Re: [PATCH] Use maximum latency when determining L1/L0s ASPM v2

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On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:09 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 12:24:11PM +0200, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 2:06 AM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 12:26:53AM +0200, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:49 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 03:54:11PM +0200, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 3:39 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:18:50PM +0200, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> > > > > > > > So.......
> > > > > > > > [    0.815843] pci 0000:04:00.0: L1 latency exceeded - path: 1000 - max: 64000
> > > > > > > > [    0.815843] pci 0000:00:01.2: Upstream device - 32000
> > > > > > > > [    0.815844] pci 0000:01:00.0: Downstream device - 32000
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wait a minute.  I've been looking at *03:00.0*, not 04:00.0.  Based
> > > > > > > on your bugzilla, here's the path:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Correct, or you could do it like this:
> > > > > > 00:01.2/01:00.0/02:03.0/03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation
> > > > > > I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >   00:01.2 Root Port              to [bus 01-07]
> > > > > > >   01:00.0 Switch Upstream Port   to [bus 02-07]
> > > > > > >   02:03.0 Switch Downstream Port to [bus 03]
> > > > > > >   03:00.0 Endpoint (Intel I211 NIC)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Your system does also have an 04:00.0 here:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >   00:01.2 Root Port              to [bus 01-07]
> > > > > > >   01:00.0 Switch Upstream Port   to [bus 02-07]
> > > > > > >   02:04.0 Switch Downstream Port to [bus 04]
> > > > > > >   04:00.0 Endpoint (Realtek 816e)
> > > > > > >   04:00.1 Endpoint (Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 NIC)
> > > > > > >   04:00.2 Endpoint (Realtek 816a)
> > > > > > >   04:00.4 Endpoint (Realtek 816d EHCI USB)
> > > > > > >   04:00.7 Endpoint (Realtek 816c IPMI)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Which NIC is the problem?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The intel one - so the side effect of the realtek nic is that it fixes
> > > > > > the intel nics issues.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It would be that the intel nic actually has a bug with L1 (and it
> > > > > > would seem that it's to kind with latencies) so it actually has a
> > > > > > smaller buffer...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And afair, the realtek has a larger buffer, since it behaves better
> > > > > > with L1 enabled.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Either way, it's a fix that's needed ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, what specifically is the fix that's needed?  The L0s change seems
> > > > > like a "this looks wrong" thing that doesn't actually affect your
> > > > > situation, so let's skip that for now.
> > > >
> > > > L1 latency calculation is not good enough, it assumes that *any*
> > > > link is the highest latency link - which is incorrect.
> > > >
> > > > The latency to bring L1 up is number-of-hops*1000 +
> > > > maximum-latency-along-the-path
> > > >
> > > > currently it's only doing number-of-hops*1000 +
> > > > arbitrary-latency-of-current-link
> > > >
> > > > > And let's support the change you *do* need with the "lspci -vv" for
> > > > > all the relevant devices (including both 03:00.0 and 04:00.x, I guess,
> > > > > since they share the 00:01.2 - 01:00.0 link), before and after the
> > > > > change.
> > > >
> > > > They are all included in all lspci output in the bug
> > >
> > > No doubt.  But I spent a long time going through those and the
> > > differences I found are not enough to show a spec violation or a fix.
> > >
> > > Here's what I extracted (this is a repeat; I mentioned this before):
> > >
> > >                                                     LnkCtl    LnkCtl
> > >            ------DevCap-------  ----LnkCap-------  -Before-  -After--
> > >   00:01.2                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1-
> > >   01:00.0                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1-
> > >   02:03.0                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1+
> > >   03:00.0  L0s <512ns L1 <64us  L0s <2us L1 <16us  L0s- L1-  L0s- L1-
> > >
> > > I don't see anything wrong here yet.  03:00.0 claims it can handle up
> > > to 64us of L1 exit latency, and the L1 exit latency of the entire path
> > > should be 33us.  What am I missing?
> >
> > it should be 32+3 so 35 us - but the intel nic claims something it
> > can't live up to.
>
> How did you compute 35us?  Here's my math for 33us:
>
>   It looks like we *should* be able to enable L1 on both links since
>   the exit latency should be <33us (first link starts exit at T=0,
>   completes by T=32; second link starts exit at T=1, completes by
>   T=33), and 03:00.0 can tolerate up to 64us.

03:00.0 + 0
02:03.0 + 1000
01:00.0 + 1000
00:01.2 + 1000

so, 32 us + 3us or am I missing something?

> If 03:00.0 advertises that it can tolerate 64us but it really can't,
> the fix would be a quirk to override the DevCap value for that device.

Yeah, I wonder what it should be - I assume we could calculate it from latencies
or perhaps there is something hidden in pcie 4 or higher L1 modes...

I'm very uncertain of what level lspci handles and how much of the
data it extracts
(And i don't know better myself either ;))

> > Since this is triggered by the realtek device
>
> I'm still under the impression that the throughput problem is with
> 03:00.0, the Intel I211 NIC.  In what sense is this triggered by the
> Realtek device?  Does the I211 work correctly until we add the Realtek
> device below the same switch?

They are both embedded devices on the motherboard
Asus  Pro WS X570-ACE with bios: 2206

So i can't test one without the other...

> >                                                      LnkCtl    LnkCtl
> >             ------DevCap-------  ----LnkCap-------  -Before-  -After--
> >    00:01.2                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1-
> >    01:00.0                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1-
> >    02:04.0                                L1 <32us       L1+       L1+
> >    04:00.0  L0s <512 L1 <64us
> >
> > But exit for 04:00.0 is 64us which means it breaks its own latency
> > requirements once it's behind anything
>
> From your "lspci-before" attachment, 04:00.0 advertises:
>
>   04:00.0 DevCap: Latency L1 <64us
>           LnkCap: Exit Latency L1 <64us
>
> So I see what you mean; if it's behind a switch, the link on the
> upstream side of the switch would add some L1 exit latency, so we
> wouldn't be able to exit L1 for the entire path in <64us.  This isn't
> broken in the sense of a hardware defect; it just means we won't be
> able to enable L1 on some parts of the path.

Yes, it just seems odd to have the same latency as max latency..

It could also be that they are assuming that we will not check that
endpoint's latency
as we walk the path... I have heard that this is quite tricky to get
right and that Microsoft also had problems with it.

(I assume that they would have a bit more resources and devices to test with)

> I wouldn't be surprised if Linux is doing that wrong right now, but we
> would just need to nail down exactly what's wrong.

OK

> > > > > I want to identify something in the "before" configuration that is
> > > > > wrong according to the spec, and a change in the "after" config so it
> > > > > now conforms to the spec.
> > > >
> > > > So there are a few issues here, the current code does not apply to spec.
> > > >
> > > > The intel nic gets fixed as a side effect (it should still get a
> > > > proper fix) of making
> > > > the code apply to spec.
> > > >
> > > > Basically, while hunting for the issue, I found that the L1 and L0s
> > > > latency calculations used to determine
> > > > if they should be enabled or not is wrong - that is what I'm currently
> > > > trying to push - it also seems like the
> > > > intel nic claims that it can handle 64us but apparently it can't.
> > > >
> > > > So, three bugs, two are "fixed" one needs additional fixing.
> > >
> > > OK, we just need to split these up as much as possible and support
> > > them with the relevant lspci output, analysis of what specifically is
> > > wrong, and the lspci output showing the effect of the fix.
> >
> > Could i have a copy of the pcie spec? I have found sections of it but
> > it's really hard to find them again when you
> > want to refer to something... Which I need to do to show that it
> > doesn't conform...
>
> Wish I could give you the spec, but it's not public.  There are books
> that cover most of this material, e.g., Mindshare's "PCI Express
> System Architecture".  I have a 2004 copy and it covers ASPM (but not
> the L1 Substates).  I have also heard rumors that it's possible to
> find older copies of the spec on the web.

Dang... :/

> > Ie I can't show all the errors on my system :)
> >
> > > Bjorn



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