Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] PCI: Introduce pcim_alloc_irq_vectors()

Andy Shevchenko
2021-06-17T13:20:26Z

Dejin, why Christoph's email suddenly disappeared during updating?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 02:25:43PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:37:22PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 05:41:43PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 11:39:13PM +0800, Dejin Zheng wrote:
> > > > Introduce pcim_alloc_irq_vectors(), a device-managed version of
> > > > pci_alloc_irq_vectors(). Introducing this function can simplify
> > > > the error handling path in many drivers.
> > > >
> > > > And use pci_free_irq_vectors() to replace some code in pcim_release(),
> > > > they are equivalent, and no functional change. It is more explicit
> > > > that pcim_alloc_irq_vectors() is a device-managed function.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > @@ -1989,10 +1989,7 @@ static void pcim_release(struct device *gendev, void *res)
> > > > struct pci_devres *this = res;
> > > > int i;
> > > >
> > > > - if (dev->msi_enabled)
> > > > - pci_disable_msi(dev);
> > > > - if (dev->msix_enabled)
> > > > - pci_disable_msix(dev);
> > > > + pci_free_irq_vectors(dev);
> > >
> > > If I understand correctly, this hunk is a nice simplification, but
> > > actually has nothing to do with making pcim_alloc_irq_vectors(). I
> > > have it split to a separate patch in my local tree. Or am I wrong
> > > about that?
> >
> > It's a good simplification that had to be done when pci_free_irq_vectors()
> > appeared.
>
> Sorry to be pedantic. You say the simplification "had to be done,"
> but AFAICT there was no actual *requirement* for this simplification
> to be done since pci_free_irq_vectors() is functionally identical to
> the previous code.
> I think we should do it because it's a little
> simpler, but not because it *fixes* anything.

It makes things more straightforward. So it definitely "fixes" something, but
not the code in this case, rather how we maintain this code.

> > But here is the fact that indirectly it's related to the pcim_*()
> > APIs, i.e. pcim_alloc_irq_vectors(), because you may noticed this is inside
> > pcim_release().
>
> Yes. For posterity, my notes about the call chain (after applying
> this patch):
>
> pci_alloc_irq_vectors
> pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity
> __pci_enable_msix_range # MSI-X path
> __pci_enable_msix
> msix_capability_init
> msix_setup_entries
> for (...)
> entry = alloc_msi_entry
> kzalloc(msi_desc) <--- alloc
> kmemdup(msi_desc->affinity) <--- alloc
> dev->msix_enabled = 1 # MSI-X enabled
> __pci_enable_msi_range # MSI path
> msi_capability_init
> msi_setup_entry
> alloc_msi_entry <--- alloc
> dev->msi_enabled = 1 # MSI enabled
>
> pcim_release
> pci_free_irq_vectors
> pci_disable_msix # MSI-X
> if (!dev->msix_enabled)
> return
> pci_msix_shutdown
> dev->msix_enabled = 0 # MSI-X disabled
> free_msi_irqs
> list_for_each_entry_safe(..., msi_list, ...)
> free_msi_entry
> kfree(msi_desc->affinity) <--- free
> kfree(msi_desc) <--- free
> pci_disable_msi # MSI
> if (!dev->msi_enabled)
> return
> pci_msi_shutdown
> dev->msi_enabled = 0 # MSI disabled
> free_msi_irqs <--- free
>
> So I *think* (correct me if I'm wrong):
>
> - If a driver calls pcim_enable_device(), we will call
> pcim_release() when the last reference to the device is dropped.
>
> - pci_alloc_irq_vectors() allocates msi_desc and irq_affinity_desc
> structures via msix_setup_entries() or msi_setup_entry().
>
> - pcim_release() will free those msi_desc and irq_affinity_desc
> structures.
>
> - Even before this series, pcim_release() frees msi_desc and
> irq_affinity_desc structures by calling pci_disable_msi() and
> pci_disable_msix().
>
> - Calling pci_free_irq_vectors() (or pci_disable_msi() or
> pci_disable_msix()) twice is unnecessary but probably harmless
> because they bail out early.

> So this series actually does not fix any problems whatsoever.

I tend to disagree.

The PCI managed API is currently inconsistent and what you got is what I
already know and had been using until (see below) Christoph told not to do [1].

Even do you as PCI maintainer it took some time to figure this out. But current
APIs make it hard for mere users who wants to use it in the drivers.

So, main point of fix here is _API inconsistency_ [0].

But hey, I believe you have been Cc'ed to the initial submission of the
pci_*_irq_vector*() rework done by Christoph [2] (hmm... don't see your
name there). And he updated documentation as well [3].

Moreover, he insisted to use pci_free_irq_vectors() whenever we are using
pci_alloc_irq_vectors(). And he suggested if we want to avoid this we have to
make pcim_ variant of the API (see [1] again).

Maybe you, guys, should got some agreement and clarify it in the documentation?

[0]: We have a few functions with pcim_ prefix, few without and some from the
latter group imply to behave _differently_ when pcim_enable_device() had
been called.
[1]: I'm not able to find the archive of the mailing, but I remember that it
was something like that IIRC during 8250_lpss.c development.
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/1467621574-8277-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de/
[3]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/PCI/msi-howto.html#using-msi

> It *does* remove unnecessary pci_free_irq_vectors() calls from
> i2c-designware-pcidrv.c.
>
> But because pci_alloc_irq_vectors() and related interfaces are
> *already* managed as soon as a driver calls pcim_enable_device(),
> we can simply remove the pci_free_irq_vectors() without doing anything
> else.
>
> I don't think we *should* do anything else.

See above.

> There are many callers of
> pcim_enable_device() that also call pci_alloc_irq_vectors(),
> pci_enable_msix_range(), etc. We don't have pcim_enable_msix_range(),
> pcim_enable_msi(), pcim_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity(), etc. I don't
> think it's worth the churn of adding all those and changing all the
> callers to use pcim_*() (as in patch 4/4 here).
>
> Browsing the output of this:
>
> git grep -En "pcim_enable_device|pci_alloc_irq_vectors|pci_enable_msix_|pci_free_irq_vectors|pci_disable_msi"
>
> leads me to believe there are similar calls of pci_free_irq_vectors()
> that could be removed here:
>
> mtip_pci_probe
> sp_pci_probe
> dw_edma_pcie_probe
> hisi_dma_probe
> ioat_pci_probe
> plx_dma_probe
> cci_pci_probe
> hibmc_pci_probe
> ...
>
> and many more, but I got tired of looking.
>
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * pcim_alloc_irq_vectors - a device-managed pci_alloc_irq_vectors()
> > > > + * @dev: PCI device to operate on
> > > > + * @min_vecs: minimum number of vectors required (must be >= 1)
> > > > + * @max_vecs: maximum (desired) number of vectors
> > > > + * @flags: flags or quirks for the allocation
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Return the number of vectors allocated, (which might be smaller than
> > > > + * @max_vecs) if successful, or a negative error code on error. If less
> > > > + * than @min_vecs interrupt vectors are available for @dev the function
> > > > + * will fail with -ENOSPC.
> > > > + *
> > > > + * It depends on calling pcim_enable_device() to make IRQ resources
> > > > + * manageable.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static inline int
> > > > +pcim_alloc_irq_vectors(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned int min_vecs,
> > > > + unsigned int max_vecs, unsigned int flags)
> > > > +{
> > > > + if (!pci_is_managed(dev))
> > > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > > + return pci_alloc_irq_vectors(dev, min_vecs, max_vecs, flags);
> > >
> > > This is great, but can you explain how pci_alloc_irq_vectors()
> > > magically becomes a managed interface if we've already called
> > > pcim_enable_device()?
> > >
> > > I certainly believe it does; I'd just like to put a hint in the commit
> > > log since my 5 minutes of grepping around didn't make it obvious to
> > > me.
> > >
> > > I see that pcim_enable_device() sets pdev->is_managed, but I didn't
> > > find the connection between that and pci_alloc_irq_vectors().
> >
> > One needs to read and understand the code, I agree. The explanation is spread
> > between pcim_release() and __pci_enable_msi/x_range().
> >
> > The call chain is
> >
> > msi_capability_init() / msix_capability_init()
> > ...
> > <- __pci_enable_msi/x_range()
> > <- pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity()
> > <- pci_alloc_irq_vectors()
> >
> > where device msi_enabled / msix_enabled is set.
> >
> > So, it may deserve to be explained in the commit message.
> >
> > > > +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko