linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI/AER: Enable SERR# forwarding in non ACPI flow

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Message-ID: <6a1266c49a5be0d598dd7f1ded94e93d@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:53:28 +0530
From:   poza@...eaurora.org
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharat.kumar.gogada@...inx.com>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-pci-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI/AER: Enable SERR# forwarding in non ACPI flow

On 2018-08-01 04:17, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 08:15:19PM +0530, Bharat Kumar Gogada wrote:
>> Currently PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_SERR is being enabled only in
>> ACPI flow.
>> This bit is required for forwarding errors reported
>> by EP devices to upstream device.
>> This patch enables SERR# for Type-1 PCI device.
> 
> This does seem broken.
> 
> Figure 6-3 in PCIe r4.0, sec 6.2.6, would be a helpful reference to
> include in the commit log.
> 
> Semi-related question: there are about 40 drivers that call
> pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting() and
> pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting().  I see that the PCI core
> calls pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting() for Root Ports and Switch
> Ports in this path:
> 
>   aer_probe                     # for root ports only
>     aer_enable_rootport
>       set_downstream_devices_error_reporting
>         set_device_error_reporting
>           if (ROOT_PORT || UPSTREAM || DOWNSTREAM)
>             pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting
>         pci_walk_bus(..., set_device_error_reporting)
> 
> But the core doesn't call pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting() for
> endpoints.  I wonder why not.  Could we?  And then remove the calls
> from those drivers?  If PCI_EXP_AER_FLAGS should only be set if the
> driver is prepared, the pci_driver.err_handler would be a good hint.
> But I suspect we could do something sensible and at least report
> errors even if the driver doesn't have err_handler callbacks.
> 

what about hot-plug case ?
should not aer_init() call pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting() for all the 
downstream pci_dev ?
and remove all the calls from drivers..

> On MIPS Octeon, it looks like pcibios_plat_dev_init() does already set
> PCI_EXP_AER_FLAGS for every device.
> 
> But this question is obviously far beyond the scope of this current
> patch.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharat.kumar.gogada@...inx.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
>> index a2e8838..943e084 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
>> @@ -343,6 +343,19 @@ int pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(struct 
>> pci_dev *dev)
>>  	if (!dev->aer_cap)
>>  		return -EIO;
>> 
>> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI) &&
>> +	    dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
> 
> I think this test needs to be refined a little bit.  If the kernel
> happens to be built with CONFIG_ACPI=y but the current platform
> doesn't support ACPI, we still want to set PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_SERR,
> don't we?
> 
>> +		u16 control;
>> +
>> +		/*
>> +		 * A Type-1 PCI bridge will not forward ERR_ messages coming
>> +		 * from an endpoint if SERR# forwarding is not enabled.
>> +		 */
>> +		pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, &control);
>> +		control |= PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_SERR;
>> +		pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, control);
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	return pcie_capability_set_word(dev, PCI_EXP_DEVCTL, 
>> PCI_EXP_AER_FLAGS);
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting);
>> @@ -352,6 +365,16 @@ int pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting(struct 
>> pci_dev *dev)
>>  	if (pcie_aer_get_firmware_first(dev))
>>  		return -EIO;
>> 
>> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI) &&
>> +	    dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
>> +		u16 control;
>> +
>> +		/* Clear SERR Forwarding */
>> +		pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, &control);
>> +		control &= ~PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_SERR;
>> +		pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, control);
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	return pcie_capability_clear_word(dev, PCI_EXP_DEVCTL,
>>  					  PCI_EXP_AER_FLAGS);
>>  }
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>>