Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] PCI: designware-ep: Fix DBI access before core init

Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-11-29T15:51:47Z

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 11:38:34AM +0000, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 06:41:51PM +0100, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 02:10:13PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > The drivers for platforms requiring reference clock from the PCIe host for
> > > initializing their PCIe EP core, make use of the 'core_init_notifier'
> > > feature exposed by the DWC common code. On these platforms, access to the
> > > hw registers like DBI before completing the core initialization will result
> > > in a whole system hang. But the current DWC EP driver tries to access DBI
> > > registers during dw_pcie_ep_init() without waiting for core initialization
> > > and it results in system hang on platforms making use of
> > > 'core_init_notifier' such as Tegra194 and Qcom SM8450.
> > >
> > > To workaround this issue, users of the above mentioned platforms have to
> > > maintain the dependency with the PCIe host by booting the PCIe EP after
> > > host boot. But this won't provide a good user experience, since PCIe EP is
> > > _one_ of the features of those platforms and it doesn't make sense to
> > > delay the whole platform booting due to the PCIe dependency.
> > >
> > > So to fix this issue, let's move all the DBI access during
> > > dw_pcie_ep_init() in the DWC EP driver to the dw_pcie_ep_init_complete()
> > > API that gets called only after core initialization on these platforms.
> > > This makes sure that the DBI register accesses are skipped during
> > > dw_pcie_ep_init() and accessed later once the core initialization happens.
> > >
> > > For the rest of the platforms, DBI access happens as usual.
> > >
> > > Co-developed-by: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@nvidia.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@nvidia.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> >
> > Hello Mani,
> >
> > I tried this patch on top of a work in progress EP driver,
> > which, similar to pcie-qcom-ep.c has a perst gpio as input,
> > and a .core_init_notifier.
> >
> > What I noticed is the following every time I reboot the RC, I get:
> >
> > [ 604.735115] debugfs: Directory 'a40000000.pcie_ep' with parent 'dmaengine' already present!
> > [ 1000.713582] debugfs: Directory 'a40000000.pcie_ep' with parent 'dmaengine' already present!
> > [ 1000.714355] debugfs: File 'mf' in directory '/' already present!
> > [ 1000.714890] debugfs: File 'wr_ch_cnt' in directory '/' already present!
> > [ 1000.715476] debugfs: File 'rd_ch_cnt' in directory '/' already present!
> > [ 1000.716061] debugfs: Directory 'registers' with parent '/' already present!
> >
> >
> > Also:
> >
> > # ls -al /sys/class/dma/dma*/device | grep pcie
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma3chan0/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma3chan1/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma3chan2/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma3chan3/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma4chan0/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma4chan1/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma4chan2/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:14 /sys/class/dma/dma4chan3/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:16 /sys/class/dma/dma5chan0/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:16 /sys/class/dma/dma5chan1/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:16 /sys/class/dma/dma5chan2/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 00:16 /sys/class/dma/dma5chan3/device -> ../../../a40000000.pcie_ep
> >
> > Adds another dmaX entry for each reboot.
> >
> >
> > I'm quite sure that you will see the same with pcie-qcom-ep.
> >
> > I think that either the DWC drivers using core_init (only tegra and qcom)
> > need to deinit the eDMA in their assert_perst() function, or this patch
> > needs to deinit the eDMA before initializing it.
> >
> >
> > A problem with the current code, if you do NOT have this patch, which I assume
> > is also problem on pcie-qcom-ep, is that since assert_perst() function performs
> > a core reset, all the eDMA setting written in the dbi by the eDMA driver will be
> > cleared, so a PERST assert + deassert by the RC will wipe the eDMA settings.
> > Hopefully, this will no longer be a problem after this patch has been merged.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Niklas
>
> I'm sorry that I'm just looking at this patch now (it's v7 already).
> But I did notice that the DWC code is inconsistent for drivers having
> a .core_init_notifier and drivers not having a .core_init_notifier.
>
> When receiving a hot reset or link-down reset, the DWC core gets reset,
> which means that most DBI settings get reset to their reset value.
>

I believe you are talking about the hardware here and not the DWC core driver.

>
> Both tegra and qcom-ep does have a start_link() that is basically a no-op.

That's because of the fact that we cannot write to LTSSM registers before perst
deassert.

> Instead, ep_init_complete() (and LTSSM enable) is called when PERST is
> deasserted, so settings written by ep_init_complete() will always get set
> after PERST is asserted + deasserted.
>
> However, for a driver without a .core_init_notifier, a pci-epf-test unbind
> + bind, will currently NOT write the DBI settings written by
> ep_init_complete() when starting the link the second time.
>
> If you unbind + bind pci-epf-test (which requires stopping and starting the
> link), I think that you should write all the DBI settings. Unbinding + binding
> will allocate memory for all the BARs, write all the iATU settings etc.
> It doesn't make sense that some DBI writes (those made by ep_init_complete())
> are not redone.
>
> The problem is that if you do not have a .core_init_notifier,
> ep_init_complete() (which does DBI writes) is only called by ep_init(),
> and never ever again.
>

Hmm, right. I did not look close into non-core_init_notifier platforms because
of the lack of hardware.

>
> Considering that .start_link() is a no-op for DWC drivers with a
> .core_init_notifier (they instead call ep_init_complete() when perst is
> deasserted), I think the most logical thing would be for .start_link() to
> call ep_init_complete() (for drivers without a .core_init_notifier), that way,
> all DBI settings (and not just some) will be written on an unbind + bind.
>
>
> Something like this:
>
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c
> @@ -465,6 +465,16 @@ static int dw_pcie_ep_start(struct pci_epc *epc)
> {
> struct dw_pcie_ep *ep = epc_get_drvdata(epc);
> struct dw_pcie *pci = to_dw_pcie_from_ep(ep);
> + const struct pci_epc_features *epc_features;
> +
> + if (ep->ops->get_features) {
> + epc_features = ep->ops->get_features(ep);
> + if (!epc_features->core_init_notifier) {
> + ret = dw_pcie_ep_init_complete(ep);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + }
> + }
>
> return dw_pcie_start_link(pci);
> }
> @@ -729,7 +739,6 @@ int dw_pcie_ep_init(struct dw_pcie_ep *ep)
> struct device *dev = pci->dev;
> struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
> - const struct pci_epc_features *epc_features;
> struct dw_pcie_ep_func *ep_func;
>
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ep->func_list);
> @@ -817,16 +826,6 @@ int dw_pcie_ep_init(struct dw_pcie_ep *ep)
> if (ret)
> goto err_free_epc_mem;
>
> - if (ep->ops->get_features) {
> - epc_features = ep->ops->get_features(ep);
> - if (epc_features->core_init_notifier)
> - return 0;
> - }
> -
> - ret = dw_pcie_ep_init_complete(ep);
> - if (ret)
> - goto err_remove_edma;
> -
> return 0;
>
> err_remove_edma:
>
>
> I could send a patch, but it would be conflicting with your patch.
> And you also need to handle deiniting + initing the eDMA in a nice way,
> but that seems to be a problem that also needs to be addressed with the
> patch in $subject.
>
> What do you think?
>

Your proposed solution looks good to me. If you are OK, I can spin up a patch on
behalf of you (with your authorship ofc) and integrate it with this series.

Let me know!

- Mani

>
> Kind regards,
> Niklas

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