Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pci: Add config option for using OF 'reg' for PCI domain

[Pali Rohár]

Hello!

On Thursday 05 May 2022 07:16:40 Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 04/05/2022 à 19:57, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> > Since commit 63a72284b159 ("powerpc/pci: Assign fixed PHB number based on
> > device-tree properties"), powerpc kernel always fallback to PCI domain
> > assignment from OF / Device Tree 'reg' property of the PCI controller.
> > 
> > PCI code for other Linux architectures use increasing assignment of the PCI
> > domain for individual controllers (assign the first free number), like it
> > was also for powerpc prior mentioned commit.
> > 
> > Upgrading powerpc kernels from LTS 4.4 version (which does not contain
> > mentioned commit) to new LTS versions brings a regression in domain
> > assignment.
> 
> Can you elaborate why it is a regression ?
> 
> That commit says 'no functionnal changes', I'm having hard time 
> understanding how a nochange can be a regression.

It is not 'no functional change'. That commit completely changed PCI
domain assignment in a way that is incompatible with other architectures
and also incompatible with the way how it was done prior that commit.

For example, prior that commit on P2020 RDB board were PCI domains 0, 1 and 2.

$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
0000:01:00.0 USB controller: Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller (rev 02)
0001:02:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
0001:03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
0002:04:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
0002:05:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter

After that commit on P2020 RDB board are PCI domains 0x8000, 0x9000 and 0xa000.

$ lspci
8000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
8000:01:00.0 USB controller: Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller (rev 02)
9000:02:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
9000:03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
a000:04:00.0 PCI bridge: Freescale Semiconductor Inc P2020E (rev 21)
a000:05:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter

It is somehow strange that PCI domains are not indexed one by one and
also that there is no domain 0.

With my patch when CONFIG_PPC_PCI_DOMAIN_FROM_OF_REG is not set, then
previous behavior used and PCI domains are again 0, 1 and 2.

> Usually we don't commit regressions to mainline ...
> 
> 
> > 
> > Fix this issue by introducing a new option CONFIG_PPC_PCI_DOMAIN_FROM_OF_REG
> > When this options is disabled then powerpc kernel would assign PCI domains
> > in the similar way like it is doing kernel for other architectures and also
> > how it was done prior that commit.
> 
> You don't define CONFIG_PPC_PCI_DOMAIN_FROM_OF_REG on by default, it 
> means this commit will change the behaviour. Is that expected ?
> 
> Is that really worth a user selectable option ? Is the user able to 
> decide what he needs ?

Well, I hope that maintainers of that code answer to these questions.

In any case, I think that it could be a user selectable option as in
that commit is explained that in some situation is makes sense to do
PCI domain numbering based on DT reg.

But as I pointed above, upgrading from 4.4 TLS kernel to some new TLS
kernel brings above regression, so I think that there should be a way to
disable this behavior.

In my opinion, for people who are upgrading from 4.4 TLS kernel, this
option should be turned off by default (= do not change behavior). For
people who want same behaviour on powerpc as on other platforms, also it
should be turned off by default.

> > 
> > Fixes: 63a72284b159 ("powerpc/pci: Assign fixed PHB number based on device-tree properties")
> 
> Is that really a fix ? What is the problem really ?

Problem is that PCI domains were changed in a way that is not compatible
neither with version prior that commit and neither with how other linux
platforms assign PCI domains for controllers.

> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   arch/powerpc/Kconfig             | 10 ++++++++++
> >   arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c |  4 ++--
> >   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > index 174edabb74fa..4dd3e3acddda 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> > @@ -375,6 +375,16 @@ config PPC_OF_PLATFORM_PCI
> >   	depends on PCI
> >   	depends on PPC64 # not supported on 32 bits yet
> >   
> > +config PPC_PCI_DOMAIN_FROM_OF_REG
> > +	bool "Use OF reg property for PCI domain"
> > +	depends on PCI
> 
> Should it depend on PPC_OF_PLATFORM_PCI instead ?

No, PPC_OF_PLATFORM_PCI has line "depends on PPC64 # not supported on 32
bits yet". But it is already used also for e.g. P2020 which is 32-bit
platform.

> > +	help
> > +	  By default PCI domain for host bridge during its registration is
> > +	  chosen as the lowest unused PCI domain number.
> > +
> > +	  When this option is enabled then PCI domain is determined from
> > +	  the OF / Device Tree 'reg' property.
> > +
> >   config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
> >   	def_bool y
> >   
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
> > index 8bc9cf62cd93..8cb6fc5302ae 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
> > @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ void __init set_pci_dma_ops(const struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops)
> >   static int get_phb_number(struct device_node *dn)
> >   {
> >   	int ret, phb_id = -1;
> > -	u32 prop_32;
> >   	u64 prop;
> >   
> >   	/*
> > @@ -83,7 +82,8 @@ static int get_phb_number(struct device_node *dn)
> >   	 * reading "ibm,opal-phbid", only present in OPAL environment.
> >   	 */
> >   	ret = of_property_read_u64(dn, "ibm,opal-phbid", &prop);
> 
> This looks like very specific, it is not reflected in the commit log.

I have not changed nor touched this "ibm,opal-phbid" setting. And it was
not also touched in that mentioned patch. I see that no DTS file in
kernel use this option (so probably only DTS files supplied by
bootloader use it). So I thought that there is not reason to mention in
commit message.

But if you think so, I can add some info to commit message about it.

> > -	if (ret) {
> > +	if (ret && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_PCI_DOMAIN_FROM_OF_REG)) {
> > +		u32 prop_32;
> >   		ret = of_property_read_u32_index(dn, "reg", 1, &prop_32);
> >   		prop = prop_32;
> >   	}