linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 5/5] iommu/vt-d: improve ITE fault handling if target device isn't present

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Message-ID: <7adec292-9d38-41ab-a982-bd840b24f3ab@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:21:40 +0800
From: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>, Ethan Zhao
	<haifeng.zhao@...ux.intel.com>, "baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com"
	<baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>, "bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"robin.murphy@....com" <robin.murphy@....com>, "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC: "dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>, "will@...nel.org"
	<will@...nel.org>, "lukas@...ner.de" <lukas@...ner.de>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux.dev" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 5/5] iommu/vt-d: improve ITE fault handling if target
 device isn't present

On 2024/1/29 17:06, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@...ux.intel.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 11:49 AM
>>
>> Because surprise removal could happen anytime, e.g. user could request safe
>> removal to EP(endpoint device) via sysfs and brings its link down to do
>> surprise removal cocurrently. such aggressive cases would cause ATS
>> invalidation request issued to non-existence target device, then deadly
>> loop to retry that request after ITE fault triggered in interrupt context.
>> this patch aims to optimize the ITE handling by checking the target device
>> presence state to avoid retrying the timeout request blindly, thus avoid
>> hard lockup or system hang.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
>> index 814134e9aa5a..2e214b43725c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/dmar.c
>> @@ -1272,6 +1272,7 @@ static int qi_check_fault(struct intel_iommu
>> *iommu, int index, int wait_index,
>>   {
>>   	u32 fault;
>>   	int head, tail;
>> +	u64 iqe_err, ite_sid;
>>   	struct q_inval *qi = iommu->qi;
>>   	int shift = qi_shift(iommu);
>>
>> @@ -1316,6 +1317,13 @@ static int qi_check_fault(struct intel_iommu
>> *iommu, int index, int wait_index,
>>   		tail = readl(iommu->reg + DMAR_IQT_REG);
>>   		tail = ((tail >> shift) - 1 + QI_LENGTH) % QI_LENGTH;
>>
>> +		/*
>> +		 * SID field is valid only when the ITE field is Set in FSTS_REG
>> +		 * see Intel VT-d spec r4.1, section 11.4.9.9
>> +		 */
>> +		iqe_err = dmar_readq(iommu->reg + DMAR_IQER_REG);
>> +		ite_sid = DMAR_IQER_REG_ITESID(iqe_err);
>> +
>>   		writel(DMA_FSTS_ITE, iommu->reg + DMAR_FSTS_REG);
>>   		pr_info("Invalidation Time-out Error (ITE) cleared\n");
>>
>> @@ -1325,6 +1333,16 @@ static int qi_check_fault(struct intel_iommu
>> *iommu, int index, int wait_index,
>>   			head = (head - 2 + QI_LENGTH) % QI_LENGTH;
>>   		} while (head != tail);
>>
>> +		/*
>> +		 * If got ITE, we need to check if the sid of ITE is the same as
>> +		 * current ATS invalidation target device, if yes, don't try this
>> +		 * request anymore if the target device isn't present.
>> +		 * 0 value of ite_sid means old VT-d device, no ite_sid value.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (pdev && ite_sid && !pci_device_is_present(pdev) &&
>> +			ite_sid == pci_dev_id(pci_physfn(pdev)))
>> +			return -ETIMEDOUT;
>> +
> 
> since the hardware already reports source id leading to timeout, can't we
> just find the pci_dev according to reported ite_sid? this is a slow path (either
> due to device in bad state or removed) hence it's not necessary to add more
> intelligence to pass the pci_dev in, leading to only a partial fix can be backported.
> 
> It's also more future-proof, say if one day the driver allows batching invalidation
> requests for multiple devices then no need to pass in a list of devices.
> 
> Then it's easier to backport a full fix.

May consider pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() or
pci_find_bus()/pci_get_slot(). But I doubt if the pci_dev is still tracked
in the bus or a kind of dev list in the device hot removal case. So Ethan
may need to check.

Regards,
Yi Liu

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Regards,
Yi Liu