RFC : [PATCH V7 XRT Alveo 00/20] XRT Alveo driver overview

[Tom Rix]

On 6/2/21 3:34 PM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
> Hi Moritz and Tom,
>
> Thanks a lot for reviewing the XRT patches. This v7 patches contains 
> our latest fixes for all review comments. And it seems auto build 
> robot is happy with it as well. Do you have more comment against v7? 
> What will be the next step for XRT patches if it looks ok to you?

Please do not add any features to the patchset.

When you add a feature, that tends to reset the review process.


For little stuff.

I need to look at the documentation again, iirc that was the only issue 
in v6.


For big stuff.

At the beginning some possible refactor questions were raised, I don't 
know if they have been resolved.

ex/

some of the leaf drivers like clock should be moved the clock subsystem

the xrt/ dir vs existing flat, we don't want both.

is your xrt bus consistent with dfl bus, can it support adding devices 
outside of fpga/xrt

how clean are the public headers


Since flipflopping on refactoring is a painful, let's try to get a 
consensus before moving forward.

This may mean the patchset is committed by parts as it and the existing 
code changes.


Lets start with the directory structure.

Since there are a lot of files in xrt, the xrt/ makes sense.

For other fpga's with a lot of files, say > 3, we need to change ex/

dfl-foo.c to dfl/foo.c

to be consistent.


The Kconfig and Makefiles for xrt/ and dfl/ would only be in that top 
subdir.

Which i think is a change for xrt/


I'll whip up something for dfl/ to move things along.

Tom


> Thanks,
>
> Lizhi
>
>
> On 05/27/2021 05:49 PM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is V7 of patch series which adds management physical function 
> > driver
> > for Xilinx Alveo PCIe accelerator cards.
> >      https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo.html
> >
> > This driver is part of Xilinx Runtime (XRT) open source stack.
> >
> > XILINX ALVEO PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
> >
> > Alveo PCIe FPGA based platforms have a static *shell* partition and a
> > partial re-configurable *user* partition. The shell partition is
> > automatically loaded from flash when host is booted and PCIe is 
> > enumerated
> > by BIOS. Shell cannot be changed till the next cold reboot. The shell
> > exposes two PCIe physical functions:
> >
> > 1. management physical function
> > 2. user physical function
> >
> > The patch series includes Documentation/xrt.rst which describes Alveo
> > platform, XRT driver architecture and deployment model in more detail.
> >
> > Users compile their high level design in C/C++/OpenCL or RTL into FPGA
> > image using Vitis tools.
> > https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vitis/vitis-platform.html
> >
> > The compiled image is packaged as xclbin which contains partial 
> > bitstream
> > for the user partition and necessary metadata. Users can dynamically 
> > swap
> > the image running on the user partition in order to switch between
> > different workloads by loading different xclbins.
> >
> > XRT DRIVERS FOR XILINX ALVEO
> >
> > XRT Linux kernel driver *xrt-mgmt* binds to management physical 
> > function of
> > Alveo platform. The modular driver framework is organized into several
> > platform drivers which primarily handle the following functionality:
> >
> > 1.  Loading firmware container also called xsabin at driver attach time
> > 2.  Loading of user compiled xclbin with FPGA Manager integration
> > 3.  Clock scaling of image running on user partition
> > 4.  In-band sensors: temp, voltage, power, etc.
> > 5.  Device reset and rescan
> >
> > The platform drivers are packaged into *xrt-lib* helper module with well
> > defined interfaces. The module provides a pseudo-bus implementation 
> > for the
> > platform drivers. More details on the driver model can be found in
> > Documentation/xrt.rst.
> >
> > User physical function driver is not included in this patch series.
> >
> > LIBFDT REQUIREMENT
> >
> > XRT driver infrastructure uses Device Tree as a metadata format to 
> > discover
> > HW subsystems in the Alveo PCIe device. The Device Tree schema used 
> > by XRT
> > is documented in Documentation/xrt.rst.
> >
> > TESTING AND VALIDATION
> >
> > xrt-mgmt driver can be tested with full XRT open source stack which
> > includes user space libraries, board utilities and (out of tree) first
> > generation user physical function driver xocl. XRT open source runtime
> > stack is available at https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT
> >
> > Complete documentation for XRT open source stack including sections on
> > Alveo/XRT security and platform architecture can be found here:
> >
> > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/master/html/index.html
> > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/master/html/security.html
> > https://xilinx.github.io/XRT/master/html/platforms_partitions.html
> >
> > Changes since v6:
> > - Resolved grammatical errors and cleaned up taxonomy in xrt.rst
> >    documentation.
> > - Fixed clang warnings.
> > - Updated code base to include v6 code review comments.
> >
> > Changes since v5:
> > - Revert all changes 'mgnt/MGNT' back to 'mgmt/MGMT'
> > - Updated code base to include v5 code review comments.
> >     xrt.rst: address grammar and taxonomy
> >     subdev_id.h: defines XRT_SUBDEV_INVALID = 0
> >     xclbin.c: change shift operation to be_to_cpu
> > - Resolved kernel test robot errors.
> >
> > Changes since v4:
> > - Added xrt_bus_type and xrt_device. All sub devices were changed from
> >    platform_bus_type/platform_device to xrt_bus_type/xrt_device.
> > - Renamed xrt-mgmt driver to xrt-mgnt driver.
> > - Replaced 'MGMT' with 'MGNT' and 'mgmt' with 'mgnt' in code and file 
> > names
> > - Moved pci function calls from infrastructure to xrt-mgnt driver.
> > - Renamed files: mgmt/main.c -> mgnt/xmgnt-main.c
> >                   mgmt/main-region.c -> mgnt/xmgnt-main-region.c
> >                   include/xmgmt-main.h -> include/xmgnt-main.h
> >                   mgmt/fmgr-drv.c -> mgnt/xrt-mgr.c
> >                   mgmt/fmgr.h -> mgnt/xrt-mgr.h
> > - Updated code base to include v4 code review comments.
> >
> > Changes since v3:
> > - Leaf drivers use regmap-mmio to access hardware registers.
> > - Renamed driver module: xmgmt.ko -> xrt-mgmt.ko
> > - Renamed files: calib.[c|h] -> ddr_calibration.[c|h],
> >                   lib/main.[c|h] -> lib/lib-drv.[c|h],
> >                   mgmt/main-impl.h - > mgmt/xmgnt.h
> > - Updated code base to include v3 code review comments.
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> > - Streamlined the driver framework into *xleaf*, *group* and *xroot*
> > - Updated documentation to show the driver model with examples
> > - Addressed kernel test robot errors
> > - Added a selftest for basic driver framework
> > - Documented device tree schema
> > - Removed need to export libfdt symbols
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > - Updated the driver to use fpga_region and fpga_bridge for FPGA
> >    programming
> > - Dropped platform drivers not related to PR programming to focus on XRT
> >    core framework
> > - Updated Documentation/fpga/xrt.rst with information on XRT core 
> > framework
> > - Addressed checkpatch issues
> > - Dropped xrt- prefix from some header files
> >
> > For reference V6 version of patch series can be found here:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-1-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-2-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-3-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/
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> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-9-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-10-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
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> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-12-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-13-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-14-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-15-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-16-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-17-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-18-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
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> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-19-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
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> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-20-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210512015339.5649-21-lizhi.hou@xxxxxxxxxx/ 
> >
> >
> > Lizhi Hou (20):
> >    Documentation: fpga: Add a document describing XRT Alveo drivers
> >    fpga: xrt: driver metadata helper functions
> >    fpga: xrt: xclbin file helper functions
> >    fpga: xrt: xrt-lib driver manager
> >    fpga: xrt: group driver
> >    fpga: xrt: char dev node helper functions
> >    fpga: xrt: root driver infrastructure
> >    fpga: xrt: driver infrastructure
> >    fpga: xrt: management physical function driver (root)
> >    fpga: xrt: main driver for management function device
> >    fpga: xrt: fpga-mgr and region implementation for xclbin download
> >    fpga: xrt: VSEC driver
> >    fpga: xrt: User Clock Subsystem driver
> >    fpga: xrt: ICAP driver
> >    fpga: xrt: devctl xrt driver
> >    fpga: xrt: clock driver
> >    fpga: xrt: clock frequency counter driver
> >    fpga: xrt: DDR calibration driver
> >    fpga: xrt: partition isolation driver
> >    fpga: xrt: Kconfig and Makefile updates for XRT drivers
> >
> >   Documentation/fpga/index.rst                  |   1 +
> >   Documentation/fpga/xrt.rst                    | 870 ++++++++++++++++++
> >   MAINTAINERS                                   |  11 +
> >   drivers/Makefile                              |   1 +
> >   drivers/fpga/Kconfig                          |   2 +
> >   drivers/fpga/Makefile                         |   5 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/Kconfig                      |   8 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/events.h             |  45 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/group.h              |  25 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/metadata.h           | 236 +++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/subdev_id.h          |  39 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xclbin-helper.h      |  48 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xdevice.h            | 131 +++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf.h              | 205 +++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/axigate.h      |  23 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/clkfreq.h      |  21 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/clock.h        |  29 +
> >   .../fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/ddr_calibration.h  |  28 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/devctl.h       |  40 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/icap.h         |  27 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xmgmt-main.h         |  34 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xroot.h              | 117 +++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/Kconfig                  |  17 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/Makefile                 |  30 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/cdev.c                   | 209 +++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/group.c                  | 278 ++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/lib-drv.c                | 328 +++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/lib-drv.h                |  21 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/subdev.c                 | 859 +++++++++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/subdev_pool.h            |  53 ++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xclbin.c                 | 381 ++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/axigate.c          | 325 +++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/clkfreq.c          | 223 +++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/clock.c            | 652 +++++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/ddr_calibration.c  | 210 +++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/devctl.c           | 169 ++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/icap.c             | 328 +++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/ucs.c              | 152 +++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/vsec.c             | 372 ++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xroot.c                  | 536 +++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/Kconfig             |  12 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/Makefile            |  16 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/metadata.c          | 578 ++++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/Kconfig                 |  15 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/Makefile                |  19 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/root.c                  | 420 +++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt-main-region.c     | 483 ++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt-main.c            | 662 +++++++++++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt.h                 |  33 +
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xrt-mgr.c               | 190 ++++
> >   drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xrt-mgr.h               |  16 +
> >   include/uapi/linux/xrt/xclbin.h               | 409 ++++++++
> >   include/uapi/linux/xrt/xmgmt-ioctl.h          |  46 +
> >   53 files changed, 9988 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 Documentation/fpga/xrt.rst
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/Kconfig
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/events.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/group.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/metadata.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/subdev_id.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xclbin-helper.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xdevice.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/axigate.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/clkfreq.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/clock.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/ddr_calibration.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/devctl.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xleaf/icap.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xmgmt-main.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/include/xroot.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/Kconfig
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/Makefile
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/cdev.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/group.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/lib-drv.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/lib-drv.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/subdev.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/subdev_pool.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xclbin.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/axigate.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/clkfreq.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/clock.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/ddr_calibration.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/devctl.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/icap.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/ucs.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xleaf/vsec.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/lib/xroot.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/Kconfig
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/Makefile
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/metadata/metadata.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/Kconfig
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/Makefile
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/root.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt-main-region.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt-main.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xmgmt.h
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xrt-mgr.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/xrt/mgmt/xrt-mgr.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/xrt/xclbin.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/xrt/xmgmt-ioctl.h