Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] PCI: rockchip: Fix RK3399 PCIe endpoint controller driver

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2/14/23 23:08, Rick Wertenbroek wrote:
> This is a series of patches that fixes the PCIe endpoint controller driver
> for the Rockchip RK3399 SoC. The driver was introduced in
> cf590b078391 ("PCI: rockchip: Add EP driver for Rockchip PCIe controller")
> The original driver had issues and would not allow for the RK3399 to
> operate in PCIe endpoint mode correctly. This patch series fixes that so
> that the PCIe core controller of the RK3399 SoC can now act as a PCIe
> endpoint. This is v2 of the patch series and addresses the concerns that
> were raised during the review of the first version.

Rick,

Are you going to send a rebased V3 soon ? I have a couple of additional
patches to add on top of your series...


> 
> Thank you in advance for reviewing these changes and hopefully
> getting this merged. Having a functional PCIe endpoint controller
> driver for the RK3399 would allow to develop further PCIe endpoint
> functions through the Linux PCIe endpoint framework using this SoC.
> 
> Problem: The Rockchip RK3399 PCIe endpoint controller driver introduced in
> cf590b078391 ("PCI: rockchip: Add EP driver for Rockchip PCIe controller")
> did not work.
> 
> Summary of problems with the driver :
> 
> * Missing dtsi entry
> * Could not update Device ID (DID)
> * The endpoint could not be configured by a host computer because the
>   endpoint kept sending Configuration Request Retry Status (CRS) messages
> * The kernel would sometimes hang on probe due to access to registers in
>   a clock domain of which the PLLs were not locked
> * The memory window mapping and address translation mechanism had
>   conflicting mappings and did not follow the technical reference manual
>   as to how the address translation should be done
> * Legacy IRQs were not generated by the endpoint
> * Message Signaled interrupts (MSI) were not generated by the endpoint
> 
> The problems have been addressed and validated through tests (see below).
> 
> Summary of changes :
> 
> This patch series is composed of 9 patches that do the following :
> * Remove writes to unused registers in the PCIe core register space.
>   The registers that were written to is marked "unused" and read
>   only in the technical reference manual of the RK3399 SoC.
> * Write PCI Device ID (DID) to correct register, the DID was written to
>   a read only register and therefore would not update the DID.
> * Assert PCI Configuration Enable bit after probe so that it would stop
>   sending Configuration Request Retry Status (CRS) messages to the
>   host once configured, without this the host would retry until
>   timeout and cancel the PCI configuration.
> * Add poll and timeout to wait for PHY PLLs to be locked, this
>   is the only patch that also applies to the root complex function
>   of the PCIe core controller, without this the kernel would
>   sometimes access registers in the PHY PLL clock domain when the PLLs
>   were not yet locked and the system would hang. This was hackily solved
>   in other non mainline patches (e.g., in armbian) with a "msleep()"
>   that was added after PHY PLL configuration but without realizing
>   why it was needed. A poll with timeout seems like a sane approach.
> * Add dtsi entry for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core. The new entry is
>   in "disabled" status by default, so unless it is explicitly enabled
>   it will not conflict with the PCIe root complex controller entry.
>   Developers that will enable it would know that the root complex function
>   then must be disabled, this can be done in the board level DTS.
> * Fix window mapping and address translation for endpoint. The window
>   mapping and address translation did not follow the technical reference
>   manual and a single memory region was used which resulted in conflicting
>   address translations for memory allocated in that region. The current
>   patch allows to allocate up to 32 memory windows with 1MB pages.
> * Fix legacy IRQ generation for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core, the legacy IRQs
>   were not sent by the device because their generation did not follow the
>   instructions in the technical reference manual. They now work.
> * Use u32 variable to access 32-bit registers, u16 variables were used to
>   access and manipulate data of 32-bit registers, this would lead to
>   overflows e.g., when left shifting more than 16 bits.
> * Add parameter check for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core set_msi(), return
>   -EINVAL when incompatible parameters are passed.
> 
> Validation on real hardware:
> 
> This patch series has been tested with kernel 6.0.19 (and 5.19)
> on real hardware, a FriendlyElec NanoPC-T4 RK3399 based single computer
> board connected to a host computer through PCIe x1 and x4. The PCIe
> endpoint test function driver was loaded on the SoC and the PCIe endpoint
> test driver was loaded on the host computer. The following tests were
> executed through this setup :
> 
> * enumeration of the PCIe endpoint device (lspci)
>   lspci -vvv
> * validation of PCI header and capabilities
>   setpci and lspci -xxxx
> * device was recognized by host computer dans PCIe endpoint test driver
>   was loaded
>   lspci -v states "Kernel modules: pci_endpoint_test"
> * tested the BARs 0-5
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -b 0
>   ...
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -b 5
> * tested legacy interrupt through the test driver
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -i 0
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -l
> * tested MSI interrupt through the test driver
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -i 1
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -m 1
> * tested read/write to and from host through the test driver with checksum
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -r -s 1024
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -w -s 1024
> * tested read/write with DMA enabled (all read/write tests also did IRQ)
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -r -d -s 8192
>   sudo /usr/bin/pcitest -w -d -s 8192
> 
> Commands used on the SoC to launch the endpoint function (configfs) :
> 
> modprobe -i pci-epf-test
> mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test/pci_epf_test.0
> echo 0xb500 > /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test/pci_epf_test.0/deviceid
> echo 0x104c > /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test/pci_epf_test.0/vendorid
> echo 16 > /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test/pci_epf_test.0/msi_interrupts 
> ln -s /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions/pci_epf_test/pci_epf_test.0 \
> /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/controllers/fd000000.pcie-ep/
> echo 1 > /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/controllers/fd000000.pcie-ep/start
> 
> Note: to enable the endpoint controller on the board the file :
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-nanopc-t4.dts
> Was edited to set the status of &pcie0 to "disabled" and &pcie0_ep
> to "okay". This is not submitted as a patch because most users
> will use the PCIe core controller in host (root complex) mode
> rather than endpoint mode.
> 
> I have tested and confirmed all basic functionality required for the
> endpoint with the test driver and tools. With the previous state of
> the driver the device would not even be enumerated by the host
> computer (mainly because of CRS messages being sent back to the root
> complex) and tests would not pass (driver would not even be loaded
> because DID was not set correctly) and then only the BAR test would
> pass. Now all tests pass as stated above.
> 
> Best regards
> Rick
> 
> Rick Wertenbroek (9):
>   PCI: rockchip: Remove writes to unused registers
>   PCI: rockchip: Write PCI Device ID to correct register
>   PCI: rockchip: Assert PCI Configuration Enable bit after probe
>   PCI: rockchip: Add poll and timeout to wait for PHY PLLs to be locked
>   arm64: dts: rockchip: Add dtsi entry for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core
>   PCI: rockchip: Fix window mapping and address translation for endpoint
>   PCI: rockchip: Fix legacy IRQ generation for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core
>   PCI: rockchip: Use u32 variable to access 32-bit registers
>   PCI: rockchip: Add parameter check for RK3399 PCIe endpoint core
>     set_msi()
> 
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi  |  23 ++++
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip-ep.c | 143 ++++++++++------------
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.c    |  16 +++
>  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rockchip.h    |  36 ++++--
>  4 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research