Re: [PATCH v2] PCI/MSI: Re-add checks for skip masking MSI-X on Xen PV

[Josef Johansson <josef@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/20/21 16:03, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> Hi, Marc,
>
> Adding Juergen and Boris since this involves Xen.
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 8:51 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:48:19 +0100,
>> Josef Johansson <josef@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> From: Josef Johansson <josef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>> PCI/MSI: Re-add checks for skip masking MSI-X on Xen PV
>>>
>>> commit fcacdfbef5a1 ("PCI/MSI: Provide a new set of mask and unmask
>>> functions") introduce functions pci_msi_update_mask() and
>>> pci_msix_write_vector_ctrl() that is missing checks for
>>> pci_msi_ignore_mask that exists in commit 446a98b19fd6 ("PCI/MSI: Use
>>> new mask/unmask functions"). Add them back since it is
>>> causing severe lockups in amdgpu drivers under Xen during boot.
>>>
>>> As explained in commit 1a519dc7a73c ("PCI/MSI: Skip masking MSI-X
>>> on Xen PV"), when running as Xen PV guest, masking MSI-X is a
>>> responsibility of the hypervisor.
>>>
>>> Fixes: fcacdfbef5a1 ("PCI/MSI: Provide a new set of mask and unmask
>>> functions")
>>> Suggested-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Josef Johansson <josef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>>> index 0099a00af361..355b791e382f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>>> @@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ static noinline void pci_msi_update_mask(struct 
>>> msi_desc *desc, u32 clear, u32 s
>>>       raw_spinlock_t *lock = &desc->dev->msi_lock;
>>>       unsigned long flags;
>>>
>>> +     if (pci_msi_ignore_mask || desc->msi_attrib.is_virtual)
>>> +             return;
>>> +
>> I'd rather be consistent, and keep the check outside of
>> pci_msi_update_mask(), just like we do in __pci_msi_mask_desc().
>> Something like this instead:
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> index 0099a00af361..6c69eab304ce 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
>> @@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ static void __pci_restore_msi_state(struct pci_dev *dev)
>>         arch_restore_msi_irqs(dev);
>>
>>         pci_read_config_word(dev, dev->msi_cap + PCI_MSI_FLAGS, &control);
>> -       pci_msi_update_mask(entry, 0, 0);
>> +       if (!(pci_msi_ignore_mask || desc->msi_attrib.is_virtual))
>> +               pci_msi_update_mask(entry, 0, 0);
>>         control &= ~PCI_MSI_FLAGS_QSIZE;
>>         control |= (entry->msi_attrib.multiple << 4) | PCI_MSI_FLAGS_ENABLE;
>>         pci_write_config_word(dev, dev->msi_cap + PCI_MSI_FLAGS, control);
>>
>> But the commit message talks about MSI-X, and the above is MSI
>> only. Is Xen messing with the former, the latter, or both?
> My understanding is pci_msi_ignore_mask covers both MSI and MSI-X for Xen.

Please let me know if I should go ahead and try it out and send in a v3
of the patch.

I'm watching for further discussion right now, just to be clear.
>>>       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>>       desc->msi_mask &= ~clear;
>>>       desc->msi_mask |= set;
>>> @@ -181,6 +184,9 @@ static void pci_msix_write_vector_ctrl(struct msi_desc 
>>> *desc, u32 ctrl)
>>>  {
>>>       void __iomem *desc_addr = pci_msix_desc_addr(desc);
>>>
>>> +     if (pci_msi_ignore_mask || desc->msi_attrib.is_virtual)
>>> +             return;
>>> +
>>>       writel(ctrl, desc_addr + PCI_MSIX_ENTRY_VECTOR_CTRL);
>>>  }
>> I have similar reservations for this one.
> The problem here is some of the changes in commit 446a98b19fd6
> ("PCI/MSI: Use new mask/unmask functions") bypass the checks in
> __pci_msi_mask_desc/__pci_msi_unmask_desc.  I've wondered if it would
> be cleaner to push all the `if (pci_msi_ignore_mask)` checks down to
> the place of the writes.  That keeps dropping the write local to the
> write and leaves the higher level code consistent between the regular
> and Xen PV cases.  I don't know where checking
> desc->msi_attrib.is_virtual is appropriate.
>
> Regards,
> Jason