Re: [PATCH V2 03/11] cxl/mem: Implement Clear Event Records command

Ira Weiny
2022-12-02T23:49:35Z

On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 06:29:20PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> ira.weiny@ wrote:
> > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> >
> > CXL rev 3.0 section 8.2.9.2.3 defines the Clear Event Records mailbox
> > command. After an event record is read it needs to be cleared from the
> > event log.
> >
> > Implement cxl_clear_event_record() to clear all record retrieved from
> > the device.
> >
> > Each record is cleared explicitly. A clear all bit is specified but
> > events could arrive between a get and any final clear all operation.
> > This means events would be missed.
> > Therefore each event is cleared specifically.
>
> Note that the spec has a better reason for why Clear All has limited
> usage:
>
> "Clear All Events is only allowed when the Event Log has overflowed;
> otherwise, the device shall return Invalid Input."
>
> Will need to wait and see if we need that to keep pace with a device
> with a high event frequency.

Perhaps. But yea I would wait and see.

[snip]

> > +static int cxl_clear_event_record(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds,
> > + enum cxl_event_log_type log,
> > + struct cxl_get_event_payload *get_pl,
> > + u16 total)
> > +{
> > + struct cxl_mbox_clear_event_payload payload = {
> > + .event_log = log,
> > + };
> > + int cnt;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Clear Event Records uses u8 for the handle cnt while Get Event
> > + * Record can return up to 0xffff records.
> > + */
> > + for (cnt = 0; cnt < total; /* cnt incremented internally */) {
> > + u8 nr_recs = min_t(u8, (total - cnt),
> > + CXL_CLEAR_EVENT_MAX_HANDLES);
>
> This seems overly complicated. @total is a duplicate of
> @get_pl->record_count, and the 2 loops feel like it could be cut
> down to one.

Sure, total is redundant to pass to the function.

However, 2 loops is IMO not at all overly complicated. Note that the 2 loops
do not do the same thing. The inner loop is filling in the payload for the
Clear command. There is really no way around doing this.

Now that I've had time to think about it:

Are you suggesting we issue a single mailbox command for every handle?

That would be a single loop. But a lot more mailbox commands.

>
> > + int i, rc;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < nr_recs; i++, cnt++) {
> > + payload.handle[i] = get_pl->records[cnt].hdr.handle;
> > + dev_dbg(cxlds->dev, "Event log '%s': Clearning %u\n",
>
> While I do think this operation is a mix of clearing and cleaning event
> records, I don't think "Clearning" is a word.

LOL... I'll fix it. :-D

>
> > + cxl_event_log_type_str(log),
> > + le16_to_cpu(payload.handle[i]));
> > + }
> > + payload.nr_recs = nr_recs;
> > +
> > + rc = cxl_mbox_send_cmd(cxlds, CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_EVENT_RECORD,
> > + &payload, sizeof(payload), NULL, 0);
> > + if (rc)
> > + return rc;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void cxl_mem_get_records_log(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds,
> > enum cxl_event_log_type type)
> > {
> > @@ -732,13 +769,22 @@ static void cxl_mem_get_records_log(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds,
> > }
> >
> > nr_rec = le16_to_cpu(payload->record_count);
> > - if (trace_cxl_generic_event_enabled()) {
> > + if (nr_rec > 0) {
> > int i;
> >
> > - for (i = 0; i < nr_rec; i++)
> > - trace_cxl_generic_event(dev_name(cxlds->dev),
> > - type,
> > - &payload->records[i]);
> > + if (trace_cxl_generic_event_enabled()) {
>
> Again, trace_cxl_generic_event_enabled() injects some awkward
> formatting here to micro-optimize looping. Any performance benefit this
> code might offer is likely offset by the extra human effort to read it.

Agreed. Gone.

>
> > + for (i = 0; i < nr_rec; i++)
> > + trace_cxl_generic_event(dev_name(cxlds->dev),
> > + type,
> > + &payload->records[i]);
> > + }
> > +
> > + rc = cxl_clear_event_record(cxlds, type, payload, nr_rec);
> > + if (rc) {
> > + dev_err(cxlds->dev, "Event log '%s': Failed to clear events : %d",
> > + cxl_event_log_type_str(type), rc);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > if (trace_cxl_overflow_enabled() &&
> > @@ -780,10 +826,11 @@ static struct cxl_get_event_payload *alloc_event_buf(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds
> > * cxl_mem_get_event_records - Get Event Records from the device
> > * @cxlds: The device data for the operation
> > *
> > - * Retrieve all event records available on the device and report them as trace
> > - * events.
> > + * Retrieve all event records available on the device, report them as trace
> > + * events, and clear them.
> > *
> > * See CXL rev 3.0 @8.2.9.2.2 Get Event Records
> > + * See CXL rev 3.0 @8.2.9.2.3 Clear Event Records
> > */
> > void cxl_mem_get_event_records(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds)
> > {
> > diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > index 55d57f5a64bc..1ae9962c5a06 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > +++ b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
> > @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ enum cxl_opcode {
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_INVALID = 0x0000,
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_RAW = CXL_MBOX_OP_INVALID,
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_GET_EVENT_RECORD = 0x0100,
> > + CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_EVENT_RECORD = 0x0101,
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_GET_FW_INFO = 0x0200,
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_ACTIVATE_FW = 0x0202,
> > CXL_MBOX_OP_GET_SUPPORTED_LOGS = 0x0400,
> > @@ -396,6 +397,19 @@ static inline const char *cxl_event_log_type_str(enum cxl_event_log_type type)
> > return "<unknown>";
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Clear Event Records input payload
> > + * CXL rev 3.0 section 8.2.9.2.3; Table 8-51
> > + */
> > +#define CXL_CLEAR_EVENT_MAX_HANDLES (0xff)
> > +struct cxl_mbox_clear_event_payload {
> > + u8 event_log; /* enum cxl_event_log_type */
> > + u8 clear_flags;
> > + u8 nr_recs;
> > + u8 reserved[3];
> > + __le16 handle[CXL_CLEAR_EVENT_MAX_HANDLES];
> > +};
> > +
> > struct cxl_mbox_get_partition_info {
> > __le64 active_volatile_cap;
> > __le64 active_persistent_cap;
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cxl_mem.h b/include/uapi/linux/cxl_mem.h
> > index 70459be5bdd4..7c1ad8062792 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/cxl_mem.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/cxl_mem.h
> > @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> > ___C(RAW, "Raw device command"), \
> > ___C(GET_SUPPORTED_LOGS, "Get Supported Logs"), \
> > ___C(GET_EVENT_RECORD, "Get Event Record"), \
> > + ___C(CLEAR_EVENT_RECORD, "Clear Event Record"), \
> > ___C(GET_FW_INFO, "Get FW Info"), \
> > ___C(GET_PARTITION_INFO, "Get Partition Information"), \
> > ___C(GET_LSA, "Get Label Storage Area"), \
>
> Same, "yikes" / "must be at the end of the enum" feedback.

Yep,
Ira