From: Hal Rosenstock <hal@dev.mellanox.co.il>
To: Honggang LI <honli@redhat.com>
Cc: dledford@redhat.com, jgg@ziepe.ca, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
noaos@mellanox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] IB/core: Set width to 1X for invalid active widths when port is down
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:47:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bdd750e3-83e7-e776-e487-8a41112944a4@dev.mellanox.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180315124342.GA29859@dhcp-13-42.nay.redhat.com>
On 3/15/2018 8:43 AM, Honggang LI wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 08:32:02AM -0400, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>> On 3/15/2018 8:01 AM, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>>> On 3/15/2018 5:02 AM, Honggang LI wrote:
>>>> From: Honggang Li <honli@redhat.com>
>>>>
>>>> commit f1b65df5a232 ("IB/mlx5: Add support for active_width and
>>>> active_speed in RoCE"). Before this patch applied, the mlx5_ib
>>>> driver set default active_width and active_speed to IB_WIDTH_4X
>>>> and IB_SPEED_QDR.
>>>>
>>>> When the RoCE port is down, the RoCE port did not negotiate the
>>>> active width with remote side. The active width is zero. If run
>>>> ibstat to require the port status, ibstat will panic as it read
>>>> invalid width from sys file.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Honggang Li <honli@redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c | 15 +++++++++++----
>>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
>>>> index cf36ff1f0068..722e4571f4d2 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
>>>> @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
>>>> struct ib_port_attr attr;
>>>> char *speed = "";
>>>> int rate; /* in deci-Gb/sec */
>>>> + int width;
>>>> ssize_t ret;
>>>>
>>>> ret = ib_query_port(p->ibdev, p->port_num, &attr);
>>>> @@ -278,13 +279,19 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
>>>> break;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - rate *= ib_width_enum_to_int(attr.active_width);
>>>> - if (rate < 0)
>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>> + width = ib_width_enum_to_int(attr.active_width);
>>>> + if (width < 0) {
>>>> + if (attr.state != IB_PORT_ACTIVE)
>>>
>>> Link width is valid in any PortState other than Down so I think that
>>> this check should be:
>>> if (attr.state != IB_PORT_DOWN)
>>>
>>> However, I don't think overriding width should be needed for this case
>>> and just returning -EINVAL should be fine regardless of port state.
>>> AFAIK it's the driver responsibility to populate acceptable defaults for
>>> such parameters. What driver(s) have this issue ? Shouldn't it be fixed
>>> there rather than here ?
>>
>> I just noticed that you reference commit f1b65df5a232 ("IB/mlx5: Add
>> support for active_width and active_speed in RoCE"). Before this patch
>> applied, the mlx5_ib driver set default active_width and active_speed to
>> IB_WIDTH_4X and IB_SPEED_QDR.
>>
>> Should the fix be to hw/mlx5/main.c:translate_eth_proto_oper which now has:
>>
>> switch (eth_proto_oper) {
>> ...
>> default:
>> return -EINVAL;
>> }
>>
>> return 0;
>>
>> and change default case to:
>> *active_width = IB_WIDTH_1X;
>>
>> ?
>
> I suggest to restore previous behavior before apply f1b65df5a232.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> index 033b6af90de9..0d73d2772d9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> @@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ static int mlx5_query_port_roce(struct ib_device *device, u8 port_num,
> if (err)
> goto out;
>
> + props->active_width = IB_WIDTH_4X;
> + props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_QDR;
> +
> translate_eth_proto_oper(eth_prot_oper, &props->active_speed,
> &props->active_width);
>
Sure; makes sense that it should preserve the original behavior for this
case.
Thanks.
-- Hal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-15 12:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-15 9:02 [PATCH 0/2] IB/core: Set invalid active widths to 1X when port is not active Honggang LI
2018-03-15 9:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] IB/core: Set speed string to SDR for invalid active rates Honggang LI
2018-03-19 17:53 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-15 9:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] IB/core: Set width to 1X for invalid active widths when port is down Honggang LI
2018-03-15 12:01 ` Hal Rosenstock
2018-03-15 12:27 ` Honggang LI
2018-03-15 12:32 ` Hal Rosenstock
2018-03-15 12:43 ` Honggang LI
2018-03-15 12:47 ` Hal Rosenstock [this message]
2018-03-16 2:38 ` Honggang LI
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