Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] Self save API integration

From: Gautham R Shenoy
Date: Tue Apr 14 2020 - 02:44:48 EST


Hello Pratik,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:39:15PM +0530, Pratik Rajesh Sampat wrote:
> The commit makes the self save API available outside the firmware by defining
> an OPAL wrapper.
> This wrapper has a similar interface to that of self restore and expects the
> cpu pir, SPR number, minus the value of that SPR to be passed in its
> paramters and returns OPAL_SUCCESS on success.
> The commit also documents both the self-save and the self-restore API
> calls along with their working and usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pratik Rajesh Sampat <psampat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst | 49 ++++++++++++
> doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst | 5 ++
> doc/power-management.rst | 44 ++++++++++
> hw/slw.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++
> include/opal-api.h | 3 +-
> include/p9_stop_api.H | 17 ++++
> include/skiboot.h | 3 +
> 7 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst b/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..5aa4c930
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +.. OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG:
> +
> +OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG
> +======================
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> + #define OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG 181
> +
> + int64_t opal_slw_self_save_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn);
> +
> +:ref:`OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG` is used to inform low-level firmware to save
> +the current contents of the SPR before entering a state of loss and
> +also restore the content back on waking up from a deep stop state.
> +
> +An OPAL call `OPAL_SLW_SET_REG` exists which is similar in function as
> +saving and restoring the SPR, with one difference being that the value of the
> +SPR must also be supplied in the parameters.
> +Complete reference: doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst
> +
> +Parameters
> +----------
> +
> +``uint64_t cpu_pir``
> + This parameter specifies the pir of the cpu for which the call is being made.
> +``uint64_t sprn``
> + This parameter specifies the spr number as mentioned in p9_stop_api.H
> + The list of SPRs supported is as follows. This list is suppiled through the
> + device tree:
> + P9_STOP_SPR_DAWR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_HSPRG0,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_LDBAR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_LPCR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_PSSCR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_MSR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_HRMOR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_HMEER,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_PMCR,
> + P9_STOP_SPR_PTCR
> +
> +Returns
> +-------
> +
> +:ref:`OPAL_UNSUPPORTED`
> + If spr restore is not supported by pore engine.
> +:ref:`OPAL_PARAMETER`
> + Invalid handle for the pir/chip
> +:ref:`OPAL_SUCCESS`
> + On success
> diff --git a/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst b/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst
> index 2e8f1bd6..ee3e68ce 100644
> --- a/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst
> +++ b/doc/opal-api/opal-slw-set-reg-100.rst
> @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ In Power 9, it uses p9_stop_save_cpureg(), api provided by self restore code,
> to inform the spr with their corresponding values with which they
> must be restored.
>
> +An OPAL call `OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG` exists which is similar in function
> +saving and restoring the SPR, with one difference being that the value of the
> +SPR doesn't need to be passed in the parameters, only with the SPR number
> +the firmware can identify, save and restore the values for the same.
> +Complete reference: doc/opal-api/opal-slw-self-save-reg-181.rst
>
> Parameters
> ----------
> diff --git a/doc/power-management.rst b/doc/power-management.rst
> index 76491a71..992a18d0 100644
> --- a/doc/power-management.rst
> +++ b/doc/power-management.rst
> @@ -15,3 +15,47 @@ On boot, specific stop states can be disabled via setting a mask. For example,
> to disable all but stop 0,1,2, use ~0xE0000000. ::
>
> nvram -p ibm,skiboot --update-config opal-stop-state-disable-mask=0x1FFFFFFF
> +
> +Saving and restoring Special Purpose Registers(SPRs)
> +----------------------------------------------------
> +
> +When a CPU wakes up from a deep stop state which can result in
> +hypervisor state loss, all the SPRs are lost. The Linux Kernel expects
> +a small set of SPRs to contain an expected value when the CPU wakes up
> +from such a deep stop state. The microcode firmware provides the
> +following two APIs, collectively known as the stop-APIs, to allow the
> +kernel/OPAL to specify this set of SPRs and the value that they need
> +to be restored with on waking up from a deep stop state.
> +
> +Self-restore:
> +int64_t opal_slw_set_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn, uint64_t val);
> +The SPR number and the value of the that SPR must be restored with on
> +wakeup from the deep-stop state must be specified. When this call is
> +made, the microcode inserts instruction into the HOMER region to
> +restore the content of the SPR to the specified value on wakeup from a
> +deep-stop state. These instructions are executed by the CPU as soon as
> +it wakes up from a deep stop state. The call is to be made once per
> +SPR.
> +
> +Self-Save:
> +int64_t opal_slw_self_save_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn);
> +Only the SPR number needs to be specified. When this call is made, the
> +microcode inserts instructions into the HOMER region to save the
> +current value of the SPR before the CPU goes to a deep stop state, and
> +restores the value back when the CPU wakes up from a deep stop state.
> +These instructions are correspondingly executed just before and after
> +the CPU goes/comes out of a deep stop state. This call can be made
> +once per SPR.
> +
> +The key difference between self-save and self-restore is the
> +use-case. If the Kernel expects the SPR to contain a particular value
> +on waking up from a deep-stop state, that wasn't the value of that SPR
> +before entering deep stop-state, then self-restore is preferable.


Not just when the value during wakeup is different, but even when the
value of an SPR doesn't change across the lifetime of a kernel,
self-restore is preferable.

> +When deep stop states are to be supported in an Ultravisor
> +environment, since HOMER is in a secure region, the stop-api cannot
> +update the HOMER if invoked from a context when the OPAL/Kernel is
> +executing without the ultravisor privilege. In this scenario, at the
> +time of early OPAL boot, while OPAL has ultravisor privileges, it can
> +make the self-save stop-api call for all the supported SPRs, so that
> +the microcode in the HOMER will always save and restore all the
> +supported SPRs during entry/exit from a deep stop state.
> diff --git a/hw/slw.c b/hw/slw.c
> index beb129a8..6a09cc2c 100644
> --- a/hw/slw.c
> +++ b/hw/slw.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,43 @@ static bool slw_current_le = false;
> enum wakeup_engine_states wakeup_engine_state = WAKEUP_ENGINE_NOT_PRESENT;
> bool has_deep_states = false;
>
> +/**
> + * The struct and SPR list is partially consistent with libpore/p9_stop_api.c
> + */
> +/**
> + * @brief summarizes attributes associated with a SPR register.
> + */
> +typedef struct
> +{
> + uint32_t iv_sprId;
> + bool iv_isThreadScope;
> + uint32_t iv_saveMaskPos;
> +
> +} StopSprReg_t;
> +
> +/**
> + * @brief a true in the table below means register is of scope thread
> + * whereas a false meanse register is of scope core.
> + * The number is the bit position on a uint32_t mask
> + */
> +
> +static const StopSprReg_t g_sprRegister[] =
> +{
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_DAWR, true, 1 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_HSPRG0, true, 3 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_LDBAR, true, 4, },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_LPCR, true, 5 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_PSSCR, true, 6 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_MSR, true, 7 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_HRMOR, false, 255 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_HID, false, 21 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_HMEER, false, 22 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_PMCR, false, 23 },
> + { P9_STOP_SPR_PTCR, false, 24 },
> +};
> +
> +static const uint32_t MAX_SPR_SUPPORTED = ARRAY_SIZE(g_sprRegister);
> +
> DEFINE_LOG_ENTRY(OPAL_RC_SLW_INIT, OPAL_PLATFORM_ERR_EVT, OPAL_SLW,
> OPAL_PLATFORM_FIRMWARE, OPAL_PREDICTIVE_ERR_GENERAL,
> OPAL_NA);
> @@ -1446,6 +1483,58 @@ int64_t opal_slw_set_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn, uint64_t val)
>
> opal_call(OPAL_SLW_SET_REG, opal_slw_set_reg, 3);
>
> +int64_t opal_slw_self_save_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn)
> +{
> + struct cpu_thread * c = find_cpu_by_pir(cpu_pir);
> + uint32_t save_reg_vector = 0;
> + struct proc_chip * chip;
> + int rc;
> + int index;
> +
> + if (!c) {
> + prlog(PR_DEBUG, "SLW: Unknown thread with pir %x\n",
> + (u32) cpu_pir);
> + return OPAL_PARAMETER;
> + }
> +
> + chip = get_chip(c->chip_id);
> + if (!chip) {
> + prlog(PR_DEBUG, "SLW: Unknown chip for thread with pir %x\n",
> + (u32) cpu_pir);
> + return OPAL_PARAMETER;
> + }
> + if (proc_gen != proc_gen_p9 || !has_deep_states) {
> + prlog(PR_DEBUG, "SLW: Does not support deep states\n");

The log should say "Self-save feature unsupported" in this case, no ?


> + return OPAL_UNSUPPORTED;
> + }
> + if (wakeup_engine_state != WAKEUP_ENGINE_PRESENT) {
> + log_simple_error(&e_info(OPAL_RC_SLW_REG),
> + "SLW: wakeup_engine in bad state=%d chip=%x\n",
> + wakeup_engine_state, chip->id);
> + return OPAL_INTERNAL_ERROR;
> + }
> + for (index = 0; index < MAX_SPR_SUPPORTED; ++index) {
> + if (sprn == (CpuReg_t) g_sprRegister[index].iv_sprId) {
> + save_reg_vector = PPC_BIT32(
> + g_sprRegister[index].iv_saveMaskPos);
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + if (save_reg_vector == 0)
> + return OPAL_INTERNAL_ERROR;
> + rc = p9_stop_save_cpureg_control((void *) chip->homer_base,
> + cpu_pir, save_reg_vector);
> +
> + if (rc) {
> + log_simple_error(&e_info(OPAL_RC_SLW_REG),
> + "SLW: Failed to save vector %x for CPU %x\n",
> + save_reg_vector, c->pir);
> + return OPAL_INTERNAL_ERROR;
> + }
> + return OPAL_SUCCESS;
> +}
> +opal_call(OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG, opal_slw_self_save_reg, 2);
> +
> void slw_init(void)
> {
> struct proc_chip *chip;
> diff --git a/include/opal-api.h b/include/opal-api.h
> index e90cab1e..1607a89b 100644
> --- a/include/opal-api.h
> +++ b/include/opal-api.h
> @@ -227,7 +227,8 @@
> #define OPAL_SECVAR_ENQUEUE_UPDATE 178
> #define OPAL_PHB_SET_OPTION 179
> #define OPAL_PHB_GET_OPTION 180
> -#define OPAL_LAST 180
> +#define OPAL_SLW_SELF_SAVE_REG 181
> +#define OPAL_LAST 181
>
> #define QUIESCE_HOLD 1 /* Spin all calls at entry */
> #define QUIESCE_REJECT 2 /* Fail all calls with OPAL_BUSY */
> diff --git a/include/p9_stop_api.H b/include/p9_stop_api.H
> index 9d3bc1e5..c304f70f 100644
> --- a/include/p9_stop_api.H
> +++ b/include/p9_stop_api.H
> @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
> ///
> /// @file p9_stop_api.H
> /// @brief describes STOP API which create/manipulate STOP image.
> +/// This header need not be consistent, however is a subset of the
> +/// libpore/p9_stop_api.H counterpart
> ///
> // *HWP HW Owner : Greg Still <stillgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> // *HWP FW Owner : Prem Shanker Jha <premjha2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> @@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ typedef enum
> P9_STOP_SPR_HRMOR = 313, // core register
> P9_STOP_SPR_LPCR = 318, // thread register
> P9_STOP_SPR_HMEER = 337, // core register
> + P9_STOP_SPR_PTCR = 464, // core register
> P9_STOP_SPR_LDBAR = 850, // thread register
> P9_STOP_SPR_PSSCR = 855, // thread register
> P9_STOP_SPR_PMCR = 884, // core register
> @@ -230,6 +233,20 @@ StopReturnCode_t p9_stop_save_scom( void* const i_pImage,
> const ScomOperation_t i_operation,
> const ScomSection_t i_section );
>
> +/**
> + * @brief Facilitates self save and restore of a list of SPRs of a thread.
> + * @param[in] i_pImage points to the start of HOMER image of P9 chip.
> + * @param[in] i_pir PIR associated with thread
> + * @param[in] i_saveRegVector bit vector representing SPRs that needs to be restored.
> + * @return STOP_SAVE_SUCCESS if API succeeds, error code otherwise.
> + * @note SPR save vector is a bit vector. For each SPR supported,
> + * there is an associated bit position in the bit vector.Refer
> + * to definition of SprBitPositionList_t to determine bit position
> + * associated with a particular SPR.
> + */
> +StopReturnCode_t
> +p9_stop_save_cpureg_control( void* i_pImage, const uint64_t i_pir,
> + const uint32_t i_saveRegVector );
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> } // extern "C"
> }; // namespace stopImageSection ends
> diff --git a/include/skiboot.h b/include/skiboot.h
> index 30ff500c..9ced240e 100644
> --- a/include/skiboot.h
> +++ b/include/skiboot.h
> @@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ extern void nx_p9_rng_late_init(void);
> /* SLW reinit function for switching core settings */
> extern int64_t slw_reinit(uint64_t flags);
>
> +/* Self save SPR before entering the stop state */
> +extern int64_t opal_slw_self_save_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn);
> +
> /* Patch SPR in SLW image */
> extern int64_t opal_slw_set_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn, uint64_t val);
>



The patch looks good otherwise.

Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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