Re: fsl_espi errors on v5.7.15

[Heiner Kallweit]

On 30.08.2020 23:59, Chris Packham wrote:
> 
> On 31/08/20 9:41 am, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 30.08.2020 23:00, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> On 31/08/20 12:30 am, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>>>> Excerpts from Chris Packham's message of August 28, 2020 8:07 am:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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).
>>>>>> There's 6cc0c16d82f88 and maybe also other interrupt related patches
>>>>>> around this time that could affect book E, so it's good if that exact
>>>>>> patch is confirmed.
>>>>> My confirmation is basically that I can induce the issue in a 5.4 kernel
>>>>> by cherry-picking 3282a3da25bd. I'm also able to "fix" the issue in
>>>>> 5.9-rc2 by reverting that one commit.
>>>>>
>>>>> I both cases it's not exactly a clean cherry-pick/revert so I also
>>>>> confirmed the bisection result by building at 3282a3da25bd (which sees
>>>>> the issue) and the commit just before (which does not).
>>>> Thanks for testing, that confirms it well.
>>>>
>>>> [snip patch]
>>>>
>>>>> I still saw the issue with this change applied. PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG
>>>>> didn't report anything (either with or without the change above).
>>>> Okay, it was a bit of a shot in the dark. I still can't see what
>>>> else has changed.
>>>>
>>>> What would cause this, a lost interrupt? A spurious interrupt? Or
>>>> higher interrupt latency?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think the patch should cause significantly worse latency,
>>>> (it's supposed to be a bit better if anything because it doesn't set
>>>> up the full interrupt frame). But it's possible.
>>> My working theory is that the SPI_DON indication is all about the TX
>>> direction an now that the interrupts are faster we're hitting an error
>>> because there is still RX activity going on. Heiner disagrees with my
>>> interpretation of the SPI_DON indication and the fact that it doesn't
>>> happen every time does throw doubt on it.
>>>
>> It's right that the eSPI spec can be interpreted that SPI_DON refers to
>> TX only. However this wouldn't really make sense, because also for RX
>> we program the frame length, and therefore want to be notified once the
>> full frame was received. Also practical experience shows that SPI_DON
>> is set also after RX-only transfers.
>> Typical SPI NOR use case is that you write read command + start address,
>> followed by a longer read. If the TX-only interpretation would be right,
>> we'd always end up with SPI_DON not being set.
>>
>>> I can't really explain the extra RX byte in the fifo. We know how many
>>> bytes to expect and we pull that many from the fifo so it's not as if
>>> we're missing an interrupt causing us to skip the last byte. I've been
>>> looking for some kind of off-by-one calculation but again if it were
>>> something like that it'd happen all the time.
>>>
>> Maybe it helps to know what value this extra byte in the FIFO has. Is it:
>> - a duplicate of the last read byte
>> - or the next byte (at <end address> + 1)
>> - or a fixed value, e.g. always 0x00 or 0xff
> 
> The values were up thread a bit but I'll repeat them here
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> The rx 00 Extra RX 03 is a bit concerning. I've only ever seen them with
> either a READ_SR or a READ_FSR. Never a data read.
> 
Just remembered something about SPIE_DON:
Transfers are always full duplex, therefore in case of a read the chip
sends dummy zero's. Having said that in case of a read SPIE_DON means
that the last dummy zero was shifted out.

READ_SR and READ_FSR are the shortest transfers, 1 byte out and 1 byte in.
So the issue may have a dependency on the length of the transfer.
However I see no good explanation so far. You can try adding a delay of
a few miroseconds between the following to commands in fsl_espi_bufs().

	fsl_espi_write_reg(espi, ESPI_SPIM, mask);

	/* Prevent filling the fifo from getting interrupted */
	spin_lock_irq(&espi->lock);

Maybe enabling interrupts and seeing the SPIE_DON interrupt are too close.