linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] PCI/MSI: Set device flag indicating only 32-bit MSI support

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Date:   Fri, 4 Dec 2020 00:33:45 +0530
From:   Vidya Sagar <vidyas@...dia.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
CC:     <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        <thierry.reding@...il.com>, <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kthota@...dia.com>, <mmaddireddy@...dia.com>, <sagar.tv@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] PCI/MSI: Set device flag indicating only 32-bit MSI
 support



On 12/3/2020 11:54 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
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> 
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 04:20:35PM +0530, Vidya Sagar wrote:
>> There are devices (Ex:- Marvell SATA controller) that don't support
>> 64-bit MSIs and the same is advertised through their MSI capability
>> register. Set no_64bit_msi flag explicitly for such devices in the
>> MSI setup code so that the msi_verify_entries() API would catch
>> if the MSI arch code tries to use 64-bit MSI.
> 
> This seems good to me.  I'll post a possible revision to set
> dev->no_64bit_msi in the device enumeration path instead of in the IRQ
> allocation path, since it's really a property of the device, not of
> the msi_desc.
> 
> I like the extra checking this gives us.  Was this prompted by
> tripping over something, or is it something you noticed by code
> reading?  If the former, a hint about what was wrong and how it's
> being fixed would be useful.
I observed functionality issue with Marvell SATA controller (1b4b:9171) 
when the allocated MSI target address was a 64-bit address. I mentioned 
the Marvell SATA controller as an example in the commit message.

Thanks,
Vidya Sagar

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@...dia.com>
>> ---
>> V2:
>> * Addressed Bjorn's comment and changed the error message
>>
>>   drivers/pci/msi.c | 11 +++++++----
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> index d52d118979a6..8de5ba6b4a59 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> @@ -581,10 +581,12 @@ msi_setup_entry(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec, struct irq_affinity *affd)
>>        entry->msi_attrib.multi_cap     = (control & PCI_MSI_FLAGS_QMASK) >> 1;
>>        entry->msi_attrib.multiple      = ilog2(__roundup_pow_of_two(nvec));
>>
>> -     if (control & PCI_MSI_FLAGS_64BIT)
>> +     if (control & PCI_MSI_FLAGS_64BIT) {
>>                entry->mask_pos = dev->msi_cap + PCI_MSI_MASK_64;
>> -     else
>> +     } else {
>>                entry->mask_pos = dev->msi_cap + PCI_MSI_MASK_32;
>> +             dev->no_64bit_msi = 1;
>> +     }
>>
>>        /* Save the initial mask status */
>>        if (entry->msi_attrib.maskbit)
>> @@ -602,8 +604,9 @@ static int msi_verify_entries(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>        for_each_pci_msi_entry(entry, dev) {
>>                if (!dev->no_64bit_msi || !entry->msg.address_hi)
>>                        continue;
>> -             pci_err(dev, "Device has broken 64-bit MSI but arch"
>> -                     " tried to assign one above 4G\n");
>> +             pci_err(dev, "Device has either broken 64-bit MSI or "
>> +                     "only 32-bit MSI support but "
>> +                     "arch tried to assign one above 4G\n");
>>                return -EIO;
>>        }
>>        return 0;
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>