Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/vmw_pvrdma: Defer activating device until vmxnet3 link is up

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:15:39AM -0800, Adit Ranadive wrote:
> From: Aditya Sarwade <asarwade@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently on bootup, ethernet drivers seem to load before RDMA ones
> in Linux. So while the vmxnet3 module is loaded before vmw_pvrdma,
> the vmxnet3 link state may not necessarily be enabled by the stack
> before pvrdma is loaded. This is a problem because if the pvrdma
> module is loaded on bootup (by installing it in /lib/modules/*),
> the pvrdma device comes up in a port down state.
>
> Since this is the most common use case scenario, defer the activation
> of the device till the paired vmxnet3 link actually comes up. One
> downside of doing this is, if a user doesn't have the vmxnet3 link
> up when the pvrdma driver is loaded, they may not see any output
> for ibv_devinfo until the paired vmxnet3 link is enabled too. The
> users somehow need to be aware of this.
>

I wouldn't call it "fix", the more appropriate name is "hack".
It doesn't look right that users should be aware of such non-intuitive
driver behavior.


> This only changes how the device is activated the first time. Once
> enabled if the link goes down, a pvrdma driver reload is still required
> after link up.
>
> Fixes: 29c8d9eba550 ("IB: Add vmw_pvrdma driver")
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Sarwade <asarwade@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Bryan Tan <bryantan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Adit Ranadive <aditr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h      |  1 +
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h
> index 71e1d55..540a54b 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h
> @@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ struct pvrdma_dev {
>  	u32 port_cap_mask;
>  	struct mutex port_mutex; /* Port modification mutex. */
>  	bool ib_active;
> +	bool enabled;
>  	atomic_t num_qps;
>  	atomic_t num_cqs;
>  	atomic_t num_pds;
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
> index 231a1ce..b57132f 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static int pvrdma_del_gid(struct ib_device *ibdev,
>  			  void **context);
>
>
> +static int pvrdma_enable_dev(struct pvrdma_dev *dev);
> +
>  static ssize_t show_hca(struct device *device, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  			char *buf)
>  {
> @@ -755,6 +757,10 @@ static void pvrdma_netdevice_event_handle(struct pvrdma_dev *dev,
>  		pvrdma_dispatch_event(dev, 1, IB_EVENT_PORT_ERR);
>  		break;
>  	case NETDEV_UP:
> +		if (!dev->enabled && pvrdma_enable_dev(dev)) {
> +			dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to enable device\n");
> +			break;
> +		}
>  		pvrdma_dispatch_event(dev, 1, IB_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE);
>  		break;
>  	default:
> @@ -801,6 +807,48 @@ static int pvrdma_netdevice_event(struct notifier_block *this,
>  	return NOTIFY_DONE;
>  }
>
> +static void pvrdma_disable_dev(struct pvrdma_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	if (dev->enabled) {
> +		ib_unregister_device(&dev->ib_dev);
> +		dev->enabled = false;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static int pvrdma_enable_dev(struct pvrdma_dev *dev)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	pvrdma_enable_intrs(dev);
> +
> +	/* Activate pvrdma device */
> +	pvrdma_write_reg(dev, PVRDMA_REG_CTL, PVRDMA_DEVICE_CTL_ACTIVATE);
> +
> +	/* Make sure the write is complete before reading status. */
> +	mb();
> +
> +	/* Check if device was successfully activated */
> +	ret = pvrdma_read_reg(dev, PVRDMA_REG_ERR);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to activate device\n");
> +		ret = -EFAULT;
> +		goto err_disable_intrs;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Register IB device */
> +	ret = pvrdma_register_device(dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "failed to register IB device\n");
> +		goto err_disable_intrs;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev->enabled = true;
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_disable_intrs:
> +	pvrdma_disable_intrs(dev);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static int pvrdma_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  			    const struct pci_device_id *id)
>  {
> @@ -867,14 +915,14 @@ static int pvrdma_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  	/* Enable 64-Bit DMA */
>  	if (pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)) == 0) {
>  		ret = pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> -		if (ret != 0) {
> +		if (ret) {
>  			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
>  				"pci_set_consistent_dma_mask failed\n");
>  			goto err_free_resource;
>  		}
>  	} else {
>  		ret = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> -		if (ret != 0) {
> +		if (ret) {
>  			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
>  				"pci_set_dma_mask failed\n");
>  			goto err_free_resource;
> @@ -1029,7 +1077,7 @@ static int pvrdma_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate interrupts\n");
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
> -		goto err_netdevice;
> +		goto err_free_cq_ring;
>  	}
>
>  	/* Allocate UAR table. */
> @@ -1049,51 +1097,35 @@ static int pvrdma_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  	}
>  	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "gid table len %d\n", dev->dsr->caps.gid_tbl_len);
>
> -	pvrdma_enable_intrs(dev);
> -
> -	/* Activate pvrdma device */
> -	pvrdma_write_reg(dev, PVRDMA_REG_CTL, PVRDMA_DEVICE_CTL_ACTIVATE);
> -
> -	/* Make sure the write is complete before reading status. */
> -	mb();
> -
> -	/* Check if device was successfully activated */
> -	ret = pvrdma_read_reg(dev, PVRDMA_REG_ERR);
> -	if (ret != 0) {
> -		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to activate device\n");
> -		ret = -EFAULT;
> -		goto err_disable_intr;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* Register IB device */
> -	ret = pvrdma_register_device(dev);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register IB device\n");
> -		goto err_disable_intr;
> +	if (netif_running(dev->netdev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev->netdev)) {
> +		ret = pvrdma_enable_dev(dev);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable device\n");
> +			goto err_free_sgid_tbl;
> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "pvrdma netdev link is down\n");
>  	}
>
>  	dev->nb_netdev.notifier_call = pvrdma_netdevice_event;
>  	ret = register_netdevice_notifier(&dev->nb_netdev);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register netdevice events\n");
> -		goto err_unreg_ibdev;
> +		goto err_disable_dev;
>  	}
>
>  	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "attached to device\n");
>  	return 0;
>
> -err_unreg_ibdev:
> -	ib_unregister_device(&dev->ib_dev);
> -err_disable_intr:
> -	pvrdma_disable_intrs(dev);
> +err_disable_dev:
> +	pvrdma_disable_dev(dev);
> +err_free_sgid_tbl:
>  	kfree(dev->sgid_tbl);
>  err_free_uar_table:
>  	pvrdma_uar_table_cleanup(dev);
>  err_free_intrs:
>  	pvrdma_free_irq(dev);
>  	pvrdma_disable_msi_all(dev);
> -err_netdevice:
> -	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&dev->nb_netdev);
>  err_free_cq_ring:
>  	pvrdma_page_dir_cleanup(dev, &dev->cq_pdir);
>  err_free_async_ring:
> @@ -1132,10 +1164,7 @@ static void pvrdma_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&dev->nb_netdev);
>  	dev->nb_netdev.notifier_call = NULL;
>
> -	flush_workqueue(event_wq);
> -
> -	/* Unregister ib device */
> -	ib_unregister_device(&dev->ib_dev);
> +	pvrdma_disable_dev(dev);
>
>  	mutex_lock(&pvrdma_device_list_lock);
>  	list_del(&dev->device_link);
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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