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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 8/9] pci: Tune secondary bus reset timing
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On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 17:29 -0400, Don Dutile wrote:
> On 08/01/2013 12:55 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > The PCI spec indicates that with stable power, reset needs to be
> > asserted for a minimum of 1ms (Trst). Seems like we should be able
> > to assume power is stable for a runtime secondary bus reset. The
> > current code has always used 100ms with no explanation where that
> > came from. The aer_do_secondary_bus_reset() function uses 2ms, but
> > that seems to be a misinterpretation of the PCIe spec, where hot
> > reset is implemented by TS1 ordered sets containing the hot reset
> > command. After a 2ms delay the state machine enters the detect state,
> > but to generate a link down, only two consecutive TS1 hot reset
> > ordered sets are requred. 1ms should be plenty for that.
> >
> > After reset is de-asserted we must wait for devices to complete
> > initialization. The specs refer to this as "recovery time" (Trhfa).
> > For PCI this is 2^25 clock cycles or 2^26 for PCI-X. For minimum
> > bus speeds, both of those come to 1s. PCIe "softens" this
> > requirement with the Configuration Request Retry Status (CRS)
> > completion status. Theoretically we could use CRS to shorten the
> > wait time. We don't make use of that here, using a fixed 1s delay
> > to allow devices to re-initialize.
> Unfortunately, I don't think CRS is widely supported to make it worth
> the additional checking & use, atm.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson<alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/pci.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > index 3e71887..a5c6a9b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> > @@ -3291,11 +3291,22 @@ void pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus(struct pci_dev *dev)
> > pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL,&ctrl);
> > ctrl |= PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
> > pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
> > - msleep(100);
> > + /*
> > + * PCI spec v3.0 7.6.4.2 requires minimum Trst of 1ms.
> > + */
> > + msleep(1);
> >
> > ctrl&= ~PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
> > pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
> > - msleep(100);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Trhfa for conventional PCI is 2^25 clock cycles.
> > + * Assuming a minimum 33MHz clock this results in a 1s
> > + * delay before we can consider subordinate devices to
> > + * be re-initialized. PCIe has some ways to shorten this,
> > + * but we don't make use of them yet.
> > + */
> > + ssleep(1);
> Can't bus speed be determined from (config space) status bits, so
> this time can be minimized, esp. on modern, PCIe busses/links ?
> Not too many 33Mhz, legacy PCI busses that this type of
> timing is desired, or will be done to (for device assignment/vfio). :-/

Just like CRS, is it worth it? The PCIe spec seems to indicate a 1s
Trhfa regardless of bus speed. Even if it didn't, we'd need to walk
down through all the subordinate buses to find a least common
denominator. It seems sufficiently complicated to save it for a later
optimization. Thanks,

Alex

> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus);
> >
> >
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