Re: fsl_espi errors on v5.7.15

[Chris Packham]

(adding Nicholas)

On 26/08/20 6:38 pm, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 26.08.2020 08:07, Chris Packham wrote:
>> On 26/08/20 1:48 pm, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> On 26/08/20 10:22 am, Chris Packham wrote:
>>>> On 25/08/20 7:22 pm, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> I've been staring at spi-fsl-espi.c for while now and I think I've
>>>>>> identified a couple of deficiencies that may or may not be related
>>>>>> to my
>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First I think the 'Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set' message
>>>>>> can be
>>>>>> generated spuriously. In fsl_espi_irq() we read the ESPI_SPIE
>>>>>> register.
>>>>>> We also write back to it to clear the current events. We re-read it in
>>>>>> fsl_espi_cpu_irq() and complain when SPIE_DON is not set. But we can
>>>>>> naturally end up in that situation if we're doing a large read.
>>>>>> Consider
>>>>>> the messages for reading a block of data from a spi-nor chip
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     tx = READ_OP + ADDR
>>>>>>     rx = data
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We setup the transfer and pump out the tx_buf. The first interrupt
>>>>>> goes
>>>>>> off and ESPI_SPIE has SPIM_DON and SPIM_RXT set. We empty the rx fifo,
>>>>>> clear ESPI_SPIE and wait for the next interrupt. The next interrupt
>>>>>> fires and this time we have ESPI_SPIE with just SPIM_RXT set. This
>>>>>> continues until we've received all the data and we finish with
>>>>>> ESPI_SPIE
>>>>>> having only SPIM_RXT set. When we re-read it we complain that SPIE_DON
>>>>>> isn't set.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The other deficiency is that we only get an interrupt when the
>>>>>> amount of
>>>>>> data in the rx fifo is above FSL_ESPI_RXTHR. If there are fewer than
>>>>>> FSL_ESPI_RXTHR left to be received we will never pull them out of
>>>>>> the fifo.
>>>>>>
>>>>> SPIM_DON will trigger an interrupt once the last characters have been
>>>>> transferred, and read the remaining characters from the FIFO.
>>>> The T2080RM that I have says the following about the DON bit
>>>>
>>>> "Last character was transmitted. The last character was transmitted
>>>> and a new command can be written for the next frame."
>>>>
>>>> That does at least seem to fit with my assertion that it's all about
>>>> the TX direction. But the fact that it doesn't happen all the time
>>>> throws some doubt on it.
>>>>
>>>>> I think the reason I'm seeing some variability is because of how fast
>>>>>> (or slow) the interrupts get processed and how fast the spi-nor
>>>>>> chip can
>>>>>> fill the CPUs rx fifo.
>>>>>>
>>>>> To rule out timing issues at high bus frequencies I initially asked
>>>>> for re-testing at lower frequencies. If you e.g. limit the bus to 1 MHz
>>>>> or even less, then timing shouldn't be an issue.
>>>> Yes I've currently got spi-max-frequency = <1000000>; in my dts. I
>>>> would also expect a slower frequency would fit my "DON is for TX"
>>>> narrative.
>>>>> Last relevant functional changes have been done almost 4 years ago.
>>>>> And yours is the first such report I see. So question is what could
>>>>> be so
>>>>> special with your setup that it seems you're the only one being
>>>>> affected.
>>>>> The scenarios you describe are standard, therefore much more people
>>>>> should be affected in case of a driver bug.
>>>> Agreed. But even on my hardware (which may have a latent issue
>>>> despite being in the field for going on 5 years) the issue only
>>>> triggers under some fairly specific circumstances.
>>>>> You said that kernel config impacts how frequently the issue happens.
>>>>> Therefore question is what's the diff in kernel config, and how could
>>>>> the differences be related to SPI.
>>>> It did seem to be somewhat random. Things like CONFIG_PREEMPT have an
>>>> impact but every time I found something that seemed to be having an
>>>> impact I've been able to disprove it. I actually think its about how
>>>> busy the system is which may or may not affect when we get round to
>>>> processing the interrupts.
>>>>
>>>> I have managed to get the 'Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!' to
>>>> occur on the T2080RDB.
>>>>
>>>> I've had to add the following to expose the environment as a mtd
>>>> partition
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/t208xrdb.dtsi
>>>> b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/t208xrdb.dtsi
>>>> index ff87e67c70da..fbf95fc1fd68 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/t208xrdb.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/t208xrdb.dtsi
>>>> @@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ flash@0 {
>>>>                                  compatible = "micron,n25q512ax3",
>>>> "jedec,spi-nor";
>>>>                                  reg = <0>;
>>>>                                  spi-max-frequency = <10000000>; /*
>>>> input clock */
>>>> +
>>>> +                               partition@u-boot {
>>>> +                                        reg = <0x00000000 0x00100000>;
>>>> +                                        label = "u-boot";
>>>> +                                };
>>>> +                                partition@u-boot-env {
>>>> +                                        reg = <0x00100000 0x00010000>;
>>>> +                                        label = "u-boot-env";
>>>> +                                };
>>>>                          };
>>>>                  };
>>>>
>>>> And I'm using the following script to poke at the environment
>>>> (warning if anyone does try this and the bug hits it can render your
>>>> u-boot environment invalid).
>>>>
>>>> cat flash/fw_env_test.sh
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>
>>>> generate_fw_env_config()
>>>> {
>>>>    cat /proc/mtd | sed 's/[:"]//g' | while read dev size erasesize
>>>> name ; do
>>>>       echo "$dev $size $erasesize $name"
>>>>       [ "$name" = "u-boot-env" ] && echo "/dev/$dev 0x0000 0x2000
>>>> $erasesize" >/flash/fw_env.config
>>>>    done
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> cycles=10
>>>> [ $# -ge 1 ] && cycles=$1
>>>>
>>>> generate_fw_env_config
>>>>
>>>> fw_printenv -c /flash/fw_env.config
>>>>
>>>> dmesg -c >/dev/null
>>>> x=0
>>>> while [ $x -lt $cycles ]; do
>>>>      fw_printenv -c /flash/fw_env.config >/dev/null || break
>>>>      fw_setenv -c /flash/fw_env.config foo $RANDOM || break;
>>>>      dmesg -c | grep -q fsl_espi && break;
>>>>      let x=x+1
>>>> done
>>>>
>>>> echo "Ran $x cycles"
>>> I've also now seen the RX FIFO not empty error on the T2080RDB
>>>
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>>
>>> With my current workaround of emptying the RX FIFO. It seems
>>> survivable. Interestingly it only ever seems to be 1 extra byte in the
>>> RX FIFO and it seems to be after either a READ_SR or a READ_FSR.
>>>
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 70
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 03
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>>
>>>  From all the Micron SPI-NOR datasheets I've got access to it is
>>> possible to continually read the SR/FSR. But I've no idea why it
>>> happens some times and not others.
>> So I think I've got a reproduction and I think I've bisected the problem
>> to commit 3282a3da25bd ("powerpc/64: Implement soft interrupt replay in
>> C"). My day is just finishing now so I haven't applied too much scrutiny
>> to this result. Given the various rabbit holes I've been down on this
>> issue already I'd take this information with a good degree of skepticism.
>>
> OK, so an easy test should be to re-test with a 5.4 kernel.
> It doesn't have yet the change you're referring to, and the fsl-espi driver
> is basically the same as in 5.7 (just two small changes in 5.7).

Cherry-picking 3282a3da25bd onto 5.4.x I'm able to reproduce the problem 
on the T2080RDB (if anyone want's it I've got a slightly different 
version of my test above that doesn't require touching the dts).

I'm not really sure how 3282a3da25bd affects this. It could be exposing 
a latent issue, the fsl-espi interface does seem a bit sensitive to the 
timing of events.