Re: [PATCH] PCI: Reset IOV state on FLR to PF

From: Lukasz Maniak
Date: Tue Jan 18 2022 - 11:33:18 EST

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On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 07:07:23PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:
> On 2022/1/18 6:55, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > [+cc Alex in case he has comments on how FLR should work on
> > non-conforming hns3 devices]
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 05:22:19PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:
> >> On 2022/1/15 0:37, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 05:42:48PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:
> >>>> On 2022/1/14 0:45, Lukasz Maniak wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 08:49:03AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 08:19:57PM +0100, Lukasz Maniak wrote:
> >>>>>>> As per PCI Express specification, FLR to a PF resets the PF state as
> >>>>>>> well as the SR-IOV extended capability including VF Enable which means
> >>>>>>> that VFs no longer exist.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can you add a specific reference to the spec, please?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Following the Single Root I/O Virtualization and Sharing Specification:
> >>>>> 2.2.3. FLR That Targets a PF
> >>>>> PFs must support FLR.
> >>>>> FLR to a PF resets the PF state as well as the SR-IOV extended
> >>>>> capability including VF Enable which means that VFs no longer exist.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For PCI Express Base Specification Revision 5.0 and later, this is
> >>>>> section 9.2.2.3.
> >>>
> >>> This is also the section in the new PCIe r6.0. Let's use that.
> >>>
> >>>>>>> Currently, the IOV state is not updated during FLR, resulting in
> >>>>>>> non-compliant PCI driver behavior.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And include a little detail about what problem is observed? How would
> >>>>>> a user know this problem is occurring?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> The problem is that the state of the kernel and HW as to the number of
> >>>>> VFs gets out of sync after FLR.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This results in further listing, after the FLR is performed by the HW,
> >>>>> of VFs that actually no longer exist and should no longer be reported on
> >>>>> the PCI bus. lspci return FFs for these VFs.
> >>>>
> >>>> There're some exceptions. Take HiSilicon's hns3 and sec device as an
> >>>> example, the VF won't be destroyed after the FLR reset.
> >>>
> >>> If FLR on an hns3 PF does *not* clear VF Enable, and the VFs still
> >>> exist after FLR, isn't that a violation of sec 9.2.2.3?
> >>
> >> yes I think it's a violation to the spec.
> >
> > Thanks for confirming that.
> >
> >>> If hns3 and sec don't conform to the spec, we should have some sort of
> >>> quirk that serves to document and work around this.
> >>
> >> ok I think it'll help. Do you mean something like this based on this patch:
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >> index 69ee321027b4..0e4976c669b2 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >> @@ -1025,6 +1025,8 @@ void pci_reset_iov_state(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >> return;
> >> if (!iov->num_VFs)
> >> return;
> >> + if (dev->flr_no_vf_reset)
> >> + return;
> >>
> >> sriov_del_vfs(dev);
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >> index 003950c738d2..c8ffcb0ac612 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >> @@ -1860,6 +1860,17 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_HUAWEI, 0xa256, quirk_huawei_pcie_sva);
> >> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_HUAWEI, 0xa258, quirk_huawei_pcie_sva);
> >> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_HUAWEI, 0xa259, quirk_huawei_pcie_sva);
> >>
> >> +/*
> >> + * Some HiSilicon PCIe devices' VF won't be destroyed after a FLR reset.
> >> + * Don't reset these devices' IOV state when doing FLR.
> >> + */
> >> +static void quirk_huawei_pcie_flr(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> >> +{
> >> + pdev->flr_no_vf_reset = 1;
> >> +}
> >> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_HUAWEI, 0xa255, quirk_huawei_pcie_flr);
> >> +/* ...some other devices have this quirk */
> >
> > Yes, I think something along this line will help.
> >
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> >> index 18a75c8e615c..e62f9fa4d48f 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> >> @@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
> >> unsigned int is_probed:1; /* Device probing in progress */
> >> unsigned int link_active_reporting:1;/* Device capable of reporting link active */
> >> unsigned int no_vf_scan:1; /* Don't scan for VFs after IOV enablement */
> >> + unsigned int flr_no_vf_reset:1; /* VF won't be destroyed after PF's FLR */
> >>
> >>>> Currently the transactions with the VF will be restored after the
> >>>> FLR. But this patch will break that, the VF is fully disabled and
> >>>> the transaction cannot be restored. User needs to reconfigure it,
> >>>> which is unnecessary before this patch.
> >>>
> >>> What does it mean for a "transaction to be restored"? Maybe you mean
> >>> this patch removes the *VFs* via sriov_del_vfs(), and whoever
> >>> initiated the FLR would need to re-enable VFs via pci_enable_sriov()
> >>> or something similar?
> >>
> >> Partly. It'll also terminate the VF users.
> >> Think that I attach the VF of hns to a VM by vfio and ping the network
> >> in the VM, when doing FLR the 'ping' will pause and after FLR it'll
> >> resume. Currenlty The driver handle this in the ->reset_{prepare, done}()
> >> methods. The user of VM may not realize there is a FLR of the PF as the
> >> VF always exists and the 'ping' is never terminated.
> >>
> >> If we remove the VF when doing FLR, then 1) we'll block in the VF->remove()
> >> until no one is using the device, for example the 'ping' is finished.
> >> 2) the VF in the VM no longer exists and we have to re-enable VF and hotplug
> >> it into the VM and restart the ping. That's a big difference.
> >>
> >>> If FLR disables VFs, it seems like we should expect to have to
> >>> re-enable them if we want them.
> >>
> >> It involves a remove()/probe() process of the VF driver and the user
> >> of the VF will be terminated, just like the situation illustrated
> >> above.
> >
> > I think users of FLR should be able to rely on it working per spec,
> > i.e., that VFs will be destroyed. If hardware like hns3 doesn't do
> > that, the quirk should work around that in software by doing it
> > explicitly.
> >
> > I don't think the non-standard behavior should be exposed to the
> > users. The user should not have to know about this hns3 issue.
> >
> > If FLR on a standard NIC terminates a ping on a VF, FLR on an hns3 NIC
> > should also terminate a ping on a VF.
> >
>
> ok thanks for the discussion, agree on that. According to the spec, after
> the FLR to the PF the VF does not exist anymore, so the ping will be terminated.
> Our hns3 and sec team are still evaluating it before coming to a solution of
> whether using a quirk or comform to the spec.
>
> For this patch it looks reasonable to me, but some questions about the code below.
>
> >>>> Can we handle this problem in another way? Maybe test the VF's
> >>>> vendor device ID after the FLR reset to see whether it has really
> >>>> gone or not?
> >>>>
> >>>>> sriov_numvfs in sysfs returns old invalid value and does not allow
> >>>>> setting a new value before explicitly setting 0 in the first place.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> This patch introduces a simple function, called on the FLR path, that
> >>>>>>> removes the virtual function devices from the PCI bus and their
> >>>>>>> corresponding sysfs links with a final clear of the num_vfs value in IOV
> >>>>>>> state.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Maniak <lukasz.maniak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>> drivers/pci/iov.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>>>> drivers/pci/pci.c | 2 ++
> >>>>>>> drivers/pci/pci.h | 4 ++++
> >>>>>>> 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >>>>>>> index 0267977c9f17..69ee321027b4 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
> >>>>>>> @@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ int pci_iov_bus_range(struct pci_bus *bus)
> >>>>>>> return max ? max - bus->number : 0;
> >>>>>>> }
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> +/**
> >>>>>>> + * pci_reset_iov_state - reset the state of the IOV capability
> >>>>>>> + * @dev: the PCI device
> >>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>> +void pci_reset_iov_state(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>>>>>> +{
> >>>>>>> + struct pci_sriov *iov = dev->sriov;
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + if (!dev->is_physfn)
> >>>>>>> + return;
> >>>>>>> + if (!iov->num_VFs)
> >>>>>>> + return;
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + sriov_del_vfs(dev);
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + if (iov->link != dev->devfn)
> >>>>>>> + sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "dep_link");
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> + iov->num_VFs = 0;
> >>>>>>> +}
> >>>>>>> +
>
> Any reason for not using pci_disable_sriov()?

The issue with pci_disable_sriov() is that it calls sriov_disable(),
which directly uses pci_cfg_access_lock(), leading to deadlock on the
FLR path.

>
> With the spec the related registers in the SRIOV cap will be reset so
> it's ok in general. But for some devices not following the spec like hns3,
> some fields like VF enable won't be reset and keep enabled after the FLR.
> In this case after the FLR the VF devices in the system has gone but
> the state of the PF SRIOV cap leaves uncleared. pci_disable_sriov()
> will reset the whole SRIOV cap. It'll also call pcibios_sriov_disable()
> to correct handle the VF disabling on some platforms, IIUC.
>
> Or is it better to use pdev->driver->sriov_configure(pdev,0)?
> PF drivers must implement ->sriov_configure() for enabling/disabling
> the VF but we totally skip the PF driver here.
>
> Thanks,
> Yicong
>
> >>>>>>> /**
> >>>>>>> * pci_enable_sriov - enable the SR-IOV capability
> >>>>>>> * @dev: the PCI device
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> >>>>>>> index 3d2fb394986a..535f19d37e8d 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> >>>>>>> @@ -4694,6 +4694,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_wait_for_pending_transaction);
> >>>>>>> */
> >>>>>>> int pcie_flr(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>>>>>> {
> >>>>>>> + pci_reset_iov_state(dev);
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> if (!pci_wait_for_pending_transaction(dev))
> >>>>>>> pci_err(dev, "timed out waiting for pending transaction; performing function level reset anyway\n");
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> >>>>>>> index 3d60cabde1a1..7bb144fbec76 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
> >>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
> >>>>>>> @@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ void pci_iov_update_resource(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno);
> >>>>>>> resource_size_t pci_sriov_resource_alignment(struct pci_dev *dev, int resno);
> >>>>>>> void pci_restore_iov_state(struct pci_dev *dev);
> >>>>>>> int pci_iov_bus_range(struct pci_bus *bus);
> >>>>>>> +void pci_reset_iov_state(struct pci_dev *dev);
> >>>>>>> extern const struct attribute_group sriov_pf_dev_attr_group;
> >>>>>>> extern const struct attribute_group sriov_vf_dev_attr_group;
> >>>>>>> #else
> >>>>>>> @@ -501,6 +502,9 @@ static inline int pci_iov_bus_range(struct pci_bus *bus)
> >>>>>>> {
> >>>>>>> return 0;
> >>>>>>> }
> >>>>>>> +static inline void pci_reset_iov_state(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>>>>>> +{
> >>>>>>> +}
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> #endif /* CONFIG_PCI_IOV */
> > .
> >

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