On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:13:42PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 01:01:10PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>The MSIx vector table lives in device memory, which may be cleared as
>>part of a backdoor device reset. This is the case on the IBM IPR HBA
>>when the BIST is run on the device. When assigned to a QEMU guest,
>>the guest driver does a pci_save_state(), issues a BIST, then does a
>>pci_restore_state(). The BIST clears the MSIx vector table, but due
>>to the way interrupts are configured the pci_restore_state() does not
>>restore the vector table as expected. Eventually this results in an
>>EEH error on Power platforms when the device attempts to signal an
>>interrupt with the zero'd table entry.
>>
>>Fix the problem by restoring the host cached MSI message prior to
>>enabling each vector.
>>
>>Reported-by: Wen Xiong <[email protected]>
>>Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <[email protected]>
>>Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <[email protected]>
>
>Alex, please let me know if I need resend this one to you. The patch
>has been pending for long time, I'm not sure if you still can grab
>it somewhere.
>
>As you might see, Bjorn will take that one with PCI changes. This patch
>depends on the changes.
>
Alex, I guess you probably missed last reply. Bjorn acked the first
patch and you can pick both of them if I understand correctly. Please
let me know if I need resend those 2 patches?
Thanks,
Gavin
>Thanks,
>Gavin
>
>>---
>> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>>
>>diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>index 9dd49c9..553212f 100644
>>--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
>>@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>> #include <linux/device.h>
>> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
>> #include <linux/eventfd.h>
>>+#include <linux/msi.h>
>> #include <linux/pci.h>
>> #include <linux/file.h>
>> #include <linux/poll.h>
>>@@ -548,6 +549,20 @@ static int vfio_msi_set_vector_signal(struct
>>vfio_pci_device *vdev,
>> return PTR_ERR(trigger);
>> }
>>
>>+ /*
>>+ * The MSIx vector table resides in device memory which may be cleared
>>+ * via backdoor resets. We don't allow direct access to the vector
>>+ * table so even if a userspace driver attempts to save/restore around
>>+ * such a reset it would be unsuccessful. To avoid this, restore the
>>+ * cached value of the message prior to enabling.
>>+ */
>>+ if (msix) {
>>+ struct msi_msg msg;
>>+
>>+ get_cached_msi_msg(irq, &msg);
>>+ write_msi_msg(irq, &msg);
>>+ }
>>+
>> ret = request_irq(irq, vfio_msihandler, 0,
>> vdev->ctx[vector].name, trigger);
>> if (ret) {
>>--
>>1.8.3.2
>>
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