Messages in this thread | | | From | "Deucher, Alexander" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 1/2] IB/hfi1: Try slot reset before secondary bus reset | Date | Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:11:27 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helgaas@kernel.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 5:47 PM > To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> > Cc: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>; Bjorn Helgaas > <bhelgaas@google.com>; linux-pci@vger.kernel.org; > sulrich@codeaurora.org; timur@codeaurora.org; linux-arm- > msm@vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mike > Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>; Dennis Dalessandro > <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>; Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>; > open list:HFI1 DRIVER <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>; open list <linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Deucher, Alexander > <Alexander.Deucher@amd.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IB/hfi1: Try slot reset before secondary bus reset > > [+cc Alex, who might know why DRM drivers have their own PCIe Gen3 > code] > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:26:32PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 03:56:23PM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote: > > > The infiniband adapter might be connected to a PCI hotplug slot. > > > Performing secondary bus reset on a hotplug slot causes PCI link > up/down interrupts. > > > > > > Hotplug driver removes the device from system when a link down > > > interrupt is observed and performs re-enumeration when link up > interrupt is observed. > > > > > > This conflicts with what this code is trying to do. Try secondary > > > bus reset only if pci_reset_slot() fails/unsupported. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c | 3 ++- > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c > > > b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c > > > index 83d66e8..75f49e3 100644 > > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pcie.c > > > @@ -908,7 +908,8 @@ static int trigger_sbr(struct hfi1_devdata *dd) > > > > The code above this hunk is: > > > > /* > > * Trigger a secondary bus reset (SBR) on ourselves using our parent. > > * > > * Based on pci_parent_bus_reset() which is not exported by the > > * kernel core. > > */ > > static int trigger_sbr(struct hfi1_devdata *dd) { > > > > [..] > > > > This really seems like something the PCI core should be helping with, > > drivers shouldn't be doing stuff like this. I get the feeling this > > should be a common need if drivers support various error recovery > > schemes? > > > > Bjorn, would be appropriate to export pci_parent_bus_reset() or some > > variation therin?? > > I agree it would be really nice if the PCI core could help out somehow so we > could get some of this code out of individual drivers. > > If fact, stepping back a few paces, this HFI reset path is part of a transition to > PCIe gen3 signaling, and I'm not sure why *that* is in the driver either. > > There's an ongoing discussion [1] about why this gen3 code is in the driver. > Several DRM drivers include similar code (cik_pcie_gen3_enable(), > si_pcie_gen3_enable()). > > I *thought* the hardware was supposed to automatically negotiate to the > highest rate supported by both sides without any help at all from software. > But since several drivers have code to do it themselves, I wonder if I'm > missing something, or maybe there's something the PCI core should be doing > that it isn't, and the driver code is basically working around that PCI core > deficiency.
My understanding was that some platfoms only bring up the link in gen 1 mode for compatibility reasons. TBH, I'm not that familiar with how the links come up on different platforms.
Alex
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