Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:21:05 +0100
From:   Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com>
To:     Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     sudeep.holla@....com, james.quinlan@...adcom.com,
        Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        etienne.carriere@...aro.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        souvik.chakravarty@....com, igor.skalkin@...nsynergy.com,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] firmware: arm_scmi: Add a virtio channel refcount

On 17.02.22 14:12, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> Currently SCMI VirtIO channels are marked with a ready flag and related
> lock to track channel lifetime and support proper synchronization at
> shutdown when virtqueues have to be stopped.
> 
> This leads to some extended spinlocked sections with IRQs off on the RX
> path to keep hold of the ready flag and does not scale well especially when
> SCMI VirtIO polling mode will be introduced.
> 
> Add an SCMI VirtIO channel dedicated refcount to track active users on both
> the TX and the RX path and properly enforce synchronization and cleanup at
> shutdown, inhibiting further usage of the channel once freed.
> 
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Igor Skalkin <igor.skalkin@...nsynergy.com>
> Cc: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com>
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>

Acked-by: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com>

> ---
> v4 --> v5
> - removed unneeded virtqueue re-enable when fail to acquire channel in
>   complete_cb
> v2 --> v3
> - Break virtio device at shutdown while cleaning up SCMI channel
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c | 143 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c
> index fd0f6f91fc0b..ed00b072e981 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
>   * virtqueue. Access to each virtqueue is protected by spinlocks.
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/completion.h>
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/virtio.h>
>  #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
> @@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
>  
>  #include "common.h"
>  
> +#define VIRTIO_MAX_RX_TIMEOUT_MS	60000
>  #define VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_MSG_SIZE 128 /* Value may be increased. */
>  #define VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_PDU_SIZE \
>  	(VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_MSG_SIZE + SCMI_MSG_MAX_PROT_OVERHEAD)
> @@ -39,23 +42,21 @@
>   * @cinfo: SCMI Tx or Rx channel
>   * @free_list: List of unused scmi_vio_msg, maintained for Tx channels only
>   * @is_rx: Whether channel is an Rx channel
> - * @ready: Whether transport user is ready to hear about channel
>   * @max_msg: Maximum number of pending messages for this channel.
> - * @lock: Protects access to all members except ready.
> - * @ready_lock: Protects access to ready. If required, it must be taken before
> - *              lock.
> + * @lock: Protects access to all members except users.
> + * @shutdown_done: A reference to a completion used when freeing this channel.
> + * @users: A reference count to currently active users of this channel.
>   */
>  struct scmi_vio_channel {
>  	struct virtqueue *vqueue;
>  	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo;
>  	struct list_head free_list;
>  	bool is_rx;
> -	bool ready;
>  	unsigned int max_msg;
> -	/* lock to protect access to all members except ready. */
> +	/* lock to protect access to all members except users. */
>  	spinlock_t lock;
> -	/* lock to rotects access to ready flag. */
> -	spinlock_t ready_lock;
> +	struct completion *shutdown_done;
> +	refcount_t users;
>  };
>  
>  /**
> @@ -76,6 +77,63 @@ struct scmi_vio_msg {
>  /* Only one SCMI VirtIO device can possibly exist */
>  static struct virtio_device *scmi_vdev;
>  
> +static void scmi_vio_channel_ready(struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch,
> +				   struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +	cinfo->transport_info = vioch;
> +	/* Indirectly setting channel not available any more */
> +	vioch->cinfo = cinfo;
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +
> +	refcount_set(&vioch->users, 1);
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool scmi_vio_channel_acquire(struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch)
> +{
> +	return refcount_inc_not_zero(&vioch->users);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void scmi_vio_channel_release(struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch)
> +{
> +	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&vioch->users)) {
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +		if (vioch->shutdown_done) {
> +			vioch->cinfo = NULL;
> +			complete(vioch->shutdown_done);
> +		}
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void scmi_vio_channel_cleanup_sync(struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(vioch_shutdown_done);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Prepare to wait for the last release if not already released
> +	 * or in progress.
> +	 */
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +	if (!vioch->cinfo || vioch->shutdown_done) {
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +	vioch->shutdown_done = &vioch_shutdown_done;
> +	virtio_break_device(vioch->vqueue->vdev);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +
> +	scmi_vio_channel_release(vioch);
> +
> +	/* Let any possibly concurrent RX path release the channel */
> +	wait_for_completion(vioch->shutdown_done);
> +}
> +
>  static bool scmi_vio_have_vq_rx(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  {
>  	return virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_SCMI_F_P2A_CHANNELS);
> @@ -119,7 +177,7 @@ static void scmi_finalize_message(struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch,
>  
>  static void scmi_vio_complete_cb(struct virtqueue *vqueue)
>  {
> -	unsigned long ready_flags;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  	unsigned int length;
>  	struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch;
>  	struct scmi_vio_msg *msg;
> @@ -130,27 +188,24 @@ static void scmi_vio_complete_cb(struct virtqueue *vqueue)
>  	vioch = &((struct scmi_vio_channel *)vqueue->vdev->priv)[vqueue->index];
>  
>  	for (;;) {
> -		spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->ready_lock, ready_flags);
> -
> -		if (!vioch->ready) {
> -			if (!cb_enabled)
> -				(void)virtqueue_enable_cb(vqueue);
> -			goto unlock_ready_out;
> -		}
> +		if (!scmi_vio_channel_acquire(vioch))
> +			return;
>  
> -		/* IRQs already disabled here no need to irqsave */
> -		spin_lock(&vioch->lock);
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
>  		if (cb_enabled) {
>  			virtqueue_disable_cb(vqueue);
>  			cb_enabled = false;
>  		}
>  		msg = virtqueue_get_buf(vqueue, &length);
>  		if (!msg) {
> -			if (virtqueue_enable_cb(vqueue))
> -				goto unlock_out;
> +			if (virtqueue_enable_cb(vqueue)) {
> +				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +				scmi_vio_channel_release(vioch);
> +				return;
> +			}
>  			cb_enabled = true;
>  		}
> -		spin_unlock(&vioch->lock);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
>  
>  		if (msg) {
>  			msg->rx_len = length;
> @@ -161,19 +216,14 @@ static void scmi_vio_complete_cb(struct virtqueue *vqueue)
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * Release ready_lock and re-enable IRQs between loop iterations
> -		 * to allow virtio_chan_free() to possibly kick in and set the
> -		 * flag vioch->ready to false even in between processing of
> -		 * messages, so as to force outstanding messages to be ignored
> -		 * when system is shutting down.
> +		 * Release vio channel between loop iterations to allow
> +		 * virtio_chan_free() to eventually fully release it when
> +		 * shutting down; in such a case, any outstanding message will
> +		 * be ignored since this loop will bail out at the next
> +		 * iteration.
>  		 */
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->ready_lock, ready_flags);
> +		scmi_vio_channel_release(vioch);
>  	}
> -
> -unlock_out:
> -	spin_unlock(&vioch->lock);
> -unlock_ready_out:
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->ready_lock, ready_flags);
>  }
>  
>  static const char *const scmi_vio_vqueue_names[] = { "tx", "rx" };
> @@ -273,35 +323,20 @@ static int virtio_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
> -	cinfo->transport_info = vioch;
> -	/* Indirectly setting channel not available any more */
> -	vioch->cinfo = cinfo;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> -
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->ready_lock, flags);
> -	vioch->ready = true;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->ready_lock, flags);
> +	scmi_vio_channel_ready(vioch, cinfo);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int virtio_chan_free(int id, void *p, void *data)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = p;
>  	struct scmi_vio_channel *vioch = cinfo->transport_info;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->ready_lock, flags);
> -	vioch->ready = false;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->ready_lock, flags);
> +	scmi_vio_channel_cleanup_sync(vioch);
>  
>  	scmi_free_channel(cinfo, data, id);
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
> -	vioch->cinfo = NULL;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> -
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -316,10 +351,14 @@ static int virtio_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>  	int rc;
>  	struct scmi_vio_msg *msg;
>  
> +	if (!scmi_vio_channel_acquire(vioch))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
>  
>  	if (list_empty(&vioch->free_list)) {
>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
> +		scmi_vio_channel_release(vioch);
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -342,6 +381,8 @@ static int virtio_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vioch->lock, flags);
>  
> +	scmi_vio_channel_release(vioch);
> +
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> @@ -416,7 +457,6 @@ static int scmi_vio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  		unsigned int sz;
>  
>  		spin_lock_init(&channels[i].lock);
> -		spin_lock_init(&channels[i].ready_lock);
>  		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channels[i].free_list);
>  		channels[i].vqueue = vqs[i];
>  
> @@ -503,7 +543,8 @@ const struct scmi_desc scmi_virtio_desc = {
>  	.transport_init = virtio_scmi_init,
>  	.transport_exit = virtio_scmi_exit,
>  	.ops = &scmi_virtio_ops,
> -	.max_rx_timeout_ms = 60000, /* for non-realtime virtio devices */
> +	/* for non-realtime virtio devices */
> +	.max_rx_timeout_ms = VIRTIO_MAX_RX_TIMEOUT_MS,
>  	.max_msg = 0, /* overridden by virtio_get_max_msg() */
>  	.max_msg_size = VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_MSG_SIZE,
>  };

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