linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: Add ATS-disable quirk for AMD Stoney GPUs

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:15:45 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>,
        Alexander Deucher <Alexander.Deucher@....com>,
        Samuel Sieb <samuel@...b.net>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: Add ATS-disable quirk for AMD Stoney GPUs

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 04:04:21PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> > 
> > ATS is broken on this hardware and causes IOMMU stalls and
> > system failure. Disable ATS on these devices to make them
> > usable again with IOMMU enabled.
> > 
> > Note that the commit in the Fixes-tag is not buggy, it
> > just uncovers the problem in the hardware by increasing
> > the ATS-flush rate.
> > 
> > Fixes: b1516a14657a ('iommu/amd: Implement flush queue')
> > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/quirks.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> Any more objections on this patch? Please let me know if you want to
> have something changed.

It was marked "superseded" in patchwork and thus off my radar.  I
don't remember if I did that or why.  I changed it back to "New" so I
won't forget about it.

You mention (May 24) the original bug report.  Can you include the URL
for that?

I admit I just don't have warm fuzzies that the problem is well
understood.

Bjorn