Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] PCI/ERR: Fix reset logic in pcie_do_recovery() call

From: Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
Date: Mon Sep 28 2020 - 13:15:51 EST




On 9/28/20 4:17 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
On 9/27/2020 10:43 PM, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote:
FATAL + no-hotplug - In this case, link will still be reseted. But
currently driver state is not properly restored. So I attempted
to restore it using pci_reset_bus().

         status = reset_link(dev);
-        if (status != PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED) {
+        if (status == PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED) {
+            status = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;

...

     if (status == PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET) {
         /*
-         * TODO: Should call platform-specific
-         * functions to reset slot before calling
-         * drivers' slot_reset callbacks?
+         * TODO: Optimize the call to pci_reset_bus()
+         *
+         * There are two components to pci_reset_bus().
+         *
+         * 1. Do platform specific slot/bus reset.
+         * 2. Save/Restore all devices in the bus.
+         *
+         * For hotplug capable devices and fatal errors,
+         * device is already in reset state due to link
+         * reset. So repeating platform specific slot/bus
+         * reset via pci_reset_bus() call is redundant. So
+         * can optimize this logic and conditionally call
+         * pci_reset_bus().
          */
+        pci_reset_bus(dev);

I think we have to go to remove/rescan for this case as you also
mentioned above. There is no state to save. All BAR assignments
are gone. Entire device programming is also lost.

I don't think pci_reset_bus() can recover from this situation safely.
It will make things worse by saving/restoring the hardware default
state.

This should remove/rescan logic should be inside DPC's slot_reset()
function BTW. Not here.
Since there is no state restoration for FATAL errors, I am wondering whether
calls to ->error_detected(), ->mmio_enabled() and ->slot_reset() are
required?

Let me know your comments about following pseudo code.

if (fatal error & hotplug_supported)
do nothing // if fatal triggered by DPC, clear DPC state.

if (fatal error & no-hotplug)
perform slot_reset and renumerate affected devices.



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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer