[+cc Jingoo (exynos), Richard, Lucas (imx6), Pratyush (spear13xx)]

On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 11:22:50PM +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> On 12/04/2015 08:46 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Hi Grygorii,
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 03:59:26PM +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> >> On -RT, TI DRA7 PCIe driver always produces below backtrace when the
> >> first PCI interrupt is triggered:
> >>
> >> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 82 at kernel/irq/handle.c:150 
> >> handle_irq_event_percpu+0x14c/0x174()
> >> irq 460 handler irq_default_primary_handler+0x0/0x14 enabled interrupts
> [...]
> >> [<c00891b0>] (handle_simple_irq) from [<c0085514>] 
> >> (generic_handle_irq+0x30/0x44)
> >>   r5:ee4a9020 r4:000001cc
> >> [<c00854e4>] (generic_handle_irq) from [<c034a7d4>] 
> >> (dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler+0x7c/0x8c)
> >>   r5:ee4a9020 r4:00000001
> >> [<c034a758>] (dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler) from [<c0086f08>] 
> >> (irq_forced_thread_fn+0x28/0x5c)
> >>   r5:ee1d0900 r4:ee4b59c0
> >> [<c0086ee0>] (irq_forced_thread_fn) from [<c00871dc>] 
> >> (irq_thread+0x128/0x204)
> >>   r7:00000001 r6:00000000 r5:ee4d2000 r4:ee4b59e4
> >> [<c00870b4>] (irq_thread) from [<c005e2fc>] (kthread+0xd4/0xec)
> >>   r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:c00870b4 r6:ee4b59c0 r5:ee4b5a00
> >>   r4:00000000
> >> [<c005e228>] (kthread) from [<c000faa8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c)
> >>   r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:c005e228 r4:ee4b5a00
> >> ---[ end trace 0000000000000002 ]---
> > 
> > The backtrace might be OK (maybe slightly overkill), but all the
> > stack addresses are certainly irrelevant and distracting.  We only
> > need enough to recognize the problem.  I don't think the modules list
> > is relevant either.
> 
> I'll take this into account. Is this blocker for this patch now?

If you repost this, you can fix it then.  If I end up taking it as-is,
I'll fix it myself.

> >> This backtrace is triggered because dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler()
> >> forced to be threaded by default on -RT but, in the same time, it's
> >> IRQ dispatcher and calls generic_handle_irq(), which leads to
> >> handle_simple_irq() call. The handle_simple_irq() expected to be
> >> called with IRQ disabled.
> >>
> >> The same issue will also happen if kernel will boot with "threadirqs"
> >> cmdline parameter (CONFIG_IRQ_FORCED_THREADING).
> >>
> >> As discussed in [1], the current DRA7 PCIe hw configuration supports
> >> 32 interrupts, which cannot change because it's hardwired in silicon,
> >> this is a single status read and assuming that only a few (most of the
> >> time it will be exactly ONE) of those interrupts are pending at the
> >> same time is pretty much a sane assumption. And recommended fix for
> >> this issue is to request dra7xx_pcie_msi IRQ with IRQF_NO_THREAD flag.
> >>
> >> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/3/660
> >>
> >> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
> >> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bige...@linutronix.de>
> >> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.stras...@ti.com>
> >> ---
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> - comment in code truncated
> >> Link on v1:
> >>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/5/593
> >>   drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
> >> index 8c36880..0415192 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-dra7xx.c
> >> @@ -301,8 +301,19 @@ static int __init dra7xx_add_pcie_port(struct 
> >> dra7xx_pcie *dra7xx,
> >>            return -EINVAL;
> >>    }
> >>   
> >> +  /*
> >> +   * Mark dra7xx_pcie_msi IRQ as IRQF_NO_THREAD
> >> +   * On -RT and if kernel is booting with "threadirqs" cmd line parameter
> >> +   * the dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler() will be forced threaded but,
> >> +   * in the same time, it's IRQ dispatcher and calls generic_handle_irq(),
> >> +   * which, in turn, will be resolved to handle_simple_irq() call.
> >> +   * The handle_simple_irq() expected to be called with IRQ disabled, as
> >> +   * result kernle will display warning:
> >> +   * "irq XXX handler YYY+0x0/0x14 enabled interrupts".
> >> +   */
> >>    ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pp->irq,
> >> -                         dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
> >> +                         dra7xx_pcie_msi_irq_handler,
> >> +                         IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_THREAD,
> >>                           "dra7-pcie-msi", pp);
> > 
> > There's similar code in exynos_add_pcie_port(), imx6_add_pcie_port(),
> > and spear13xx_add_pcie_port().  Do they need similar changes?  If not,
> > why not?
> > 
> > I see your discussion about DRA7 hardware design, but my impression is
> > that this problem affects anybody who calls dw_handle_msi_irq() from a
> > handler registered with IRQF_SHARED.
> 
> Issue fixed by this patch is not related to IRQF_SHARED. 
> It will happen on -RT or if kernel will boot with "threadirqs" cmd line 
> parameter
> - in both cases these PCI IRQ handlers will be forced to be threaded and,
> as result, generic_handle_irq() will produce above backtrace.
> 
> Personally, I don't have strong opinion about "should similar change be 
> applied
> to other PCI drivers or not?" And I think, that owners of those driver should
> make such decision.

If the same issue affects several drivers, I'd like to see them all
handle it the same way.  Otherwise, somebody coming along later will
wonder why they're different, and there won't be a good answer.

I cc'd the other maintainers to see what they think.

Bjorn
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