[PATCH] Reset PCIe devices to stop ongoing DMA

Alex Williamson alex.williamson at redhat.com
Tue May 7 12:39:42 EDT 2013


On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 13:58 +0900, Takao Indoh wrote:
> This patch resets PCIe devices on boot to stop ongoing DMA. When
> "pci=pcie_reset_devices" is specified, a hot reset is triggered on each
> PCIe root port and downstream port to reset its downstream endpoint.
> 
> Problem:
> This patch solves the problem that kdump can fail when intel_iommu=on is
> specified. When intel_iommu=on is specified, many dma-remapping errors
> occur in second kernel and it causes problems like driver error or PCI
> SERR, at last kdump fails. This problem is caused as follows.
> 1) Devices are working on first kernel.
> 2) Switch to second kernel(kdump kernel). The devices are still working
>    and its DMA continues during this switch.
> 3) iommu is initialized during second kernel boot and ongoing DMA causes
>    dma-remapping errors.
> 
> Solution:
> All DMA transactions have to be stopped before iommu is initialized. By
> this patch devices are reset and in-flight DMA is stopped before
> pci_iommu_init.
> 
> To invoke hot reset on an endpoint, its upstream link need to be reset.
> reset_pcie_devices() is called from fs_initcall_sync, and it finds root
> port/downstream port whose child is PCIe endpoint, and then reset link
> between them. If the endpoint is VGA device, it is skipped because the
> monitor blacks out if VGA controller is reset.
> 
> Actually this is v8 patch but quite different from v7 and it's been so
> long since previous post, so I start over again.
> Previous post:
> [PATCH v7 0/5] Reset PCIe devices to address DMA problem on kdump
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/26/814
> 
> Signed-off-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao at jp.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +
>  drivers/pci/pci.c                   |  103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 4609e81..2a31ade 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -2250,6 +2250,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
>  				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
>  				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
>  				that hot-added devices will work.
> +		pcie_reset_devices	Reset PCIe endpoint on boot by hot
> +				reset
>  		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
>  				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
>  				The default value is 256 bytes.
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> index b099e00..42385c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> @@ -3878,6 +3878,107 @@ void __weak pci_fixup_cardbus(struct pci_bus *bus)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_fixup_cardbus);
>  
> +/*
> + * Return true if dev is PCIe root port or downstream port whose child is PCIe
> + * endpoint except VGA device.
> + */
> +static int __init need_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
> +	struct pci_dev *child;
> +
> +	if (!pci_is_pcie(dev) || !dev->subordinate ||
> +	    list_empty(&dev->subordinate->devices) ||
> +	    ((pci_pcie_type(dev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_ROOT_PORT) &&
> +	     (pci_pcie_type(dev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_DOWNSTREAM)))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
> +	list_for_each_entry(child, &subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
> +		if ((pci_pcie_type(child) == PCI_EXP_TYPE_UPSTREAM) ||
> +		    (pci_pcie_type(child) == PCI_EXP_TYPE_PCI_BRIDGE) ||
> +		    ((child->class >> 16) == PCI_BASE_CLASS_DISPLAY))
> +			/* Don't reset switch, bridge, VGA device */
> +			return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
> +static void __init save_config(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
> +	struct pci_dev *child;
> +
> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
> +		return;
> +
> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
> +	list_for_each_entry(child, &subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
> +		dev_info(&child->dev, "save state\n");
> +		pci_save_state(child);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void __init restore_config(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	struct pci_bus *subordinate;
> +	struct pci_dev *child;
> +
> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
> +		return;
> +
> +	subordinate = dev->subordinate;
> +	list_for_each_entry(child, &subordinate->devices, bus_list) {
> +		dev_info(&child->dev, "restore state\n");
> +		pci_restore_state(child);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void __init do_device_reset(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	u16 ctrl;
> +
> +	if (!need_reset(dev))
> +		return;
> +
> +	dev_info(&dev->dev, "Reset Secondary bus\n");
> +
> +	/* Assert Secondary Bus Reset */
> +	pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, &ctrl);
> +	ctrl |= PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
> +	pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
> +
> +	msleep(2);
> +
> +	/* De-assert Secondary Bus Reset */
> +	ctrl &= ~PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_BUS_RESET;
> +	pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_BRIDGE_CONTROL, ctrl);
> +}
> +
> +static int __initdata pcie_reset_devices;
> +static int __init reset_pcie_devices(void)
> +{
> +	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
> +
> +	if (!pcie_reset_devices)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
> +		save_config(dev);
> +
> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
> +		do_device_reset(dev);

So we do a reset on each root port or downstream port, but the PCI to
PCI bridge spec (1.2) states:

        11.1.1. Secondary Reset Signal
                The secondary reset signal, RST#, is a logical OR of the
                primary interface RST# signal and
                the state of the Secondary Bus Reset bit of the Bridge
                Control register (see Section 3.2.5.18).

I read that to mean that in a legacy topology, doing a reset on the top
level bridge triggers a reset down the entire hierarchy.  How does this
apply to a PCIe topology?  Can we just do a reset on the top level root
ports?  If so, that would also imply that a reset propagates down
through PCIe-to-PCI bridges, so legacy PCI devices may be reset and the
option name is misleading.

Even so, you still have root complex endpoints, which are not getting
reset through this, so it's really not a complete solution.  Thanks,

Alex

> +
> +	msleep(1000);
> +
> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev)
> +		restore_config(dev);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +fs_initcall_sync(reset_pcie_devices);
> +
>  static int __init pci_setup(char *str)
>  {
>  	while (str) {
> @@ -3920,6 +4021,8 @@ static int __init pci_setup(char *str)
>  				pcie_bus_config = PCIE_BUS_PEER2PEER;
>  			} else if (!strncmp(str, "pcie_scan_all", 13)) {
>  				pci_add_flags(PCI_SCAN_ALL_PCIE_DEVS);
> +			} else if (!strncmp(str, "pcie_reset_devices", 18)) {
> +				pcie_reset_devices = 1;
>  			} else {
>  				printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Unknown option `%s'\n",
>  						str);






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