Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: Disallow retraining link for Atheros chips on non-Gen1 PCIe bridges

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Tue May 11 2021 - 16:39:56 EST


Hello! I would like to remind this fix. Is there something else needed
to change?

On Wednesday 05 May 2021 18:33:57 Pali Rohár wrote:
> Atheros AR9xxx and QCA9xxx chips have behaviour issues not only after a
> bus reset, but also after doing retrain link, if PCIe bridge is not in
> GEN1 mode (at 2.5 GT/s speed):
>
> - QCA9880 and QCA9890 chips throw a Link Down event and completely
> disappear from the bus and their config space is not accessible
> afterwards.
>
> - QCA9377 chip throws a Link Down event followed by Link Up event, the
> config space is accessible and PCI device ID is correct. But trying to
> access chip's I/O space causes Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) AER error,
> followed by Synchronous external abort 96000210 and Segmentation fault
> of insmod while loading ath10k_pci.ko module.
>
> - AR9390 chip throws a Link Down event followed by Link Up event, config
> space is accessible, but contains nonsense values. PCI device ID is
> 0xABCD which indicates HW bug that chip itself was not able to read
> values from internal EEPROM/OTP.
>
> - AR9287 chip throws also Link Down and Link Up events, also has
> accessible config space containing correct values. But ath9k driver
> fails to initialize card from this state as it is unable to access HW
> registers. This also indicates that the chip iself is not able to read
> values from internal EEPROM/OTP.
>
> These issues related to PCI device ID 0xABCD and to reading internal
> EEPROM/OTP were previously discussed at ath9k-devel mailing list in
> following thread:
>
> https://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg07529.html
>
> After experiments we've come up with a solution: it seems that Retrain
> link can be called only when using GEN1 PCIe bridge or when PCIe bridge
> link speed is forced to 2.5 GT/s. Applying this workaround fixes all
> mentioned cards.
>
> This issue was reproduced with more cards:
> - Compex WLE900VX (QCA9880 based / device ID 0x003c)
> - QCNFA435 (QCA9377 based / device ID 0x0042)
> - Compex WLE200NX (AR9287 based / device ID 0x002e)
> - "noname" card (QCA9890 based / device ID 0x003c)
> - Wistron NKR-DNXAH1 (AR9390 based / device ID 0x0030)
> on Armada 385 with pci-mvebu.c driver and also on Armada 3720 with
> pci-aardvark.c driver.
>
> To workaround this issue, this change introduces a new PCI quirk called
> PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RETRAIN_LINK_WHEN_NOT_GEN1, which is enabled for all
> Atheros chips with PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_BUS_RESET quirk, and also for Atheros
> chip AR9287.
>
> When this quirk is set, kernel disallows triggering PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_RL
> bit in config space of PCIe Bridge in the case when PCIe Bridge is
> capable of higher speed than 2.5 GT/s and this higher speed is already
> allowed. When PCIe Bridge has accessible LNKCTL2 register, we try to
> force target link speed to 2.5 GT/s. After this change it is possible
> to trigger PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_RL bit without issues.
>
> Currently only PCIe ASPM kernel code triggers this PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_RL bit,
> so quirk check is added only into pcie/aspm.c file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Marek Behún <kabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> BugLink: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/87h7l8axqp.fsf@xxxxxxx/
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84821
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192441
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209833
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # c80851f6ce63a ("PCI: Add PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2_TLS* macros")
>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> * Move whole quirk code into pcie_downgrade_link_to_gen1() function
> * Reformat to 80 chars per line where possible
> * Add quirk also for cards with AR9287 chip (PCI ID 0x002e)
> * Extend commit message description and add information about 0xABCD
>
> Changes since v2:
> * Add quirk also for Atheros QCA9377 chip
> ---
> drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/pci/quirks.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> include/linux/pci.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
> index ac0557a305af..729b0389562b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
> @@ -192,12 +192,56 @@ static void pcie_clkpm_cap_init(struct pcie_link_state *link, int blacklist)
> link->clkpm_disable = blacklist ? 1 : 0;
> }
>
> +static int pcie_downgrade_link_to_gen1(struct pci_dev *parent)
> +{
> + u16 reg16;
> + u32 reg32;
> + int ret;
> +
> + /* Check if link is capable of higher speed than 2.5 GT/s */
> + pcie_capability_read_dword(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCAP, &reg32);
> + if ((reg32 & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_SLS) <= PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_SLS_2_5GB)
> + return 0;
> +
> + /* Check if link speed can be downgraded to 2.5 GT/s */
> + pcie_capability_read_dword(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCAP2, &reg32);
> + if (!(reg32 & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP2_SLS_2_5GB)) {
> + pci_err(parent, "ASPM: Bridge does not support changing Link Speed to 2.5 GT/s\n");
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +
> + /* Force link speed to 2.5 GT/s */
> + ret = pcie_capability_clear_and_set_word(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2,
> + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2_TLS,
> + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2_TLS_2_5GT);
> + if (!ret) {
> + /* Verify that new value was really set */
> + pcie_capability_read_word(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2, &reg16);
> + if ((reg16 & PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2_TLS) != PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2_TLS_2_5GT)
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + if (ret) {
> + pci_err(parent, "ASPM: Changing Target Link Speed to 2.5 GT/s failed: %d\n", ret);
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + pci_info(parent, "ASPM: Target Link Speed changed to 2.5 GT/s due to quirk\n");
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static bool pcie_retrain_link(struct pcie_link_state *link)
> {
> struct pci_dev *parent = link->pdev;
> unsigned long end_jiffies;
> u16 reg16;
>
> + if ((link->downstream->dev_flags & PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RETRAIN_LINK_WHEN_NOT_GEN1) &&
> + pcie_downgrade_link_to_gen1(parent)) {
> + pci_err(parent, "ASPM: Retrain Link at higher speed is disallowed by quirk\n");
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> pcie_capability_read_word(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, &reg16);
> reg16 |= PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_RL;
> pcie_capability_write_word(parent, PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, reg16);
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> index 653660e3ba9e..4999ad9d08b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> @@ -3553,23 +3553,46 @@ static void mellanox_check_broken_intx_masking(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX, PCI_ANY_ID,
> mellanox_check_broken_intx_masking);
>
> -static void quirk_no_bus_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +static void quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> - dev->dev_flags |= PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_BUS_RESET;
> + dev->dev_flags |= PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_BUS_RESET |
> + PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RETRAIN_LINK_WHEN_NOT_GEN1;
> }
>
> /*
> - * Some Atheros AR9xxx and QCA988x chips do not behave after a bus reset.
> + * Atheros AR9xxx and QCA9xxx chips do not behave after a bus reset and also
> + * after retrain link when PCIe bridge is not in GEN1 mode at 2.5 GT/s speed.
> * The device will throw a Link Down error on AER-capable systems and
> * regardless of AER, config space of the device is never accessible again
> * and typically causes the system to hang or reset when access is attempted.
> + * Or if config space is accessible again then it contains only dummy values
> + * like fixed PCI device ID 0xABCD or values not initialized at all.
> + * Retrain link can be called only when using GEN1 PCIe bridge or when
> + * PCIe bridge has forced link speed to 2.5 GT/s via PCI_EXP_LNKCTL2 register.
> + * To reset these cards it is required to do PCIe Warm Reset via PERST# pin.
> * https://lore.kernel.org/r/20140923210318.498dacbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> + * https://lore.kernel.org/r/87h7l8axqp.fsf@xxxxxxx/
> + * https://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg07529.html
> */
> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0030, quirk_no_bus_reset);
> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0032, quirk_no_bus_reset);
> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x003c, quirk_no_bus_reset);
> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0033, quirk_no_bus_reset);
> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0034, quirk_no_bus_reset);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x002e,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0030,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0032,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0033,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0034,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x003c,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0042,
> + quirk_no_bus_reset_and_no_retrain_link);
> +
> +static void quirk_no_bus_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> + dev->dev_flags |= PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_BUS_RESET;
> +}
>
> /*
> * Root port on some Cavium CN8xxx chips do not successfully complete a bus
> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> index 86c799c97b77..fdbf7254e4ab 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> @@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ enum pci_dev_flags {
> PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_FLR_RESET = (__force pci_dev_flags_t) (1 << 10),
> /* Don't use Relaxed Ordering for TLPs directed at this device */
> PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING = (__force pci_dev_flags_t) (1 << 11),
> + /* Don't Retrain Link for device when bridge is not in GEN1 mode */
> + PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RETRAIN_LINK_WHEN_NOT_GEN1 = (__force pci_dev_flags_t) (1 << 12),
> };
>
> enum pci_irq_reroute_variant {
> --
> 2.20.1
>