Re: [PATCH V6 3/5] PCI: thunder-pem: Allow to probe PEM-specific register range for ACPI case

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 01:04:57PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 03:05:49PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 02:17:44PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 04:09:25PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > > None of these platforms can be fixed entirely in software, and given
> > > > that we will not be adding quirks for new broken hardware, we should
> > > > ask ourselves whether having two versions of a quirk, i.e., one for
> > > > broken hardware + currently shipping firmware, and one for the same
> > > > broken hardware with fixed firmware is really an improvement over what
> > > > has been proposed here.
> > > 
> > > We're talking about two completely different types of quirks:
> > > 
> > >   1) MCFG quirks to use memory-mapped config space that doesn't quite
> > >      conform to the ECAM model in the PCIe spec, and
> > > 
> > >   2) Some yet-to-be-determined method to describe address space
> > >      consumed by a bridge.
> > > 
> > > The first two patches of this series are a nice implementation for 1).
> > > The third patch (ThunderX-specific) is one possibility for 2), but I
> > > don't like it because there's no way for generic software like the
> > > ACPI core to discover these resources.
> > 
> > Ok, so basically this means that to implement (2) we need to assign
> > some sort of _HID to these quirky PCI bridges (so that we know what
> > device they represent and we can retrieve their _CRS). I take from
> > this discussion that the goal is to make sure that all non-config
> > resources have to be declared through _CRS device objects, which is
> > fine but that requires a FW update (unless we can fabricate ACPI
> > devices and corresponding _CRS in the kernel whenever we match a
> > given MCFG table signature).
> 
> All resources consumed by ACPI devices should be declared through
> _CRS.  If you want to fabricate ACPI devices or _CRS via kernel
> quirks, that's fine with me.  This could be triggered via MCFG
> signature, DMI info, host bridge _HID, etc.

I think the PNP quirk approach + PNP0c02 resource put forward by Gab
is enough.

> > We discussed this already and I think we should make a decision:
> > 
> > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-March/414722.html
> > 
> > > > > I'd like to step back and come up with some understanding of how
> > > > > non-broken firmware *should* deal with this issue.  Then, if we *do*
> > > > > work around this particular broken firmware in the kernel, it would be
> > > > > nice to do it in a way that fits in with that understanding.
> > > > >
> > > > > For example, if a companion ACPI device is the preferred solution, an
> > > > > ACPI quirk could fabricate a device with the required resources.  That
> > > > > would address the problem closer to the source and make it more likely
> > > > > that the rest of the system will work correctly: /proc/iomem could
> > > > > make sense, things that look at _CRS generically would work (e.g,
> > > > > /sys/, an admittedly hypothetical "lsacpi", etc.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Hard-coding stuff in drivers is a point solution that doesn't provide
> > > > > any guidance for future platforms and makes it likely that the hack
> > > > > will get copied into even more drivers.
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > OK, I see. But the guidance for future platforms should be 'do not
> > > > rely on quirks', and what I am arguing here is that the more we polish
> > > > up this code and make it clean and reusable, the more likely it is
> > > > that will end up getting abused by new broken hardware that we set out
> > > > to reject entirely in the first place.
> > > > 
> > > > So of course, if the quirk involves claiming resources, let's make
> > > > sure that this occurs in the cleanest and most compliant way possible.
> > > > But any factoring/reuse concerns other than for the current crop of
> > > > broken hardware should be avoided imo.
> > > 
> > > If future hardware is completely ECAM-compliant and we don't need any
> > > more MCFG quirks, that would be great.
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > > But we'll still need to describe that memory-mapped config space
> > > somewhere.  If that's done with PNP0C02 or similar devices (as is done
> > > on my x86 laptop), we'd be all set.
> > 
> > I am not sure I understand what you mean here. Are you referring
> > to MCFG regions reported as PNP0c02 resources through its _CRS ?
> 
> Yes.  PCI Firmware Spec r3.0, Table 4-2, note 2 says address ranges
> reported via MCFG or _CBA should be reserved by _CRS of a PNP0C02
> device.

Ok, that's agreed. It goes without saying that since you are quoting
the PCI spec, if FW fails to report MCFG regions in a PNP0c02 device
_CRS I will consider that a FW bug.

> > IIUC PNP0C02 is a reservation mechanism, but it does not help us
> > associate its _CRS to a specific PCI host bridge instance, right ?
> 
> Gab proposed a hierarchy that *would* associate a PNP0C02 device with
> a PCI bridge:
> 
>   Device (PCI1) {
>     Name (_HID, "HISI0080") // PCI Express Root Bridge
>     Name (_CID, "PNP0A03") // Compatible PCI Root Bridge
>     Method (_CRS, 0, Serialized) { // Root complex resources (windows) }
>     Device (RES0) {
>       Name (_HID, "HISI0081") // HiSi PCIe RC config base address
>       Name (_CID, "PNP0C02")  // Motherboard reserved resource
>       Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () { ... }
>     }
>   }
> 
> That's a possibility.  The PCI Firmware Spec suggests putting RES0 at
> the root (under \_SB), but I don't know why.
> 
> Putting it at the root means we couldn't generically associate it with
> a bridge, although I could imagine something like this:
> 
>   Device (RES1) {
>     Name (_HID, "HISI0081") // HiSi PCIe RC config base address
>     Name (_CID, "PNP0C02")  // Motherboard reserved resource
>     Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () { ... }
>     Method (BRDG) { "PCI1" }  // hand-wavy ASL
>   }
>   Device (PCI1) {
>     Name (_HID, "HISI0080") // PCI Express Root Bridge
>     Name (_CID, "PNP0A03") // Compatible PCI Root Bridge
>     Method (_CRS, 0, Serialized) { // Root complex resources (windows) }
>   }
> 
> Where you could search PNP0C02 devices for a cookie that matched the
> host bridge.o

Ok, I am fine with both and I think we are converging, but the way
to solve this problem has to be uniform for all ARM partners (and
not only ARM). Two points here:

1) Adding a device/subdevice allows people to add a _CRS reporting the
   non-window bridge resources. Fine. It also allows people to chuck in
   there all sorts of _DSD properties to describe their PCI host bridge
   as it is done with DT properties (those _DSD can contain eg clocks
   etc.), this may be tempting (so that they can reuse the same DT
   driver and do not have to update their firmware) but I want to be
   clear here: that must not happen. So, a subdevice with a _CRS to
   report resources, yes, but it will stop there.
2) It is unclear to me how to formalize the above. People should not
   write FW by reading the PCI mailing list, so these guidelines have to
   be written, somehow. I do not want to standardize quirks, I want
   to prevent random ACPI table content, which is different.
   Should I report this to the ACPI spec working group ? If we do
   not do that everyone will go solve this problem as they deem fit.

[...]

> > For FW that is immutable I really do not see what we can do apart
> > from hardcoding the non-config resources (consumed by a bridge),
> > somehow.
> 
> Right.  Well, I assume you mean we should hard-code "non-window
> resources consumed directly by a bridge".  If firmware in the field is
> broken, we should work around it, and that may mean hard-coding some
> resources.
> 
> My point is that the hard-coding should not be buried in a driver
> where it's invisible to the rest of the kernel.  If we hard-code it in
> a quirk that adds _CRS entries, then the kernel will work just like it
> would if the firmware had been correct in the first place.  The
> resource will appear in /sys/devices/pnp*/*/resources and /proc/iomem,
> and if we ever used _SRS to assign or move ACPI devices, we would know
> to avoid the bridge resource.

We are in complete agreement here.

Thanks,
Lorenzo