Re: [PATCH v7 4/5] PCI: only return true when dev io state is really changed

From: Ethan Zhao
Date: Wed Oct 07 2020 - 03:51:00 EST


Bjorn,

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 12:44 AM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 03:55:13AM -0400, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> > When uncorrectable error happens, AER driver and DPC driver interrupt
> > handlers likely call
> >
> > pcie_do_recovery()
> > ->pci_walk_bus()
> > ->report_frozen_detected()
> >
> > with pci_channel_io_frozen the same time.
> > If pci_dev_set_io_state() return true even if the original state is
> > pci_channel_io_frozen, that will cause AER or DPC handler re-enter
> > the error detecting and recovery procedure one after another.
> > The result is the recovery flow mixed between AER and DPC.
> > So simplify the pci_dev_set_io_state() function to only return true
> > when dev->error_state is really changed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Wen Jin <wen.jin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Shanshan Zhang <ShanshanX.Zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changnes:
> > v2: revise description and code according to suggestion from Andy.
> > v3: change code to simpler.
> > v4: no change.
> > v5: no change.
> > v6: no change.
> > v7: changed based on Bjorn's code and truth table.
> >
> > drivers/pci/pci.h | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> > index 455b32187abd..47af1ff2a286 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> > @@ -354,44 +354,31 @@ struct pci_sriov {
> > *
> > * Must be called with device_lock held.
> > *
> > - * Returns true if state has been changed to the requested state.
> > + * Returns true if state has been really changed to the requested state.
> > */
> > static inline bool pci_dev_set_io_state(struct pci_dev *dev,
> > pci_channel_state_t new)
> > {
> > - bool changed = false;
> > -
> > device_lock_assert(&dev->dev);
> > - switch (new) {
> > - case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
> > - switch (dev->error_state) {
> > - case pci_channel_io_frozen:
> > - case pci_channel_io_normal:
> > - case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
> > - changed = true;
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - break;
> > - case pci_channel_io_frozen:
> > - switch (dev->error_state) {
> > - case pci_channel_io_frozen:
> > - case pci_channel_io_normal:
> > - changed = true;
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - break;
> > - case pci_channel_io_normal:
> > - switch (dev->error_state) {
> > - case pci_channel_io_frozen:
> > - case pci_channel_io_normal:
> > - changed = true;
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - if (changed)
> > - dev->error_state = new;
> > - return changed;
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Truth table:
> > + * requested new state
> > + * current ------------------------------------------
> > + * state normal frozen perm_failure
> > + * ------------ + ------------- ------------- ------------
> > + * normal | normal frozen perm_failure
> > + * frozen | normal frozen perm_failure
> > + * perm_failure | perm_failure* perm_failure* perm_failure
> > + */
> > +
> > + if (dev->error_state == pci_channel_io_perm_failure)
> > + return false;
> > + else if (dev->error_state == new)
> > + return false;
> > +
> > + dev->error_state = new;
> > + return true;
>
> No, you missed the point. I want
>
> 1) One patch that converts the "switch" to the shorter "if"
> statements. This one will be big and ugly, but should not change
> the functionality at all, and it should be pretty easy to verify
> that since there aren't very many states involved.
>
> Since this one is pure code simplification, the commit log won't
> say anything at all about AER or DPC or their requirements
> because it's not changing any behavior.
>
> 2) A separate patch that's tiny and makes whatever functional change
> you need.

Make sense, clear, this time.

Thanks,
Ethan
>
> > }
> >
> > static inline int pci_dev_set_disconnected(struct pci_dev *dev, void *unused)
> > --
> > 2.18.4
> >