On 3/17/2023 3:02 AM, Joao Martins wrote:
GALog exists to propagate interrupts into all vCPUs in the system when
interrupts are marked as non running (e.g. when vCPUs aren't running). A
GALog overflow happens when there's in no space in the log to record the
GATag of the interrupt. So when the GALOverflow condition happens, the
GALog queue is processed and the GALog is restarted, as the IOMMU
manual indicates in section "2.7.4 Guest Virtual APIC Log Restart
Procedure":
| * Wait until MMIO Offset 2020h[GALogRun]=0b so that all request
| entries are completed as circumstances allow. GALogRun must be 0b to
| modify the guest virtual APIC log registers safely.
| * Write MMIO Offset 0018h[GALogEn]=0b.
| * As necessary, change the following values (e.g., to relocate or
| resize the guest virtual APIC event log):
| - the Guest Virtual APIC Log Base Address Register
| [MMIO Offset 00E0h],
| - the Guest Virtual APIC Log Head Pointer Register
| [MMIO Offset 2040h][GALogHead], and
| - the Guest Virtual APIC Log Tail Pointer Register
| [MMIO Offset 2048h][GALogTail].
| * Write MMIO Offset 2020h[GALOverflow] = 1b to clear the bit (W1C).
| * Write MMIO Offset 0018h[GALogEn] = 1b, and either set
| MMIO Offset 0018h[GAIntEn] to enable the GA log interrupt or clear
| the bit to disable it.
Failing to handle the GALog overflow means that none of the VFs (in any
guest) will work with IOMMU AVIC forcing the user to power cycle the
host. When handling the event it resumes the GALog without resizing
much like how it is done in the event handler overflow. The
[MMIO Offset 2020h][GALOverflow] bit might be set in status register
without the [MMIO Offset 2020h][GAInt] bit, so when deciding to poll
for GA events (to clear space in the galog), also check the overflow
bit.
[suravee: Check for GAOverflow without GAInt, toggle CONTROL_GAINT_EN]
According to the AMD IOMMU spec,
* The GAInt is set when the virtual interrupt request is written to the
GALog and the IOMMU hardware generates an interrupt when GAInt changes
from 0 to 1.
* The GAOverflow bit is set when a new guest virtual APIC event is to be
written to the GALog and there is no usable entry in the GALog, causing
the new event information to be discarded. No interrupt is generated
when GALOverflow is changed from 0b to 1b.
So, whenever the IOMMU driver detects GALogOverflow, it should also
ensure to process any existing entries in the GALog.
Please note that we are working on another patch series to isolate the
interrupts for Event, PPR, and GALog so that each one can be handled
separately in a similar fashion.
Thanks,
Suravee
