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Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch v5 11/12] vfio: device may stuck in D3 when doin


From: Chen Fan
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch v5 11/12] vfio: device may stuck in D3 when doing aer recovery
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:40:11 +0800
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On 03/31/2016 11:44 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:55:07 +0800
Chen Fan <address@hidden> wrote:

On 03/25/2016 10:22 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:38:09 +0800
Chen Fan <address@hidden> wrote:
On 03/25/2016 06:54 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:12:06 +0800
Cao jin <address@hidden> wrote:
From: Chen Fan <address@hidden>

when a physical device aer occurred, the device state probably
is not in D0 in a short time, if we recover the device quickly.
we may stuck in D3 state when force to change device state to D0.
we may need to wait for a short time to inject the error to guest.

Signed-off-by: Chen Fan <address@hidden>
---
    hw/vfio/pci.c | 3 +++
    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 25fc095..5216e7f 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -2658,6 +2658,9 @@ static void vfio_err_notifier_handler(void *opaque)
            msg.severity = isfatal ? PCI_ERR_ROOT_CMD_FATAL_EN :
                                     PCI_ERR_ROOT_CMD_NONFATAL_EN;
+ /* wait a bit to ensure aer device is ready */
+        usleep(2 * 1000);
Where does this number come from?  Why would the device be in D3?  I
don't understand this at all.
Hi Alex,

       when I tested the code in my environment, I found that when I used
the aer-inject module to inject a fake aer error to device on host, the qemu
would throw out the message "vfio: Unable to power on device, stuck in D3"
on and off. if I use "gdb" to debug the vfio_pci_pre_reset, the phenomenon
would not appearance, I just thought it should be some timing race issue,
so I use a sleep() to wait 2ms (double the reset time of 1ms) to ensure the
device state is ready. maybe the root reason still need to be
investigated deeply.
Yes, it sounds like you need to investigate this further, the delay is
arbitrary and perhaps suggests a race that needs to be fixed
correctly.  Thanks,
Hi Alex,

      after done some investigation of the problem, I found that only
when the injected
   error is fatal, the problem will appear. because in aer do_recovery,
host will call reset_link
on the root port, which would invoke pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus in
aer_root_reset,
that would reset the bridge and all the device under that. so when qemu
receive the aer
notification, then propagate the error to guest, guest does the same way
to perform the
recovery, if the guest `reset_link` that will call the vfio_pre_reset
done at the stage of host
bridge reset, the device status would probable stick in D3.

so I think after qemu receive the aer notification, we should wait for
enough time to
ensure the bridge has been reset completely. I just use sleep <=10ms to
test the code,
seems still appear the message "vfio: Unable to power on device, stuck
in D3". so I think
we should sleep 100ms to ensure the delay sufficient. I have tested that
code 100+ times
by inject aer error. the issue no longer appears.
I'm not satisfied with this.  pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus() is
invoked by both the host AER code and the guest AER code, the latter
via the vfio PCI hot reset interface.  The
pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus() function includes the spec defined
delay by which point all the devices should be operational again.  The
spec also defines that devices are in D0 after reset, which implies
that the only reason we would ever be seeing a device in D3 is if we're
reading the device while it is still in reset or before it has
recovered from reset.  That implies that either
pci_reset_bridge_secondary_bus() is not waiting long enough or QEMU is
allowing one device to call vfio_pre_reset while another device is
still in reset.  I suspect QEMU serializes reset such that the latter
case is not possible, which means that you might have a device that
takes longer to reset than the spec defines.  Such a quirk should be
handled in the host kernel reset, not by adding arbitrary delays in
userspace code.  Thanks,
maybe it is not the delay issue actually. let me analyze the aer process
in do_recovery:

host qemu guest

        broadcast: error_detected
        +--> error_detected (VFIO)
+--> eventfd_signal -----> inject_aer ---------> broadcast: error_detected
*reset_link* +--> error_detected (real driver)
*reset_link*
broadcast: mmio/slot_reset broadcast: mmio/slot_reset broadcast: resume broadcast: resume

we can see that the reset_link in host and in guest are not called in order. the reset_link in guest may execute during the host broadcast "error_detected" or "reset_link" as long as there are many devices need to walk on the bus. so in the case qemu has the opportunity
to call vfio_pre_reset while host is still in reset.

so can we consider moving the eventfd_signal in error_detected to resume/slot_reset callback in vfio driver, then we can assure that the host reset_link finish before guest do reset_link. or adding a new resume/slot_reset event between vfio driver and qemu to delay the guest reset_link.

Thanks,
Chen












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