Re: [PATCH v3 4/9] PCI/PM: Rework changing power states of PCI devices

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 9:35 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 08:00:33PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 4, 2022 6:36:00 PM CEST Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 02:59:17PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 7:59 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Rafael,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:11:21PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There are some issues related to changing power states of PCI
> > > > > > devices, mostly related to carrying out unnecessary actions in some
> > > > > > places, and the code is generally hard to follow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  1. pci_power_up() has two callers, pci_set_power_state() and
> > > > > >     pci_pm_default_resume_early().  The latter updates the current
> > > > > >     power state of the device right after calling pci_power_up()
> > > > > >     and it restores the entire config space of the device right
> > > > > >     after that, so pci_power_up() itself need not read the
> > > > > >     PCI_PM_CTRL register or restore the BARs after programming the
> > > > > >     device into D0 in that case.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  2. It is generally hard to get a clear view of the pci_power_up()
> > > > > >     code flow, especially in some corner cases, due to all of the
> > > > > >     involved PCI_PM_CTRL register reads and writes occurring in
> > > > > >     pci_platform_power_transition() and in pci_raw_set_power_state(),
> > > > > >     some of which are redundant.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  3. The transitions from low-power states to D0 and the other way
> > > > > >     around are unnecessarily tangled in pci_raw_set_power_state()
> > > > > >     which causes it to use a redundant local variable and makes it
> > > > > >     rather hard to follow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To address the above shortcomings, make the following changes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  a. Remove the code handling transitions into D0
> > > > > >     from pci_raw_set_power_state() and rename it as
> > > > > >     pci_set_low_power_state().
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  b. Add the code handling transitions into D0 directly
> > > > > >     to pci_power_up() and to a new wrapper function
> > > > > >     pci_set_full_power_state() calling it internally that is
> > > > > >     only used in pci_set_power_state().
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  c. Make pci_power_up() avoid redundant PCI_PM_CTRL register reads
> > > > > >     and make it work in the same way for transitions from any
> > > > > >     low-power states (transitions from D1 and D2 are handled
> > > > > >     slightly differently before the change).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  d. Put the restoration of the BARs and the PCI_PM_CTRL
> > > > > >     register read confirming the power state change into
> > > > > >     pci_set_full_power_state() to avoid doing that in
> > > > > >     pci_pm_default_resume_early() unnecessarily.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > This change as commit 5bffe4c611f5 ("PCI/PM: Rework changing power
> > > > > states of PCI devices") causes my AMD-based system to fail to fully
> > > > > boot. As far as I can tell, this might be NVMe related, which might make
> > > > > getting a full log difficult, as journalctl won't have anywhere to save
> > > > > it. I see:
> > > > >
> > > > > nvme nvme0: I/O 8 QID 0 timeout, completion polled
> > > > >
> > > > > then shortly afterwards:
> > > > >
> > > > > nvme nvme0: I/O 24 QID 0 timeout, completion polled
> > > > > nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field
> > > > >
> > > > > then I am dropped into an emergency shell.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the report!
> > > >
> > > > > This is a log from the previous commit, which may give some hints about
> > > > > the configuration of this particular system.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://gist.github.com/nathanchance/8a56f0939410cb187896e904c72e41e7/raw/b47b2620bdd32d43c7a3b209fcfd9e3d4668f058/good-boot.log
> > > > >
> > > > > If there is any additional debugging information I can provide or
> > > > > patches I can try, please let me know!
> > > >
> > > > Please see what happens if the "if (dev->current_state == PCI_D0)"
> > > > check and the following "return 0" statement in pci_power_up() are
> > > > commented out.
> > >
> > > If I understand you correctly, this? Unfortunately, that does not help.
> >
> > Thanks for testing.
> >
> > Please check if the patch below makes any difference.
>
> Unfortunately, there is still no difference. Even worse, I thought I
> might be able to get some information from the emergency shell but I
> don't think the HID driver is loaded yet so my keyboard does not work. I
> am not sure of how to get any further information from the problematic
> kernel; if anyone has any ideas, I am happy to test them! I am more than
> happy to continue to test patches or provide information, I just don't
> want to be a waste of time :)

It's not a waste of time if you run tests I ask for.

Anyway, I'm going to change the approach, because we're looking for a
subtle change in behavior that breaks your system and there are quite
a few of these in the problematic patch.

I'll post a new series of patches to replace the commits dropped by
Bjorn later today.

Thanks!