Re: [RFC PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: avoid race condition of cpu and IDMAC

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在 2016/8/17 17:52, Jaehoon Chung 写道:
Hi Shawn,

On 08/16/2016 12:23 PM, Shawn Lin wrote:
We could see an obvious race condition by test that
the former write operation by IDMAC aiming to clear
OWN bit reach right after the later configuration of
the same desc, which makes the IDMAC be in SUSPEND
state as the OWN bit was cleared by the asynchronous
write operation of IDMAC. The bug can be very easy
reproduced on RK3288 or similar when lowering the
bandwidth of bus and aggravating the Qos to make the
large numbers of IP fight for the priority. One possible
replaceable solution may be alloc dual buff for the
desc to avoid it but could still race each other
theoretically.

It makes sense.
But Sorry..i didn't understand what "when lowering the bandwidth of bus.." means..

I will amend it. What I actually mean is to reduce the running rate of
system bus without touching the rate of CPU. This makes the CPU run
more fater than other masters like IDMAC.


According to TRM, we need to check whether OWN bit is set or not.
But it seems that it's related with controlling PLDMND register.
I need to check and read TRM in more detail.

Per the TRM,

"The IDMAC engine fetches the descriptor and checks the OWN bit. If the
OWN bit is not set, it means that the host owns the descriptor. In this
case the DMA enters suspend state and asserts the Descriptor Unable
interrupt in the IDSTS register (IDSTS64 register, in case of 64-bit
address configuration). In such a case, the host needs to release the
IDMAC by writing any value to the poll demand register. "

So in this case, it should generate a INT for IDSTS(64) and release the
IDMAC by writing to PLDMND, then we retry it until IDMAC owns the
descriptor. It's quite a verbose behaviour and we should do more a lot
for the tasklet to overcome this pain...

It's sane to just verify the own bit from memory when preparing desc,
and it doesn't cost performance from the test as it is really few to
meet this case.



Signed-off-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

 drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 32380d5..7b01fab 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -490,6 +490,23 @@ static void dw_mci_translate_sglist(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 				length -= desc_len;

 				/*
+				 * OWN bit should be clear by IDMAC after
+				 * finishing transfer. Let's wait for the
+				 * asynchronous operation of IDMAC and cpu
+				 * to make sure that we do not rely on the
+				 * order of Qos of bus and architecture.
+				 * Otherwise we could see a race condition
+				 * here that the former write operation of
+				 * IDMAC(to clear the OWN bit) reach right
+				 * after the later new configuration of desc
+				 * which makes value of desc been covered
+				 * leading to DMA_SUSPEND state as IDMAC fecth
+				 * the wrong desc then.
+				 */
+				while ((readl(&desc->des0) & IDMAC_DES0_OWN))
+					;

Well, I don't like this style..because it has the potential risk for infinite loop.
And Could you make the comment more simpler than now?

yes, I will remove the RFC prefix and fix these.



+
+				/*
 				 * Set the OWN bit and disable interrupts
 				 * for this descriptor
 				 */
@@ -535,6 +552,23 @@ static void dw_mci_translate_sglist(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 				length -= desc_len;

 				/*
+				 * OWN bit should be clear by IDMAC after
+				 * finishing transfer. Let's wait for the
+				 * asynchronous operation of IDMAC and cpu
+				 * to make sure that we do not rely on the
+				 * order of Qos of bus and architecture.
+				 * Otherwise we could see a race condition
+				 * here that the former write operation of
+				 * IDMAC(to clear the OWN bit) reach right
+				 * after the later new configuration of desc
+				 * which makes value of desc been covered
+				 * leading to DMA_SUSPEND state as IDMAC fecth
+				 * the wrong desc then.
+				 */
+				while ((readl(&desc->des0) & IDMAC_DES0_OWN))
+					;

Ditto.

+
+				/*
 				 * Set the OWN bit and disable interrupts
 				 * for this descriptor
 				 */



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Shawn Lin

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