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Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:30:36 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
	Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] irq: add quirk for broken interrupt remapping on 55XX chipsets

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> wrote:
> A few years back intel published a spec update:
> http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/specification-update/5520-and-5500-chipset-ioh-specification-update.pdf
>
> For the 5520 and 5500 chipsets which contained an errata (specificially errata
> 53), which noted that these chipsets can't properly do interrupt remapping, and
> as a result the recommend that interrupt remapping be disabled in bios.  While
> many vendors have a bios update to do exactly that, not all do, and of course
> not all users update their bios to a level that corrects the problem.  As a
> result, occasionally interrupts can arrive at a cpu even after affinity for that
> interrupt has be moved, leading to lost or spurrious interrupts (usually
> characterized by the message:
> kernel: do_IRQ: 7.71 No irq handler for vector (irq -1)
>
> There have been several incidents recently of people seeing this error, and
> investigation has shown that they have system for which their BIOS level is such
> that this feature was not properly turned off.  As such, it would be good to
> give them a reminder that their systems are vulnurable to this problem.  For
> details of those that reported the problem, please see:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887006
>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> CC: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
> CC: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
> CC: Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>
> CC: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> CC: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>
> CC: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> CC: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> CC: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> ---
>
> Change notes:
>
> v2)
>
> * Moved the quirk to the x86 arch, since consensus seems to be that the 55XX
> chipset series is x86 only.  I decided however to keep the quirk as a regular
> quirk, not an early_quirk.  Early quirks have no way currently to determine if
> BIOS has properly disabled the feature in the iommu, at least not without
> significant hacking, and since its quite possible this will be a short lived
> quirk, should Don Z's workaround code prove successful (and it looks like it may
> well), I don't think that necessecary.
>
> * Removed the WARNING banner from the quirk, and added the HW_ERR token to the
> string, I opted to leave the newlines in place however, as I really couldnt
> find a way to keep the text on a single line is still legible from a code
> perspective.  I think theres enough language in there that using cscope on just
> about any substring however will turn it up, and again, this may be a short
> lived quirk.
>
> v3)
>
> * Removed defines from pci_ids.h, and used direct id values as per request from
> Bjorn.
>
> v4)
>
> * Converted pr_warn to WARN_TAINT(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND) as per David
> Woodhouse
>
> v5)
>
> * Moved check to an early quirk, and flagged the broken chip, so we could
> reasonably disable irq remapping during bootup.
>
> v6)
>
> * Clean up of stupid extra thrash in quirks.c
>
> v7)
>
> * Move broken check to intel_irq_remapping.c
> * Fixed another typo
> * Finally made the reference bugzilla public
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c      | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h       |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
> index 3755ef4..bfa3139 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,27 @@ static void __init ati_bugs_contd(int num, int slot, int func)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP
> +static void __init intel_remapping_check(int num, int slot, int func)
> +{
> +       u8 revision;
> +
> +       revision = pci_read_config_byte(num, slot, func , PCI_REVISION_ID);
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Revision 0x13 of this chipset supports irq remapping
> +        * but has an erratum that breaks its behavior, flag it as such
> +        */
> +       if (revision == 0x13)
> +               irq_remap_broken = 1;
> +
> +}
> +#else
> +static void __init intel_remapping_check(int num, int slot, int func)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  #define QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE       0x1
>  #define QFLAG_APPLIED          0x2
>  #define QFLAG_DONE             (QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE|QFLAG_APPLIED)
> @@ -221,6 +242,10 @@ static struct chipset early_qrk[] __initdata = {
>           PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_SMBUS, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, ati_bugs },
>         { PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATI_SBX00_SMBUS,
>           PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_SMBUS, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, ati_bugs_contd },
> +       { PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x3403, PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST,
> +         PCI_BASE_CLASS_BRIDGE, 0, intel_remapping_check },
> +       { PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x3406, PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST,
> +         PCI_BASE_CLASS_BRIDGE, 0, intel_remapping_check },
>         {}
>  };
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c b/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> index f3b8f23..5b19b2d 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c
> @@ -524,6 +524,16 @@ static int __init intel_irq_remapping_supported(void)
>
>         if (disable_irq_remap)
>                 return 0;
> +       if (irq_remap_broken) {
> +               WARN_TAINT(1, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND,
> +                          "This system BIOS has enabled interrupt remapping\n"
> +                          "on a chipset that contains an erratum making that\n"
> +                          "feature unstable.  To maintain system stability\n"
> +                          "interrupt remapping is being disabled.  Please\n"
> +                          "contact your BIOS vendor for an update\n");
> +               disable_irq_remap = 1;
> +               return 0;
> +       }
>
>         if (!dmar_ir_support())
>                 return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
> index d56f8c1..2b56e92 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>  int irq_remapping_enabled;
>
>  int disable_irq_remap;
> +int irq_remap_broken;
>  int disable_sourceid_checking;
>  int no_x2apic_optout;
>
> @@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ int irq_remapping_supported(void)
>         if (disable_irq_remap)
>                 return 0;
>
> +       if (irq_remap_broken) {
> +               WARN_TAINT(1, TAIN_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND,
> +                          "This system BIOS has enabled interrupt remapping\n"
> +                          "on a chipset that contains an erratum making that\n"
> +                          "feature unstable.  Please reboot with nointremap\n"
> +                          "added to the kernel command line and contact\n"
> +                          "your BIOS vendor for an update");
> +               disable_irq_remap = 1;
> +               return 0;
> +       }
> +

I think you probably intended to drop the change to this file, since
you moved it to intel_irq_remapping.c.  If you did intend to keep it,
s/TAIN_/TAINT_/.

>         if (!remap_ops || !remap_ops->supported)
>                 return 0;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h
> index ecb6376..d7537e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct pci_dev;
>  struct msi_msg;
>
>  extern int disable_irq_remap;
> +extern int irq_remap_broken;
>  extern int disable_sourceid_checking;
>  extern int no_x2apic_optout;
>  extern int irq_remapping_enabled;
> --
> 1.8.1.4
>
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