Re: [PATCH v5] vfio error recovery: kernel support

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Wed Mar 22 2017 - 09:10:47 EST


Minor comments on commit log below.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 06:34:23PM +0800, Cao jin wrote:
> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 0. What happens now (PCIE AER only)
> Fatal errors cause a link reset. Non fatal errors don't.
> All errors stop the QEMU guest eventually, but not immediately,
> because it's detected and reported asynchronously.
> Interrupts are forwarded as usual.
> Correctable errors are not reported to user at all.
>
> Note:
> PPC EEH is different, but this approach won' affect EEH, because
> EEH treat all errors as fatal ones in AER, will still signal user
> via the legacy eventfd. And all devices/functions in a PE belongs to
> the same IOMMU group, so the slot_reset handler in this approach
> won't affect EEH either.
>
> 1. Correctable errors
> Hardware can correct these errors without software intervention,
> clear the error status is enough, this is what already done now.
> No need to recover it, nothing changed, leave it as it is.
>
> 2. Fatal errors
> They will induce a link reset. This is troublesome when user is
> a QEMU guest. This approach doens't touch the existing mechanism.
>
> 3. Non-fatal errors
> Before

... this patch

>, they are signalled to user the same

... way

> as fatal ones. In this approach,

-> With this patch

> a new eventfd is introduced only for non-fatal error notification.

> By
> splitting non-fatal ones out, it will benefit AER recovery of a QEMU guest
> user by reporting them to guest saparately.

This last sentence does not add any value, pls drop it.

> To maintain backwards compatibility with userspace, non-fatal errors
> will continue to trigger via the existing error interrupt index if a
> non-fatal signaling mechanism has not been registered.
>
> Note:


Below is imho confusing. Pls copy comment text from below.

> In case of a multi-function device which has different device driver
> for each of them, and one of the functions is bound to vfio while
> others doesn't(i.e., functions belong to
> different IOMMU group), a new
> slot_reset handler & another new eventfd are introduced. This is
> useful when
> device driver wants a slot reset while vfio-pci doesn't,
> which means vfio-pci device will got
>a passive reset.
> Signal user
> via another new eventfd names
> passive_reset_trigger,
> this helps to
> avoid signalling user twice via the same legacy error trigger.
> For the original design and discussion,
> refer:
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-virtualization/msg29843.html
>


I don't think we need to keep this history in commit log.

> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> v5 changelog:
> 1. Add another new eventfd passive_reset_trigger & the boilerplate code,
> used in slot_reset. Add comment for slot_reset().
> 2. Rewrite the commit log.
>
> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h | 2 ++
> include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> index 324c52e..375ba20 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> @@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ static int vfio_pci_get_irq_count(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, int irq_type)
>
> return (flags & PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_QSIZE) + 1;
> }
> - } else if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX) {
> + } else if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX ||
> + irq_type == VFIO_PCI_NON_FATAL_ERR_IRQ_INDEX ||
> + irq_type == VFIO_PCI_PASSIVE_RESET_IRQ_INDEX) {
> if (pci_is_pcie(vdev->pdev))
> return 1;
> } else if (irq_type == VFIO_PCI_REQ_IRQ_INDEX) {
> @@ -796,6 +798,8 @@ static long vfio_pci_ioctl(void *device_data,
> case VFIO_PCI_REQ_IRQ_INDEX:
> break;
> case VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX:
> + case VFIO_PCI_NON_FATAL_ERR_IRQ_INDEX:
> + case VFIO_PCI_PASSIVE_RESET_IRQ_INDEX:
> if (pci_is_pcie(vdev->pdev))
> break;
> /* pass thru to return error */
> @@ -1282,7 +1286,9 @@ static pci_ers_result_t vfio_pci_aer_err_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>
> mutex_lock(&vdev->igate);
>
> - if (vdev->err_trigger)
> + if (state == pci_channel_io_normal && vdev->non_fatal_err_trigger)
> + eventfd_signal(vdev->non_fatal_err_trigger, 1);
> + else if (vdev->err_trigger)
> eventfd_signal(vdev->err_trigger, 1);
>
> mutex_unlock(&vdev->igate);
> @@ -1292,8 +1298,47 @@ static pci_ers_result_t vfio_pci_aer_err_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> return PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * In case of a function/device is bound to vfio, while other collateral ones
> + * are still controlled by device driver(i.e., they belongs to different iommu
> + * group), and device driver want a slot reset when seeing AER errors while
> + * vfio pci doesn't, signal user via with proprietary eventfd in precedence to
> + * the legacy one.
> + */

Here's a clearer text, explaining the why not just repeating what the
code does:

/*
* In case of PCI Express errors, kernel might request a slot reset
* affecting our device (from our point of view this is a passive device
* reset as opposed to an active one requested by vfio itself).
* This might currently happen if a slot reset is requested by a driver
* (other than vfio) bound to another device function in the same slot.
* This will cause our device to lose its state so report this event to
* userspace.
*/



> +static pci_ers_result_t vfio_pci_aer_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> +{
> + struct vfio_pci_device *vdev;
> + struct vfio_device *device;
> + static pci_ers_result_t err = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
> +
> + device = vfio_device_get_from_dev(&pdev->dev);
> + if (!device)
> + goto err_dev;
> +
> + vdev = vfio_device_data(device);
> + if (!vdev)
> + goto err_data;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&vdev->igate);
> +
> + if (vdev->passive_reset_trigger)
> + eventfd_signal(vdev->passive_reset_trigger, 1);
> + else if (vdev->err_trigger)
> + eventfd_signal(vdev->err_trigger, 1);

why is this chunk here? why not just do

if (vdev->passive_reset_trigger)
eventfd_signal(vdev->passive_reset_trigger, 1);

without a fallback?


> +
> + mutex_unlock(&vdev->igate);
> +
> + err = PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED;
> +
> +err_data:
> + vfio_device_put(device);
> +err_dev:
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> static const struct pci_error_handlers vfio_err_handlers = {
> .error_detected = vfio_pci_aer_err_detected,
> + .slot_reset = vfio_pci_aer_slot_reset,
> };
>
> static struct pci_driver vfio_pci_driver = {
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
> index 1c46045..7157d85 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
> @@ -611,6 +611,28 @@ static int vfio_pci_set_err_trigger(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
> count, flags, data);
> }
>
> +static int vfio_pci_set_non_fatal_err_trigger(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
> + unsigned index, unsigned start,
> + unsigned count, uint32_t flags, void *data)
> +{
> + if (index != VFIO_PCI_NON_FATAL_ERR_IRQ_INDEX || start != 0 || count > 1)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + return vfio_pci_set_ctx_trigger_single(&vdev->non_fatal_err_trigger,
> + count, flags, data);
> +}
> +
> +static int vfio_pci_set_passive_reset_trigger(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
> + unsigned index, unsigned start,
> + unsigned count, uint32_t flags, void *data)
> +{
> + if (index != VFIO_PCI_PASSIVE_RESET_IRQ_INDEX || start != 0 || count > 1)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + return vfio_pci_set_ctx_trigger_single(&vdev->passive_reset_trigger,
> + count, flags, data);
> +}
> +
> static int vfio_pci_set_req_trigger(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev,
> unsigned index, unsigned start,
> unsigned count, uint32_t flags, void *data)
> @@ -664,6 +686,22 @@ int vfio_pci_set_irqs_ioctl(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, uint32_t flags,
> break;
> }
> break;
> + case VFIO_PCI_NON_FATAL_ERR_IRQ_INDEX:
> + switch (flags & VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TYPE_MASK) {
> + case VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER:
> + if (pci_is_pcie(vdev->pdev))
> + func = vfio_pci_set_non_fatal_err_trigger;
> + break;
> + }
> + break;
> + case VFIO_PCI_PASSIVE_RESET_IRQ_INDEX:
> + switch (flags & VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TYPE_MASK) {
> + case VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER:
> + if (pci_is_pcie(vdev->pdev))
> + func = vfio_pci_set_passive_reset_trigger;
> + break;
> + }
> + break;
> case VFIO_PCI_REQ_IRQ_INDEX:
> switch (flags & VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TYPE_MASK) {
> case VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER:
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
> index f561ac1..cbc4b88 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h
> @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ struct vfio_pci_device {
> struct pci_saved_state *pci_saved_state;
> int refcnt;
> struct eventfd_ctx *err_trigger;
> + struct eventfd_ctx *non_fatal_err_trigger;
> + struct eventfd_ctx *passive_reset_trigger;
> struct eventfd_ctx *req_trigger;
> struct list_head dummy_resources_list;
> };
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> index 519eff3..26b4be0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> @@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ enum {
> VFIO_PCI_MSIX_IRQ_INDEX,
> VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX,
> VFIO_PCI_REQ_IRQ_INDEX,
> + VFIO_PCI_NON_FATAL_ERR_IRQ_INDEX,
> + VFIO_PCI_PASSIVE_RESET_IRQ_INDEX,
> VFIO_PCI_NUM_IRQS
> };
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>