From 8a01fa64348aaaf54b3eef9728bfe2654e7bdd88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Changbin Du Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 22:47:29 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: PCI: convert pci-error-recovery.txt to reST Convert plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/PCI/index.rst | 1 + ...i-error-recovery.txt => pci-error-recovery.rst} | 287 +++++++++++---------- MAINTAINERS | 4 +- 3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 140 deletions(-) rename Documentation/PCI/{pci-error-recovery.txt => pci-error-recovery.rst} (67%) diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/index.rst b/Documentation/PCI/index.rst index 6f573f3..92e62d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/index.rst @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ Linux PCI Bus Subsystem pci-iov-howto msi-howto acpi-info + pci-error-recovery diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst similarity index 67% rename from Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt rename to Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst index 0b6bb3e..83db420 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 - PCI Error Recovery - ------------------ - February 2, 2006 +================== +PCI Error Recovery +================== - Current document maintainer: - Linas Vepstas - updated by Richard Lary - and Mike Mason on 27-Jul-2009 + +:Authors: - Linas Vepstas + - Richard Lary + - Mike Mason Many PCI bus controllers are able to detect a variety of hardware @@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ mechanisms for dealing with SCSI bus errors and SCSI bus resets. Detailed Design ---------------- +=============== + Design and implementation details below, based on a chain of public email discussions with Ben Herrenschmidt, circa 5 April 2005. @@ -73,30 +75,33 @@ pci_driver. A driver that fails to provide the structure is "non-aware", and the actual recovery steps taken are platform dependent. The arch/powerpc implementation will simulate a PCI hotplug remove/add. -This structure has the form: -struct pci_error_handlers -{ - int (*error_detected)(struct pci_dev *dev, enum pci_channel_state); - int (*mmio_enabled)(struct pci_dev *dev); - int (*slot_reset)(struct pci_dev *dev); - void (*resume)(struct pci_dev *dev); -}; - -The possible channel states are: -enum pci_channel_state { - pci_channel_io_normal, /* I/O channel is in normal state */ - pci_channel_io_frozen, /* I/O to channel is blocked */ - pci_channel_io_perm_failure, /* PCI card is dead */ -}; - -Possible return values are: -enum pci_ers_result { - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE, /* no result/none/not supported in device driver */ - PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER, /* Device driver can recover without slot reset */ - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, /* Device driver wants slot to be reset. */ - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT, /* Device has completely failed, is unrecoverable */ - PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED, /* Device driver is fully recovered and operational */ -}; +This structure has the form:: + + struct pci_error_handlers + { + int (*error_detected)(struct pci_dev *dev, enum pci_channel_state); + int (*mmio_enabled)(struct pci_dev *dev); + int (*slot_reset)(struct pci_dev *dev); + void (*resume)(struct pci_dev *dev); + }; + +The possible channel states are:: + + enum pci_channel_state { + pci_channel_io_normal, /* I/O channel is in normal state */ + pci_channel_io_frozen, /* I/O to channel is blocked */ + pci_channel_io_perm_failure, /* PCI card is dead */ + }; + +Possible return values are:: + + enum pci_ers_result { + PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE, /* no result/none/not supported in device driver */ + PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER, /* Device driver can recover without slot reset */ + PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, /* Device driver wants slot to be reset. */ + PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT, /* Device has completely failed, is unrecoverable */ + PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED, /* Device driver is fully recovered and operational */ + }; A driver does not have to implement all of these callbacks; however, if it implements any, it must implement error_detected(). If a callback @@ -134,16 +139,17 @@ shouldn't do any new IOs. Called in task context. This is sort of a All drivers participating in this system must implement this call. The driver must return one of the following result codes: - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER: - Driver returns this if it thinks it might be able to recover - the HW by just banging IOs or if it wants to be given - a chance to extract some diagnostic information (see - mmio_enable, below). - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET: - Driver returns this if it can't recover without a - slot reset. - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT: - Driver returns this if it doesn't want to recover at all. + + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER + Driver returns this if it thinks it might be able to recover + the HW by just banging IOs or if it wants to be given + a chance to extract some diagnostic information (see + mmio_enable, below). + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET + Driver returns this if it can't recover without a + slot reset. + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT + Driver returns this if it doesn't want to recover at all. The next step taken will depend on the result codes returned by the drivers. @@ -159,25 +165,27 @@ then recovery proceeds to STEP 4 (Slot Reset). If the platform is unable to recover the slot, the next step is STEP 6 (Permanent Failure). ->>> The current powerpc implementation assumes that a device driver will ->>> *not* schedule or semaphore in this routine; the current powerpc ->>> implementation uses one kernel thread to notify all devices; ->>> thus, if one device sleeps/schedules, all devices are affected. ->>> Doing better requires complex multi-threaded logic in the error ->>> recovery implementation (e.g. waiting for all notification threads ->>> to "join" before proceeding with recovery.) This seems excessively ->>> complex and not worth implementing. - ->>> The current powerpc implementation doesn't much care if the device ->>> attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/O's will fail, returning ->>> a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If more than ->>> EEH_MAX_FAILS I/O's are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH ->>> assumes that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop ->>> and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to ->>> get the device working again. +.. note:: + + The current powerpc implementation assumes that a device driver will + *not* schedule or semaphore in this routine; the current powerpc + implementation uses one kernel thread to notify all devices; + thus, if one device sleeps/schedules, all devices are affected. + Doing better requires complex multi-threaded logic in the error + recovery implementation (e.g. waiting for all notification threads + to "join" before proceeding with recovery.) This seems excessively + complex and not worth implementing. + + The current powerpc implementation doesn't much care if the device + attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/O's will fail, returning + a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If more than + EEH_MAX_FAILS I/O's are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH + assumes that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop + and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to + get the device working again. STEP 2: MMIO Enabled -------------------- +-------------------- The platform re-enables MMIO to the device (but typically not the DMA), and then calls the mmio_enabled() callback on all affected device drivers. @@ -192,34 +200,36 @@ link reset was performed by the HW. If the platform can't just re-enable IOs without a slot reset or a link reset, it will not call this callback, and instead will have gone directly to STEP 3 (Link Reset) or STEP 4 (Slot Reset) ->>> The following is proposed; no platform implements this yet: ->>> Proposal: All I/O's should be done _synchronously_ from within ->>> this callback, errors triggered by them will be returned via ->>> the normal pci_check_whatever() API, no new error_detected() ->>> callback will be issued due to an error happening here. However, ->>> such an error might cause IOs to be re-blocked for the whole ->>> segment, and thus invalidate the recovery that other devices ->>> on the same segment might have done, forcing the whole segment ->>> into one of the next states, that is, link reset or slot reset. +.. note:: + + The following is proposed; no platform implements this yet: + Proposal: All I/O's should be done _synchronously_ from within + this callback, errors triggered by them will be returned via + the normal pci_check_whatever() API, no new error_detected() + callback will be issued due to an error happening here. However, + such an error might cause IOs to be re-blocked for the whole + segment, and thus invalidate the recovery that other devices + on the same segment might have done, forcing the whole segment + into one of the next states, that is, link reset or slot reset. The driver should return one of the following result codes: - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED - Driver returns this if it thinks the device is fully - functional and thinks it is ready to start - normal driver operations again. There is no - guarantee that the driver will actually be - allowed to proceed, as another driver on the - same segment might have failed and thus triggered a - slot reset on platforms that support it. - - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET - Driver returns this if it thinks the device is not - recoverable in its current state and it needs a slot - reset to proceed. - - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT - Same as above. Total failure, no recovery even after - reset driver dead. (To be defined more precisely) + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED + Driver returns this if it thinks the device is fully + functional and thinks it is ready to start + normal driver operations again. There is no + guarantee that the driver will actually be + allowed to proceed, as another driver on the + same segment might have failed and thus triggered a + slot reset on platforms that support it. + + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET + Driver returns this if it thinks the device is not + recoverable in its current state and it needs a slot + reset to proceed. + + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT + Same as above. Total failure, no recovery even after + reset driver dead. (To be defined more precisely) The next step taken depends on the results returned by the drivers. If all drivers returned PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED, then the platform @@ -293,31 +303,33 @@ device will be considered "dead" in this case. Drivers for multi-function cards will need to coordinate among themselves as to which driver instance will perform any "one-shot" or global device initialization. For example, the Symbios sym53cxx2 -driver performs device init only from PCI function 0: +driver performs device init only from PCI function 0:: -+ if (PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn) == 0) -+ sym_reset_scsi_bus(np, 0); + + if (PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn) == 0) + + sym_reset_scsi_bus(np, 0); - Result codes: - - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT - Same as above. +Result codes: + - PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT + Same as above. Drivers for PCI Express cards that require a fundamental reset must set the needs_freset bit in the pci_dev structure in their probe function. For example, the QLogic qla2xxx driver sets the needs_freset bit for certain -PCI card types: +PCI card types:: -+ /* Set EEH reset type to fundamental if required by hba */ -+ if (IS_QLA24XX(ha) || IS_QLA25XX(ha) || IS_QLA81XX(ha)) -+ pdev->needs_freset = 1; -+ + + /* Set EEH reset type to fundamental if required by hba */ + + if (IS_QLA24XX(ha) || IS_QLA25XX(ha) || IS_QLA81XX(ha)) + + pdev->needs_freset = 1; + + Platform proceeds either to STEP 5 (Resume Operations) or STEP 6 (Permanent Failure). ->>> The current powerpc implementation does not try a power-cycle ->>> reset if the driver returned PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT. ->>> However, it probably should. +.. note:: + + The current powerpc implementation does not try a power-cycle + reset if the driver returned PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT. + However, it probably should. STEP 5: Resume Operations @@ -370,44 +382,43 @@ The current policy is to turn this into a platform policy. That is, the recovery API only requires that: - There is no guarantee that interrupt delivery can proceed from any -device on the segment starting from the error detection and until the -slot_reset callback is called, at which point interrupts are expected -to be fully operational. + device on the segment starting from the error detection and until the + slot_reset callback is called, at which point interrupts are expected + to be fully operational. - There is no guarantee that interrupt delivery is stopped, that is, -a driver that gets an interrupt after detecting an error, or that detects -an error within the interrupt handler such that it prevents proper -ack'ing of the interrupt (and thus removal of the source) should just -return IRQ_NOTHANDLED. It's up to the platform to deal with that -condition, typically by masking the IRQ source during the duration of -the error handling. It is expected that the platform "knows" which -interrupts are routed to error-management capable slots and can deal -with temporarily disabling that IRQ number during error processing (this -isn't terribly complex). That means some IRQ latency for other devices -sharing the interrupt, but there is simply no other way. High end -platforms aren't supposed to share interrupts between many devices -anyway :) - ->>> Implementation details for the powerpc platform are discussed in ->>> the file Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt - ->>> As of this writing, there is a growing list of device drivers with ->>> patches implementing error recovery. Not all of these patches are in ->>> mainline yet. These may be used as "examples": ->>> ->>> drivers/scsi/ipr ->>> drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2 ->>> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx ->>> drivers/scsi/lpfc ->>> drivers/next/bnx2.c ->>> drivers/next/e100.c ->>> drivers/net/e1000 ->>> drivers/net/e1000e ->>> drivers/net/ixgb ->>> drivers/net/ixgbe ->>> drivers/net/cxgb3 ->>> drivers/net/s2io.c ->>> drivers/net/qlge - -The End -------- + a driver that gets an interrupt after detecting an error, or that detects + an error within the interrupt handler such that it prevents proper + ack'ing of the interrupt (and thus removal of the source) should just + return IRQ_NOTHANDLED. It's up to the platform to deal with that + condition, typically by masking the IRQ source during the duration of + the error handling. It is expected that the platform "knows" which + interrupts are routed to error-management capable slots and can deal + with temporarily disabling that IRQ number during error processing (this + isn't terribly complex). That means some IRQ latency for other devices + sharing the interrupt, but there is simply no other way. High end + platforms aren't supposed to share interrupts between many devices + anyway :) + +.. note:: + + Implementation details for the powerpc platform are discussed in + the file Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt + + As of this writing, there is a growing list of device drivers with + patches implementing error recovery. Not all of these patches are in + mainline yet. These may be used as "examples": + + - drivers/scsi/ipr + - drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2 + - drivers/scsi/qla2xxx + - drivers/scsi/lpfc + - drivers/next/bnx2.c + - drivers/next/e100.c + - drivers/net/e1000 + - drivers/net/e1000e + - drivers/net/ixgb + - drivers/net/ixgbe + - drivers/net/cxgb3 + - drivers/net/s2io.c + - drivers/net/qlge diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5cfbea4..9c38205 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -12143,7 +12143,7 @@ M: Sam Bobroff M: Oliver O'Halloran L: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org S: Supported -F: Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt +F: Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst F: drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c F: drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c F: drivers/pci/pcie/err.c @@ -12156,7 +12156,7 @@ PCI ERROR RECOVERY M: Linas Vepstas L: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org S: Supported -F: Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt +F: Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst PCI MSI DRIVER FOR ALTERA MSI IP M: Ley Foon Tan -- 2.7.4