From: Ian Munsie <hidden> Date: 2016-06-29 18:51:49
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
The AFU disable operation has a bug where it will not clear the enable
bit and therefore will have no effect. To date this has likely been
masked by fact that we perform an AFU reset before the disable, which
also has the effect of clearing the enable bit, making the following
disable operation effectively a noop on most hardware. This patch
modifies the afu_control function to take a parameter to clear from the
AFU control register so that the disable operation can clear the
appropriate bit.
This bug was uncovered on the Mellanox CX4, which uses an XSL rather
than a PSL. On the XSL the reset operation will not complete while the
AFU is enabled, meaning the enable bit was still set at the start of the
disable and as a result this bug was hit and the disable also timed out.
Because of this difference in behaviour between the PSL and XSL, this
patch now makes the reset dependent on the card using a PSL to avoid
waiting for a timeout on the XSL. It is entirely possible that we may be
able to drop the reset altogether if it turns out we only ever needed it
due to this bug - however I am not willing to drop it without further
regression testing.
This also fixes a small issue where the AFU_Cntl register was read
outside of the lock that protects it.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
---
drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h | 1 +
drivers/misc/cxl/native.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
From: Ian Munsie <hidden> Date: 2016-06-29 18:51:51
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
An issue was noted in our debug logs where the XSL would leave the RA
bit asserted after an AFU reset operation, which would effectively
prevent further AFU reset operations from working.
Workaround the issue by clearing the RA bit with an MMIO write if it is
still asserted after any AFU control operation.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
---
drivers/misc/cxl/native.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
An issue was noted in our debug logs where the XSL would leave the RA
bit asserted after an AFU reset operation, which would effectively
prevent further AFU reset operations from working.
Workaround the issue by clearing the RA bit with an MMIO write if it is
still asserted after any AFU control operation.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
OK, should be safe and valid even on non-xsl hardware.
Reviewed-by: Frederic Barrat <redacted>
Fred
I'm not a big fan of the new "clear" argument, which forces us to pass
an extra 0 most of the time. Why not always clearing the "action" bits
of the register before applying the command? They are mutually
exclusive, so it should work. I.e. :
+ AFU_Cntl = cxl_p2n_read(afu, CXL_AFU_Cntl_An);
+ AFU_Cntl &= ~(CXL_AFU_Cntl_An_E | CXL_AFU_Cntl_An_RA);
+ AFU_Cntl |= command;
quoted hunk
@@ -595,7 +597,16 @@ static int deactivate_afu_directed(struct cxl_afu *afu) cxl_sysfs_afu_m_remove(afu); cxl_chardev_afu_remove(afu);- cxl_ops->afu_reset(afu);+ if (afu->adapter->native->sl_ops->needs_reset_before_disable) {+ /*+ * XXX: We may be able to do away with this entirely - it is+ * possible that this was only ever needed due to a bug where+ * the disable operation did not clear the enable bit, however+ * I will only consider dropping this after more regression+ * testing on earlier PSL images.+ */+ cxl_ops->afu_reset(afu);+ } cxl_afu_disable(afu); cxl_psl_purge(afu);
@@ -735,7 +746,16 @@ static int native_attach_process(struct cxl_context *ctx, bool kernel, static inline int detach_process_native_dedicated(struct cxl_context *ctx) {- cxl_ops->afu_reset(ctx->afu);+ if (ctx->afu->adapter->native->sl_ops->needs_reset_before_disable) {+ /*+ * XXX: We may be able to do away with this entirely - it is+ * possible that this was only ever needed due to a bug where+ * the disable operation did not clear the enable bit, however+ * I will only consider dropping this after more regression+ * testing on earlier PSL images.+ */+ cxl_ops->afu_reset(ctx->afu);+ }
For dedicated mode, the CAIA recommends an explicit reset of the AFU
(section 2.1.1).
For directed mode, CAIA says it's AFU-specific. So for xsl, we only
disable the afu and purge the xsl. Are we getting rid of the reset
because it's useless in that environment, or because it times out? If
just because of timeout, would it make sense to switch the order and
disable first, then reset? I don't see any afu-reset on the next activation.
Fred
From: Ian Munsie <hidden> Date: 2016-06-30 15:32:34
Excerpts from Frederic Barrat's message of 2016-06-30 16:19:54 +0200:
I'm not a big fan of the new "clear" argument, which forces us to pass
an extra 0 most of the time. Why not always clearing the "action" bits
of the register before applying the command? They are mutually
exclusive, so it should work. I.e. :
+ AFU_Cntl = cxl_p2n_read(afu, CXL_AFU_Cntl_An);
+ AFU_Cntl &= ~(CXL_AFU_Cntl_An_E | CXL_AFU_Cntl_An_RA);
+ AFU_Cntl |= command;
In theory that should be OK, but I'd want to test it on some PSL images
first just in case they don't behave quite how we expect since we've had
problems in this area in the past (although after discovering the bug in
the disable path that may provide the explanation for those problems).
The risk I see with that approach is setting the reset bit and clearing
the enable bit at the same time is commanding the hardware to do two
similar but subtly different operations simultaneously, which is not
something we have done before or tested - we can always clean this up in
a later patch after we've tested it on a couple of PSLs, cxlflash, etc
and are happy that it works with no ill effects. I don't see any reason
that needs to be done in this patch though since it's just churn inside
the driver and doesn't impact anyone else.
quoted
static inline int detach_process_native_dedicated(struct cxl_context *ctx)
{
- cxl_ops->afu_reset(ctx->afu);
+ if (ctx->afu->adapter->native->sl_ops->needs_reset_before_disable) {
+ /*
+ * XXX: We may be able to do away with this entirely - it is
+ * possible that this was only ever needed due to a bug where
+ * the disable operation did not clear the enable bit, however
+ * I will only consider dropping this after more regression
+ * testing on earlier PSL images.
+ */
+ cxl_ops->afu_reset(ctx->afu);
+ }
For dedicated mode, the CAIA recommends an explicit reset of the AFU
(section 2.1.1).
True, I had forgotten that procedure was added to the document before it
was made public - I'll update the comment and resend.
For directed mode, CAIA says it's AFU-specific.
Damnit, that should never have been architected as AFU specific - PSL
implementation specific would have been ok, but AFU specific is just
asking for trouble since this is all generic code with no way to
identify the AFU.
Oh well, in practice the AFU developers will be coding against our
implementation now, so I guess we effectively became the authority on
how this works by default... and therefore should probably continue to
do the reset here.
Just hope there aren't too many more ASIC implementations that implement
some contradictory behaviour and are set in stone before anyone
realises.
I'll resend this with these two comments updated.
So for xsl, we only disable the afu and purge the xsl. Are we getting
rid of the reset because it's useless in that environment, or because
it times out?
If just because of timeout, would it make sense to switch the order
and disable first, then reset? I don't see any afu-reset on the next
activation.
It times out if the AFU is enabled when we attempt the reset - that's
OK, but is a bit of a waste of time and generates unnecessary noise in
the kernel log. We could switch the order, but I don't think that the
AFU reset is necessary - the documentation certainly suggests that only
a disable is required (but then again, the XSL has been full of
surprises already so I reserve the right to send a later patch adding a
reset if it has one more in store for me :-p).
A reset is also pretty meaningless on the XSL as far as I can tell - it
looks like it will assert a bit to the CX4 hardware, so I assume the
rest of the card could choose to do something with it, but unlike the
FPGA cards I don't think it actually resets anything (and I doubt we
even need the one we do while initialising the card since the AFU
descriptor is in the CX4 hardware and should be readable without that).
Cheers,
-Ian
For dedicated mode, the CAIA recommends an explicit reset of the AFU
quoted
(section 2.1.1).
True, I had forgotten that procedure was added to the document before it
was made public - I'll update the comment and resend.
Actually, my point was that for dedicated mode, we shouldn't have the
"if" and always reset. It's only for dedicated mode, so it wouldn't
impact cx4 and we would stay CAIA-compliant. If one day, there's a xsl
with a dedicated mode AFU, they are expected to follow the spec.
Fred
From: Ian Munsie <hidden> Date: 2016-06-30 16:45:46
Excerpts from Frederic Barrat's message of 2016-06-30 17:50:00 +0200:
Le 30/06/2016 17:32, Ian Munsie a écrit :
quoted
quoted
For dedicated mode, the CAIA recommends an explicit reset of the AFU
quoted
(section 2.1.1).
True, I had forgotten that procedure was added to the document before it
was made public - I'll update the comment and resend.
Actually, my point was that for dedicated mode, we shouldn't have the
"if" and always reset. It's only for dedicated mode, so it wouldn't
impact cx4 and we would stay CAIA-compliant. If one day, there's a xsl
with a dedicated mode AFU, they are expected to follow the spec.
Yeah, I thought of that as well while I was updating the patch and
removed that from the dedicated path. I still added a comment to that
path to note that though.
Cheers,
-Ian
From: Ian Munsie <hidden> Date: 2016-06-30 16:51:05
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
The AFU disable operation has a bug where it will not clear the enable
bit and therefore will have no effect. To date this has likely been
masked by fact that we perform an AFU reset before the disable, which
also has the effect of clearing the enable bit, making the following
disable operation effectively a noop on most hardware. This patch
modifies the afu_control function to take a parameter to clear from the
AFU control register so that the disable operation can clear the
appropriate bit.
This bug was uncovered on the Mellanox CX4, which uses an XSL rather
than a PSL. On the XSL the reset operation will not complete while the
AFU is enabled, meaning the enable bit was still set at the start of the
disable and as a result this bug was hit and the disable also timed out.
Because of this difference in behaviour between the PSL and XSL, this
patch now makes the reset dependent on the card using a PSL to avoid
waiting for a timeout on the XSL. It is entirely possible that we may be
able to drop the reset altogether if it turns out we only ever needed it
due to this bug - however I am not willing to drop it without further
regression testing and have added comments to the code explaining the
background.
This also fixes a small issue where the AFU_Cntl register was read
outside of the lock that protects it.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
- Modified comment to dedicated process disable path to explain
the architected procedure, and the origin of our more heavy weight
procedure.
- Modified comment to afu directed disable path with a note that the
procedure is AFU specific, and explaining the origin of our heavy
weight prcedure.
- Removed needs_reset_before_disable condition from dedicated process
disable path. The XSL in the CX4 does not use this mode (AFU directed
only), and since the reset in this procedure is architected we
*should* never need to skip it.
drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h | 1 +
drivers/misc/cxl/native.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
It looks good to me. I can live with the extra 'clear' parameter,
because as you say, the approach I had suggested would require more
testing, so let's play safe for the time being.
And thanks for clarifying/fixing the deactivate paths.
Reviewed-by: Frederic Barrat <redacted>
Fred
Le 30/06/2016 18:50, Ian Munsie a écrit :
quoted hunk
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
The AFU disable operation has a bug where it will not clear the enable
bit and therefore will have no effect. To date this has likely been
masked by fact that we perform an AFU reset before the disable, which
also has the effect of clearing the enable bit, making the following
disable operation effectively a noop on most hardware. This patch
modifies the afu_control function to take a parameter to clear from the
AFU control register so that the disable operation can clear the
appropriate bit.
This bug was uncovered on the Mellanox CX4, which uses an XSL rather
than a PSL. On the XSL the reset operation will not complete while the
AFU is enabled, meaning the enable bit was still set at the start of the
disable and as a result this bug was hit and the disable also timed out.
Because of this difference in behaviour between the PSL and XSL, this
patch now makes the reset dependent on the card using a PSL to avoid
waiting for a timeout on the XSL. It is entirely possible that we may be
able to drop the reset altogether if it turns out we only ever needed it
due to this bug - however I am not willing to drop it without further
regression testing and have added comments to the code explaining the
background.
This also fixes a small issue where the AFU_Cntl register was read
outside of the lock that protects it.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
- Modified comment to dedicated process disable path to explain
the architected procedure, and the origin of our more heavy weight
procedure.
- Modified comment to afu directed disable path with a note that the
procedure is AFU specific, and explaining the origin of our heavy
weight prcedure.
- Removed needs_reset_before_disable condition from dedicated process
disable path. The XSL in the CX4 does not use this mode (AFU directed
only), and since the reset in this procedure is architected we
*should* never need to skip it.
drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h | 1 +
drivers/misc/cxl/native.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Date: 2016-07-11 10:19:23
On Wed, 2016-29-06 at 18:51:26 UTC, Ian Munsie wrote:
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
An issue was noted in our debug logs where the XSL would leave the RA
bit asserted after an AFU reset operation, which would effectively
prevent further AFU reset operations from working.
Workaround the issue by clearing the RA bit with an MMIO write if it is
still asserted after any AFU control operation.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Barrat <redacted>
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Date: 2016-07-11 10:19:27
On Thu, 2016-30-06 at 16:50:40 UTC, Ian Munsie wrote:
From: Ian Munsie <redacted>
The AFU disable operation has a bug where it will not clear the enable
bit and therefore will have no effect. To date this has likely been
masked by fact that we perform an AFU reset before the disable, which
also has the effect of clearing the enable bit, making the following
disable operation effectively a noop on most hardware. This patch
modifies the afu_control function to take a parameter to clear from the
AFU control register so that the disable operation can clear the
appropriate bit.
This bug was uncovered on the Mellanox CX4, which uses an XSL rather
than a PSL. On the XSL the reset operation will not complete while the
AFU is enabled, meaning the enable bit was still set at the start of the
disable and as a result this bug was hit and the disable also timed out.
Because of this difference in behaviour between the PSL and XSL, this
patch now makes the reset dependent on the card using a PSL to avoid
waiting for a timeout on the XSL. It is entirely possible that we may be
able to drop the reset altogether if it turns out we only ever needed it
due to this bug - however I am not willing to drop it without further
regression testing and have added comments to the code explaining the
background.
This also fixes a small issue where the AFU_Cntl register was read
outside of the lock that protects it.
Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Barrat <redacted>