea81 100644
--- a/ndctl/libndctl.h
+++ b/ndctl/libndctl.h
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@  unsigned int ndctl_cmd_fw_start_get_context(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 unsigned long long ndctl_cmd_fw_fquery_get_fw_rev(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 enum ND_FW_STATUS ndctl_cmd_fw_xlat_firmware_status(struct ndctl_cmd *cmd);
 struct ndctl_cmd *ndctl_dimm_cmd_new_ack_shutdown_count(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm);
+int ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(struct ndctl_dimm *dimm);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
diff --git a/ndctl/update.c b/ndctl/update.c
index 0f0f0d81..b4ae1ddb 100644
--- a/ndctl/update.c
+++ b/ndctl/update.c
@@ -449,11 +449,24 @@  static int get_ndctl_dimm(struct update_context *uctx, void *ctx)
 {
 	struct ndctl_dimm *dimm;
 	struct ndctl_bus *bus;
+	int rc;
 
 	ndctl_bus_foreach(ctx, bus)
 		ndctl_dimm_foreach(bus, dimm) {
 			if (!util_dimm_filter(dimm, uctx->dimm_id))
 				continue;
+			rc = ndctl_dimm_fw_update_supported(dimm);
+			switch (rc) {
+			case -ENOTTY:
+				error("DIMM firmware update not supported by ndctl.");
+				return rc;
+			case -EOPNOTSUPP:
+				error("DIMM firmware update not supported by the kernel");
+				return rc;
+			case -EIO:
+				error("DIMM firmware update not supported by platform firmware.");
+				return rc;
+			}
 			uctx->dimm = dimm;
 			return 0;
 		}