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Date:	Wed, 08 May 2013 17:34:37 +0900
From:	Takao Indoh <indou.takao@...fujitsu.com>
To:	alex.williamson@...hat.com
CC:	ddutile@...hat.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reset PCIe devices to stop ongoing DMA

(2013/05/08 7:04), Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-05-07 at 16:10 -0400, Don Dutile wrote:
>> On 05/07/2013 12:39 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 13:58 +0900, Takao Indoh wrote:
>>>> This patch resets PCIe devices on boot to stop ongoing DMA. When
>>>> "pci=pcie_reset_devices" is specified, a hot reset is triggered on each
>>>> PCIe root port and downstream port to reset its downstream endpoint.
>>>>
>>>> Problem:
>>>> This patch solves the problem that kdump can fail when intel_iommu=on is
>>>> specified. When intel_iommu=on is specified, many dma-remapping errors
>>>> occur in second kernel and it causes problems like driver error or PCI
>>>> SERR, at last kdump fails. This problem is caused as follows.
>>>> 1) Devices are working on first kernel.
>>>> 2) Switch to second kernel(kdump kernel). The devices are still working
>>>>      and its DMA continues during this switch.
>>>> 3) iommu is initialized during second kernel boot and ongoing DMA causes
>>>>      dma-remapping errors.
>>>>
>>>> Solution:
>>>> All DMA transactions have to be stopped before iommu is initialized. By
>>>> this patch devices are reset and in-flight DMA is stopped before
>>>> pci_iommu_init.
>>>>
>>>> To invoke hot reset on an endpoint, its upstream link need to be reset.
>>>> reset_pcie_devices() is called from fs_initcall_sync, and it finds root
>>>> port/downstream port whose child is PCIe endpoint, and then reset link
>>>> between them. If the endpoint is VGA device, it is skipped because the
>>>> monitor blacks out if VGA controller is reset.
>>>>
>>>> Actually this is v8 patch but quite different from v7 and it's been so
>>>> long since previous post, so I start over again.
>>>> Previous post:
>>>> [PATCH v7 0/5] Reset PCIe devices to address DMA problem on kdump
>>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/26/814
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Takao Indoh<indou.takao@...fujitsu.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +
>>>>    drivers/pci/pci.c                   |  103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    2 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>>> index 4609e81..2a31ade 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>>> @@ -2250,6 +2250,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
>>>>    				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
>>>>    				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
>>>>    				that hot-added devices will work.
>>>> +		pcie_reset_devices	Reset PCIe endpoint on boot by hot
>>>> +				reset
>>>>    		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
>>>>    				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
>>>>    				The default value is 256 bytes.
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
>>>> index b099e00..42385c9 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
>>>> @@ -3878,6 +3878,107 @@ void __weak pci_fixup_cardbus(struct pci_bus *bus)
>>>>    }
>>>>    EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_fixup_cardbus);
>>>>
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Return true if dev is PCIe root port or downstream port whose child is PCIe
>>>> + * endpoint except VGA device.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static int __init need_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
>>>> +	struct pci_dev *child;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!pci_is_pcie(dev) || !dev->subordinate ||
>>>> +	    list_empty(&dev->subordinate->devices) ||
>>>> +	    ((pci_pcie_type(dev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_ROOT_PORT)&&
>>>> +	     (pci_pcie_type(dev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_DOWNSTREAM)))
>>>> +		return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
>>>> +	list_for_each_entry(child,&subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
>>>> +		if ((pci_pcie_type(child) == PCI_EXP_TYPE_UPSTREAM) ||
>>>> +		    (pci_pcie_type(child) == PCI_EXP_TYPE_PCI_BRIDGE) ||
>>>> +		    ((child->class>>  16) == PCI_BASE_CLASS_DISPLAY))
>>>> +			/* Don't reset switch, bridge, VGA device */
>>>> +			return 0;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	return 1;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static void __init save_config(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
>>>> +	struct pci_dev *child;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
>>>> +		return;
>>>> +
>>>> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
>>>> +	list_for_each_entry(child,&subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
>>>> +		dev_info(&child->dev, "save state\n");
>>>> +		pci_save_state(child);
>>>> +	}
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static void __init restore_config(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
>>>> +	struct pci_dev *child;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
>>>> +		return;
>>>> +
>>>> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
>>>> +	list_for_each_entry(child,&subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
>>>> +		dev_info(&child->dev, "restore state\n");
>>>> +		pci_restore_state(child);
>>>> +	}
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static void __init do_device_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	u16 ctrl;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
>>>> +		return;
>>>> +
>>>> +	dev_info(&dev->dev, "Reset Secondary bus\n");
>>>> +
>>>> +	/* Assert Secondary Bus Reset */
>>>> +	pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL,&ctrl);
>>>> +	ctrl |= PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
>>>> +	pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
>>>> +
>>>> +	msleep(2);
>>>> +
>>>> +	/* De-assert Secondary Bus Reset */
>>>> +	ctrl&= ~PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
>>>> +	pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static int __initdata pcie_reset_devices;
>>>> +static int __init reset_pcie_devices(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!pcie_reset_devices)
>>>> +		return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
>>>> +		save_config(dev);
>>>> +
>>>> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
>>>> +		do_device_reset(dev);
>>>
>>> So we do a reset on each root port or downstream port, but the PCI to
>>> PCI bridge spec (1.2) states:
>>>
>>>           11.1.1. Secondary Reset Signal
>>>                   The secondary reset signal, RST#, is a logical OR of the
>>>                   primary interface RST# signal and
>>>                   the state of the Secondary Bus Reset bit of the Bridge
>>>                   Control register (see Section 3.2.5.18).
>>>
>>> I read that to mean that in a legacy topology, doing a reset on the top
>>> level bridge triggers a reset down the entire hierarchy.  How does this
>>> apply to a PCIe topology?  Can we just do a reset on the top level root
>>> ports?  If so, that would also imply that a reset propagates down
>> On PCIe, a reset does not propagate down the tree (from upstream link to
>> downstream link of a bridge/switch).
> 
> I don't think this is actually true.  Section 6.6.1 of the spec defines
> 3 types of conventional resets, cold, warm and hot.  I believe the one
> we're interested in is hot, which is an in-band mechanism for
> propagating a conventional reset across a link.  Section 4.2.5.11
> defines hot reset:
> 
>          Hot Reset uses bit 0 (Hot Reset) in the Training Control field
>          (see Table 4-5 and Table 4-6) within the TS1 and TS2 Ordered
>          Sets.
>          
>          A Link can enter Hot Reset if directed by a higher Layer. A Link
>          can also reach the Hot Reset state by receiving two consecutive
>          TS1 Ordered Sets with the Hot Reset bit asserted (see Section
>          4.2.6.11).
> 
> Section 4.2.6.11 then goes on as:
> 
>        * Lanes that were not directed by a higher Layer to initiate Hot
>          Reset (i.e., received two consecutive TS1 Ordered Sets with the
>          Hot Reset bit asserted on any configured Lanes):
>                * If any Lane of an Upstream Port of a Switch receives two
>                  consecutive TS1 Ordered Sets with the Hot Reset bit
>                  asserted, all configured Downstream Ports must
>                  transition to Hot Reset as soon as possible.
>                * All Lanes in the configured Link transmit TS1 Ordered
>                  Sets with the Hot Reset bit asserted and the configured
>                  Link and Lane numbers.
> 
> Also included is the footnote:
> 
>          Note: Generally, Lanes of a Downstream or optional crosslink
>          Port will be directed to Hot Reset, and Lanes of an Upstream or
>          optional crosslink Port will enter Hot Reset by receiving two
>          consecutive TS1 Ordered Sets with the Hot Reset bit asserted on
>          any configured Lanes...
> 
> So I think that means that if a hot reset is received by an upstream
> port, it's propagated to the downstream ports and on to the downstream
> links.  The latter point is where there's potential for interpretation.
> 
> Going back to sections 6.6.1, we can generate a hot reset via:
> 
>        * For any Root or Switch Downstream Port, setting the Secondary
>          Bus Reset bit of the Bridge Control register associated with the
>          Port must cause a hot reset to be sent.
>        * For a Switch, the following must cause a hot reset to be sent on
>          all Downstream Ports:
>                * Setting the Secondary Bus Reset bit of the Bridge
>                  Control register associated with the    Upstream Port
>                * Receiving a hot reset on the Upstream Port
> 
> Sounds like it propagates to me.  But, re-reading this patch, I think
> the goal is to attempt a bus reset on the most downstream
> root/downstream port, but it's pretty confusing.

Yes, I also think a hot reset is propagated to all downstream link. This
patch does bus reset only on root port/downstream port whose children
are endpoints since I need to skip display class devices to avoid
monitor blacks out. 

Thanks,
Takao Indoh

> 
> I also have a need to add a bus reset interface, in my case though the
> end goal is specifically to reset display class devices to get them into
> a usable state.  I just want to provide the kernel interfaces though,
> it's up to the drivers how to use them.  Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> 
>>> through PCIe-to-PCI bridges, so legacy PCI devices may be reset and the
>>> option name is misleading.
>>>
>> In earlier reply, I stated that the functions ought to be renamed to
>> reflect their intentions: endpoint reset.
>> It is not a reset-all-pci-devices interface, as it implies
>>
>>> Even so, you still have root complex endpoints, which are not getting
>>> reset through this, so it's really not a complete solution.  Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +	msleep(1000);
>>>> +
>>>> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
>>>> +		restore_config(dev);
>>>> +
>>>> +	return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +fs_initcall_sync(reset_pcie_devices);
>>>> +
>>>>    static int __init pci_setup(char *str)
>>>>    {
>>>>    	while (str) {
>>>> @@ -3920,6 +4021,8 @@ static int __init pci_setup(char *str)
>>>>    				pcie_bus_config = PCIE_BUS_PEER2PEER;
>>>>    			} else if (!strncmp(str, "pcie_scan_all", 13)) {
>>>>    				pci_add_flags(PCI_SCAN_ALL_PCIE_DEVS);
>>>> +			} else if (!strncmp(str, "pcie_reset_devices", 18)) {
>>>> +				pcie_reset_devices = 1;
>>>>    			} else {
>>>>    				printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Unknown option `%s'\n",
>>>>    						str);
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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