linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/12] IB/ehca: Serialize MR alloc and MR free hvCalls

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:34:35 +0200
From:	Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
To:	"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"OF-General" <general@...ts.openfabrics.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
	"OF-EWG" <ewg@...ts.openfabrics.org>
Cc:	"Hoang-Nam Nguyen" <hnguyen@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] IB/ehca: Serialize MR alloc and MR free hvCalls

Some firmware levels exhibit a race condition between H_ALLOC_RESOURCE(MR)
and H_FREE_RESOURCE(MR). Work around this problem by locking these hvCalls
against each other.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hcp_if.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hcp_if.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hcp_if.c
index a70a5ed..d3d1ef2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hcp_if.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hcp_if.c
@@ -120,15 +120,28 @@ static long ehca_plpar_hcall_norets(unsigned long opcode,
 				    unsigned long arg7)
 {
 	long ret;
-	int i, sleep_msecs;
+	int i, sleep_msecs, do_lock;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	ehca_gen_dbg("opcode=%lx " HCALL7_REGS_FORMAT,
 		     opcode, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7);
 
+	/* lock H_FREE_RESOURCE(MR) against itself and H_ALLOC_RESOURCE(MR) */
+	if ((opcode == H_FREE_RESOURCE) && (arg7 == 5)) {
+		arg7 = 0; /* better not upset firmware */
+		do_lock = 1;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+		if (do_lock)
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&hcall_lock, flags);
+
 		ret = plpar_hcall_norets(opcode, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4,
 					 arg5, arg6, arg7);
 
+		if (do_lock)
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hcall_lock, flags);
+
 		if (H_IS_LONG_BUSY(ret)) {
 			sleep_msecs = get_longbusy_msecs(ret);
 			msleep_interruptible(sleep_msecs);
@@ -161,23 +174,24 @@ static long ehca_plpar_hcall9(unsigned long opcode,
 			      unsigned long arg9)
 {
 	long ret;
-	int i, sleep_msecs, lock_is_set = 0;
+	int i, sleep_msecs, do_lock;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	ehca_gen_dbg("INPUT -- opcode=%lx " HCALL9_REGS_FORMAT, opcode,
 		     arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9);
 
+	/* lock H_ALLOC_RESOURCE(MR) against itself and H_FREE_RESOURCE(MR) */
+	do_lock = ((opcode == H_ALLOC_RESOURCE) && (arg2 == 5));
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-		if ((opcode == H_ALLOC_RESOURCE) && (arg2 == 5)) {
+		if (do_lock)
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&hcall_lock, flags);
-			lock_is_set = 1;
-		}
 
 		ret = plpar_hcall9(opcode, outs,
 				   arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5,
 				   arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9);
 
-		if (lock_is_set)
+		if (do_lock)
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hcall_lock, flags);
 
 		if (H_IS_LONG_BUSY(ret)) {
@@ -807,7 +821,7 @@ u64 hipz_h_free_resource_mr(const struct ipz_adapter_handle adapter_handle,
 	return ehca_plpar_hcall_norets(H_FREE_RESOURCE,
 				       adapter_handle.handle,    /* r4 */
 				       mr->ipz_mr_handle.handle, /* r5 */
-				       0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+				       0, 0, 0, 0, 5);
 }
 
 u64 hipz_h_reregister_pmr(const struct ipz_adapter_handle adapter_handle,
-- 
1.5.2


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