Re: sata_sil24 with port multiplier

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

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Jon Chelton wrote:
> Thanks Tejun,  
> 
> I have applied the patch and rebuilt the module.  I do not seem to be
> getting the same error (although it only shows up during heavy disk
> activity).  But now I am getting a lot of spurious interrupts.

Yeah, those are harmless and expected.  The attached patch should fix
the problem.

-- 
tejun

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[PATCH] sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used

When PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used, sil24 has an inherent race condition
between clearing IRQ pending and reading IRQ status.  If IRQ pending
is cleared after reading IRQ status, there's possibility of lost IRQ.
If IRQ pending is cleared before reading IRQ status, spurious IRQs
will occur.

sata_sil24 till now cleared IRQ pending after reading IRQ status thus
losing IRQs on machines where PCIX_IRQ_WOC was used.  Reverse the
order and ignore spurious IRQs if PCIX_IRQ_WOC.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
This fixes a long-standing IRQ loss problem (and accompanying
timeouts) on sata_sil24.

 drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c |   16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: work/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ work/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -889,6 +889,16 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc
 	u32 slot_stat, qc_active;
 	int rc;
 
+	/* If PCIX_IRQ_WOC, there's an inherent race window between
+	 * clearing IRQ pending status and reading PORT_SLOT_STAT
+	 * which may cause spurious interrupts afterwards.  This is
+	 * unavoidable and much better than losing interrupts which
+	 * happens if IRQ pending is cleared after reading
+	 * PORT_SLOT_STAT.
+	 */
+	if (ap->flags & SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC)
+		writel(PORT_IRQ_COMPLETE, port + PORT_IRQ_STAT);
+
 	slot_stat = readl(port + PORT_SLOT_STAT);
 
 	if (unlikely(slot_stat & HOST_SSTAT_ATTN)) {
@@ -896,9 +906,6 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ap->flags & SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC)
-		writel(PORT_IRQ_COMPLETE, port + PORT_IRQ_STAT);
-
 	qc_active = slot_stat & ~HOST_SSTAT_ATTN;
 	rc = ata_qc_complete_multiple(ap, qc_active, sil24_finish_qc);
 	if (rc > 0)
@@ -911,7 +918,8 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ata_ratelimit())
+	/* spurious interrupts are expected if PCIX_IRQ_WOC */
+	if (!(ap->flags & SIL@$_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC) && ata_ratelimit())
 		ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_INFO, "spurious interrupt "
 			"(slot_stat 0x%x active_tag %d sactive 0x%x)\n",
 			slot_stat, ap->link.active_tag, ap->link.sactive);