Re: [patch V2 00/46] x86, PCI, XEN, genirq ...: Prepare for device MSI

["Dey, Megha" <megha.dey@intel.com>]

Hi Thomas,

On 8/26/2020 4:16 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> This is the second version of providing a base to support device MSI (non
> PCI based) and on top of that support for IMS (Interrupt Message Storm)
> based devices in a halfways architecture independent way.
>
> The first version can be found here:
>
>      https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821002424.119492231@linutronix.de
>
> It's still a mixed bag of bug fixes, cleanups and general improvements
> which are worthwhile independent of device MSI.
>
> There are quite a bunch of issues to solve:
>
>    - X86 does not use the device::msi_domain pointer for historical reasons
>      and due to XEN, which makes it impossible to create an architecture
>      agnostic device MSI infrastructure.
>
>    - X86 has it's own msi_alloc_info data type which is pointlessly
>      different from the generic version and does not allow to share code.
>
>    - The logic of composing MSI messages in an hierarchy is busted at the
>      core level and of course some (x86) drivers depend on that.
>
>    - A few minor shortcomings as usual
>
> This series addresses that in several steps:
>
>   1) Accidental bug fixes
>
>        iommu/amd: Prevent NULL pointer dereference
>
>   2) Janitoring
>
>        x86/init: Remove unused init ops
>        PCI: vmd: Dont abuse vector irqomain as parent
>        x86/msi: Remove pointless vcpu_affinity callback
>
>   3) Sanitizing the composition of MSI messages in a hierarchy
>   
>        genirq/chip: Use the first chip in irq_chip_compose_msi_msg()
>        x86/msi: Move compose message callback where it belongs
>
>   4) Simplification of the x86 specific interrupt allocation mechanism
>
>        x86/irq: Rename X86_IRQ_ALLOC_TYPE_MSI* to reflect PCI dependency
>        x86/irq: Add allocation type for parent domain retrieval
>        iommu/vt-d: Consolidate irq domain getter
>        iommu/amd: Consolidate irq domain getter
>        iommu/irq_remapping: Consolidate irq domain lookup
>
>   5) Consolidation of the X86 specific interrupt allocation mechanism to be as close
>      as possible to the generic MSI allocation mechanism which allows to get rid
>      of quite a bunch of x86'isms which are pointless
>
>        x86/irq: Prepare consolidation of irq_alloc_info
>        x86/msi: Consolidate HPET allocation
>        x86/ioapic: Consolidate IOAPIC allocation
>        x86/irq: Consolidate DMAR irq allocation
>        x86/irq: Consolidate UV domain allocation
>        PCI/MSI: Rework pci_msi_domain_calc_hwirq()
>        x86/msi: Consolidate MSI allocation
>        x86/msi: Use generic MSI domain ops
>
>    6) x86 specific cleanups to remove the dependency on arch_*_msi_irqs()
>
>        x86/irq: Move apic_post_init() invocation to one place
>        x86/pci: Reducde #ifdeffery in PCI init code
>        x86/irq: Initialize PCI/MSI domain at PCI init time
>        irqdomain/msi: Provide DOMAIN_BUS_VMD_MSI
>        PCI: vmd: Mark VMD irqdomain with DOMAIN_BUS_VMD_MSI
>        PCI/MSI: Provide pci_dev_has_special_msi_domain() helper
>        x86/xen: Make xen_msi_init() static and rename it to xen_hvm_msi_init()
>        x86/xen: Rework MSI teardown
>        x86/xen: Consolidate XEN-MSI init
>        irqdomain/msi: Allow to override msi_domain_alloc/free_irqs()
>        x86/xen: Wrap XEN MSI management into irqdomain
>        iommm/vt-d: Store irq domain in struct device
>        iommm/amd: Store irq domain in struct device
>        x86/pci: Set default irq domain in pcibios_add_device()
>        PCI/MSI: Make arch_.*_msi_irq[s] fallbacks selectable
>        x86/irq: Cleanup the arch_*_msi_irqs() leftovers
>        x86/irq: Make most MSI ops XEN private
>        iommu/vt-d: Remove domain search for PCI/MSI[X]
>        iommu/amd: Remove domain search for PCI/MSI
>
>    7) X86 specific preparation for device MSI
>
>        x86/irq: Add DEV_MSI allocation type
>        x86/msi: Rename and rework pci_msi_prepare() to cover non-PCI MSI
>
>    8) Generic device MSI infrastructure
>        platform-msi: Provide default irq_chip:: Ack
>        genirq/proc: Take buslock on affinity write
>        genirq/msi: Provide and use msi_domain_set_default_info_flags()
>        platform-msi: Add device MSI infrastructure
>        irqdomain/msi: Provide msi_alloc/free_store() callbacks
>
>    9) POC of IMS (Interrupt Message Storm) irq domain and irqchip
>       implementations for both device array and queue storage.
>
>        irqchip: Add IMS (Interrupt Message Storm) driver - NOT FOR MERGING
>
> Changes vs. V1:
>
>     - Addressed various review comments and addressed the 0day fallout.
>       - Corrected the XEN logic (Jürgen)
>       - Make the arch fallback in PCI/MSI opt-in not opt-out (Bjorn)
>
>     - Fixed the compose MSI message inconsistency
>
>     - Ensure that the necessary flags are set for device SMI
>
>     - Make the irq bus logic work for affinity setting to prepare
>       support for IMS storage in queue memory. It turned out to be
>       less scary than I feared.
>
>     - Remove leftovers in iommu/intel|amd
>
>     - Reworked the IMS POC driver to cover queue storage so Jason can have a
>       look whether that fits the needs of MLX devices.
>
> The whole lot is also available from git:
>
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git device-msi
>
> This has been tested on Intel/AMD/KVM but lacks testing on:
>
>      - HYPERV (-ENODEV)
>      - VMD enabled systems (-ENODEV)
>      - XEN (-ENOCLUE)
>      - IMS (-ENODEV)
>
>      - Any non-X86 code which might depend on the broken compose MSI message
>        logic. Marc excpects not much fallout, but agrees that we need to fix
>        it anyway.
>
> #1 - #3 should be applied unconditionally for obvious reasons
> #4 - #6 are wortwhile cleanups which should be done independent of device MSI
>
> #7 - #8 look promising to cleanup the platform MSI implementation
>       	independent of #8, but I neither had cycles nor the stomach to
>       	tackle that.
>
> #9	is obviously just for the folks interested in IMS
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx

I see that the tip tree (as of 9/29) has most of these patches but 
notice that the DEV_MSI related patches

haven't made it. I have tested the tip tree(x86/irq branch) with your 
DEV_MSI infra patches and our IMS

patches with the IDXD driver and was wondering if we should push out 
those patches as part of our patchset?

Thanks,

Megha

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