Re: [PATCH] opensm/osm_state_mgr.c: force heavy sweep when fabric consists of single switch

Eli Dorfman (Voltaire)
2009-11-09T13:54:29Z

Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> Eli Dorfman (Voltaire) wrote:
>> Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>> Eli Dorfman (Voltaire) wrote:
>>>> Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>>> Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>>>> Line Holen wrote:
>>>>>>> On 11/ 4/09 04:54 PM, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>>>>>> Line Holen wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 11/ 4/09 10:47 AM, Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12:26 Tue 03 Nov , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Always do heavy sweep when there is only one node in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> fabric, and this node is a switch, and SM runs on top of it -
>>>>>>>>>>>> there may be a race when OSM starts running before the
>>>>>>>>>>>> external ports are ports are up, or if they went through
>>>>>>>>>>>> reset while SM was starting.
>>>>>>>>>>>> In this race switch brings up the ports and turns on the
>>>>>>>>>>>> PSC bit, but OSM might get PortInfo before SwitchInfo, and it
>>>>>>>>>>>> might see all ports as down, but PSC bit on. If that happens,
>>>>>>>>>>>> OSM turns off PSC bit, and it will never see external ports
>>>>>>>>>>>> again - it won't perform any heavy sweep, only light sweep
>>>>>>>>>>> Could such race happen when there are more than one node in a
>>>>>>>>>>> fabric?
>>>>>>>>>> I think that my description of the race was misleading.
>>>>>>>>>> The race can happen on *any* fabric when SM runs on switch.
>>>>>>>>>> But when it does happen, SM thinks that the whole subnet
>>>>>>>>>> is just one switch - that's what it managed to discover.
>>>>>>>>>> I've actually seen it happening.
>>>>>>>>>> So the patch fixes this particular case.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So the next question that you would probably ask is can
>>>>>>>>>> this race happen on some *other* switch and not the one
>>>>>>>>>> SM is running on?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, I don't know. I have a hunch that it can't, but I
>>>>>>>>>> couldn't prove it to myself yet.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The race on the managed switch is a special case because
>>>>>>>>>> SM always sees port 0, and always gets responses to its
>>>>>>>>>> SMP queries. On any other switch, if the ports were reset,
>>>>>>>>>> SM won't get any response until the ports are up again.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps there might be a case where SM got some port as down,
>>>>>>>>>> and by the time SM got SwitchInfo with PSC bit the port
>>>>>>>>>> was already up, so SM won't start discovery beyond this
>>>>>>>>>> port. But this race would be fixed on the next heavy sweep,
>>>>>>>>>> when SM will discover this port that it missed the previous
>>>>>>>>>> time, whereas race on managed switch is fatal - SM won't
>>>>>>>>>> ever do any heavy sweep.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -- Yevgeny
>>>>>>>>> At least for the 3.2 branch there is a general race regardless of
>>>>>>>>> where the SM is running. I haven't checked the current master, but
>>>>>>>>> I cannot recall seeing any patches related to this so I assume
>>>>>>>>> the race is still there.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is a window between SM discovering a switch and clearing PSC
>>>>>>>>> for the same switch. The SM will not detect a state change on the
>>>>>>>>> switch ports during this time.
>>>>>>>> If the port changes state during that period, the switch issues
>>>>>>>> new trap 128, which (I think) should cause SM to re-discover the
>>>>>>>> fabric once this discovery cycle is over. Is this correct?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the switch shall send a trap whenever it sets the PSC bit.
>>>>>>> Once set I believe it will not send another trap until it is reset.
>>>>>>> Or do I misinterpret the spec ?
>>>>>> I may be wrong, but I thought that this is how things work:
>>>>>> - port state changes
>>>>>> - switch turns on PSC bit and starts sending traps
>>>>>> - SM gets the trap, sends trap repress
>>>>>> - switch gets trap repress and stops sending traps
>>>>>> - PSC is still on
>>>>>> - port state changes again (the same or any other port)
>>>>>> - switch turns on PSC bit (which doesn't matter as PSC is
>>>>>> already on) and starts sending traps again
>>>>>> - etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I'll double-check this issue.
>>>>> Yep, verified.
>>>>> Switch sends traps regardless the PSC bit status.
>>>>> Also, the spec doesn't link them together:
>>>>>
>>>>> o14-5.1.1: If a switch supports Traps (PortInfo:
>>>>> CapabilityMask.IsTrap-Supported is one), its SMA
>>>>> shall send trap 128 to the SM indicated by the
>>>>> PortInfo:MasterSMLID
>>>>> under any condition that would cause SwitchInfo:PortStateChange to
>>>>> be set
>>>>> to one. (See 14.2.5.4 SwitchInfo on page 827.)
>>>>>
>>>> Trap will be sent according to the SMLID. After first bring up the
>>>> SMLID is not set yet and trap will not be sent.
>>>> In that case the opensm would discover the change only by PSC bit.
>>>> For IS3 chips the PSC bit and/or trap were set only after one or more
>>>> ports changed their state, so I don't understand how can the SM
>>>> discover PSC bit set while all ports are down. Or is this a change in
>>>> IS4?
>>> It can happen when SM runs on the switch, not not host.
>>> In this case if all ports are going down, SM will see
>>> them all down and it will see PSC bit on.
>>
>> So this patch is only for SM running on a switch which is the only
>> node in the fabric?
>> I don't see the race when there is more than one switch - please explain.
>
> Quoting from above:
>
> The race can happen on *any* fabric when SM runs on switch.
> But when it does happen, SM thinks that the whole subnet
> is just one switch - that's what it managed to discover.

I saw that but I don't understand how this can happen.
If PSC bit is set after *every* port state change and
SM clears PSC bit before reading PortInfo from the switch, then there is no race condition.
As I mentioned before for IS3 switches that is correct.
Is there a different behavior with IS4 switches?

>
>> Also AFAIK the PSC bit is set only after any physical port state change.
>
> Yes, but it is set only once.

PSC bit should be set after *every* port state change.

Eli

> Meanwhile, the ports can change from up to down,
> then SM discovers them, and then from down to up.
>
> -- Yevgeny
>
>
>> So if we clear the PSC bit and only then get PortInfo we will still
>> catch any new state change.
>> right?
>>
>> Eli
>>
>>
>>> -- Yevgeny
>>>
>>>> Eli
>>>>
>>>>> -- Yevgeny
>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Yevgeny
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or perhaps the more serious problem happens when SM LID is not
>>>>>>>> configured yet on the switch, hence the trap is not going to the
>>>>>>>> right place?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have a patch for the 3.2 branch that I can merge into master.
>>>>>>>> Sure, that would be nice :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- Yevgeny
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Line
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sasha
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>> opensm/opensm/osm_state_mgr.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/opensm/opensm/osm_state_mgr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> b/opensm/opensm/osm_state_mgr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> index 4303d6e..537c855 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/opensm/opensm/osm_state_mgr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/opensm/opensm/osm_state_mgr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -1062,13 +1062,18 @@ static void do_sweep(osm_sm_t * sm)
>>>>>>>>>>>> * Otherwise, this is probably our first discovery pass
>>>>>>>>>>>> * or we are connected in loopback. In both cases do a
>>>>>>>>>>>> * heavy sweep.
>>>>>>>>>>>> - * Note: If we are connected in loopback we want a heavy
>>>>>>>>>>>> - * sweep, since we will not be getting any traps if
>>>>>>>>>>>> there is
>>>>>>>>>>>> - * a lost connection.
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * Note the following:
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * 1. If we are connected in loopback we want a heavy
>>>>>>>>>>>> sweep,
>>>>>>>>>>>> since we
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * will not be getting any traps if there is a lost
>>>>>>>>>>>> connection.
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * 2. If we are in DISCOVERING state - this means it is
>>>>>>>>>>>> either in
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * initializing or wake up from STANDBY - run the heavy
>>>>>>>>>>>> sweep.
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * 3. If there is only one node in the fabric, and this
>>>>>>>>>>>> node is a
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * switch, and OSM runs on top of it, there might be a
>>>>>>>>>>>> race
>>>>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * OSM starts running before the external ports are
>>>>>>>>>>>> up -
>>>>>>>>>>>> run the
>>>>>>>>>>>> + * heavy sweep.
>>>>>>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>>>>>> - /* if we are in DISCOVERING state - this means it is
>>>>>>>>>>>> either in
>>>>>>>>>>>> - * initializing or wake up from STANDBY - run the heavy
>>>>>>>>>>>> sweep */
>>>>>>>>>>>> if (cl_qmap_count(&sm->p_subn->sw_guid_tbl)
>>>>>>>>>>>> + && cl_qmap_count(&sm->p_subn->node_guid_tbl) != 1
>>>>>>>>>>>> && sm->p_subn->sm_state != IB_SMINFO_STATE_DISCOVERING
>>>>>>>>>>>> && sm->p_subn->opt.force_heavy_sweep == FALSE
>>>>>>>>>>>> && sm->p_subn->force_heavy_sweep == FALSE
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.5.1.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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