Re: Subject : [ PATCH ] pci-reset-error_state-to-pci_channel_io_normal-at-report_slot_reset

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri May 17 2013 - 19:48:01 EST


On Friday, May 17, 2013 05:43:33 PM Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Rafael because he knows about dev->state_saved]
>
> Sorry, I'm not very familiar with AER, so please excuse some naive
> questions below.
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Zhang, LongX <longx.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Zhang Long <longx.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Specific pci device drivers might have many functions to call
> > pci_channel_offline to check device states. When slot_reset happens,
> > drivers' slot_reset callback might call such functions and eventually
> > abort the reset.
>
> Where does this happen? I looked at all the references to
> dev->error_state and all the callers of pci_channel_offline(), and I
> didn't see any in .slot_reset() methods.
>
> (There are *assignments* to dev->error_state in qlcnic_attach_func(),
> qlge_io_slot_reset(), and qla2xxx_pci_slot_reset(). You might be able
> to remove those assignments after this patch, but this patch wouldn't
> really change anything for those paths.)
>
> > The patch resets pdev->error_state to pci_channel_io_normal at
> > the begining of report_slot_reset.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Long <longx.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c | 1 +
> > drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c | 12 +++++-------
> > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > index 564d97f..c61fd44 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ static int report_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *dev, void *data)
> > result_data = (struct aer_broadcast_data *) data;
> >
> > device_lock(&dev->dev);
> > + dev->error_state = pci_channel_io_normal;
>
> The device's error_state might be pci_channel_io_frozen when we get
> here. We haven't touched anything in the hardware yet. What makes
> the device unfrozen now? Did anything actually change as far as the
> hardware device is concerned?
>
> I agree it looks like report_slot_reset() should be made more like
> eeh_report_reset(). I'm just wondering if the error_state should be
> changed *after* calling the .slot_reset() method instead of before.
>
> > if (!dev->driver ||
> > !dev->driver->err_handler ||
> > !dev->driver->err_handler->slot_reset)
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> > index ed4d094..7abefd9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> > @@ -332,13 +332,11 @@ static pci_ers_result_t pcie_portdrv_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
> > pci_ers_result_t status = PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED;
> > int retval;
> >
> > - /* If fatal, restore cfg space for possible link reset at upstream */
> > - if (dev->error_state == pci_channel_io_frozen) {
> > - dev->state_saved = true;
> > - pci_restore_state(dev);
> > - pcie_portdrv_restore_config(dev);
> > - pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(dev);
> > - }
>
> Previously we only restored state for the pci_channel_io_frozen state,
> i.e., when handling an AER_FATAL error. Now we restore it always.
> Why?
>
> > + /* restore cfg space for possible link reset at upstream */
> > + dev->state_saved = true;
>
> "dev->state_saved == true" means that the dev->saved_config_space
> contains valid data. Why do we know that's the case here? I see that
> pcie_portdrv_probe() calls pci_save_state() when we first claim the
> port, and I guess we're assuming the state saved then is still valid.
> But why do we need to actually set dev->state_saved here? Shouldn't
> it be already set to true anyway?

This is a dirty trick to make pci_restore_state(dev) always work here
(because it checks dev->state_saved and does nothing if it isn't set).
I suppose.

> > + pci_restore_state(dev);
> > + pcie_portdrv_restore_config(dev);
> > + pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(dev);
> >
> > /* get true return value from &status */
> > retval = device_for_each_child(&dev->dev, &status, slot_reset_iter);
> > --

Thanks,
Rafael


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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