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

[Niklas Cassel <Niklas.Cassel@wdc.com>]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 09:21:40PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> 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.

Sounds good to me!

Since you will need to also fix the error paths (my suggestion didn't)),
I think that you deserve the authorship if you cook up a patch.

It would be nice to hear Vidya's opinion on my suggestion as well, since he
appears to be the one who added the .core_init_notifier in the first place.


Kind regards,
Niklas