Re: [PATCH V2 rdma-next 3/4] RDMA/hns: Add reset process for RoCE in hip08

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Mon May 28 2018 - 12:46:41 EST


On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 09:47:43AM +0800, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
>
>
> On 2018/5/25 22:55, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:54:31PM +0800, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2018/5/25 5:31, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >>>> static const struct hnae3_client_ops hns_roce_hw_v2_ops = {
> >>>> .init_instance = hns_roce_hw_v2_init_instance,
> >>>> .uninit_instance = hns_roce_hw_v2_uninit_instance,
> >>>> + .reset_notify = hns_roce_hw_v2_reset_notify,
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> static struct hnae3_client hns_roce_hw_v2_client = {
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c
> >>>> index 1b79a38..ac51372 100644
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c
> >>>> @@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ static struct ib_ucontext *hns_roce_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
> >>>> struct hns_roce_ib_alloc_ucontext_resp resp = {};
> >>>> struct hns_roce_dev *hr_dev = to_hr_dev(ib_dev);
> >>>>
> >>>> + if (!hr_dev->active)
> >>>> + return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
> >>> This still doesn't make sense, ib_unregister_device already makes sure
> >>> that hns_roce_alloc_ucontext isn't running and won't be called before
> >>> returning, don't need another flag to do that.
> >>>
> >>> Since this is the only place the active flag is tested it can just be deleted
> >>> entirely.
> >> Hi, Jason
> >>
> >> roce reset process:
> >> 1. hr_dev->active = false; //make sure no any process call
> >> ibv_open_device.
> >> 2. call ib_dispatch_event() function to report IB_EVENT_DEVICE_FATAL
> >> event.
> >> 3. msleep(100); // for some app to free resources
> >> 4. call ib_unregister_device().
> >> 5. ...
> >> 6. ...
> >>
> >> There are 2 steps as above before calling ib_unregister_device(), we
> >> evaluate
> >> hr_dev->active with false to avoid no any process call
> >> ibv_open_device.
> > If you think this is the right flow then it is core issue to block new
> > opens, not an individual driver issue, send a core patch - eg add a
> > 'ib_driver_fatal_error()' call that does the dispatch and call it from
> > all the drivers using this IB_EVENT_DEVICE_FATAL
> Hi, Jason
>
> It seem to be no difference between calling ib_driver_fatal_error and
> calling ib_dispatch_event directly in manufacturer driver.
>
> void ib_driver_fatal_error(struct ib_device *ib_dev, u8 port_num)
> {
> struct ib_event event;
>
> event.event = IB_EVENT_DEVICE_FATAL;
> event.device = ib_dev;
> event.element.port_num = port_num;
> ib_dispatch_event(&event);
> }

My point was the core code should block calling
hns_roce_alloc_ucontext after DEVICE_FATAL if we agree that is
correct, the driver shouldn't be doing it.

Jason