Re: [PATCH V2 rdma-next 2/3] RDMA/hns: Fix the chip hanging caused by sending mailbox&CMQ during reset

From: Wei Hu (Xavier)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 22:28:10 EST




On 2019/1/26 9:47, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
>
> On 2019/1/26 5:50, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 10:15:40AM +0800, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
>>> On 2019/1/25 2:31, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:13:29AM +0800, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
>>>>> On 2019/1/24 6:40, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 11:36:06AM +0800, Wei Hu (Xavier) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +static int hns_roce_v2_cmd_hw_resetting(struct hns_roce_dev *hr_dev,
>>>>>>> + unsigned long instance_stage,
>>>>>>> + unsigned long reset_stage)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> + struct hns_roce_v2_priv *priv = (struct hns_roce_v2_priv *)hr_dev->priv;
>>>>>>> + struct hnae3_handle *handle = priv->handle;
>>>>>>> + const struct hnae3_ae_ops *ops = handle->ae_algo->ops;
>>>>>>> + unsigned long end;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + /* When hardware reset is detected, we should stop sending mailbox&cmq
>>>>>>> + * to hardware, and wait until hardware reset finished. If now
>>>>>>> + * in .init_instance() function, we should exit with error. If now at
>>>>>>> + * HNAE3_INIT_CLIENT stage of soft reset process, we should exit with
>>>>>>> + * error, and then HNAE3_INIT_CLIENT related process can rollback the
>>>>>>> + * operation like notifing hardware to free resources, HNAE3_INIT_CLIENT
>>>>>>> + * related process will exit with error to notify NIC driver to
>>>>>>> + * reschedule soft reset process once again.
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> + end = msecs_to_jiffies(HNS_ROCE_V2_HW_RST_TIMEOUT) + jiffies;
>>>>>>> + while (ops->get_hw_reset_stat(handle) && time_before(jiffies, end))
>>>>>>> + udelay(1);
>>>>>> I thought you were getting rid of these loops?
>>>>> Hi, Jason
>>>>>
>>>>> Upper applications maybe notify driver to issue mailbox or CMD
>>>>> commands to hardware, some commands used to cancel resources,
>>>>> destory bt/destory cq/unreg mr/destory qp etc. when such
>>>>> commands are executed successfully, the hardware engine will
>>>>> no longer access some memory registered by the driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> When reset occurs, it is possible for upper applications notify driver
>>>>> to issue mailbox or CMD commands, we need to wait until hardware
>>>>> reset finished to ensure that hardware no longer accesses related
>>>>> memory.
>>>> You should not wait for things using loops like the above.
>>> Hi, Jason
>>>
>>> Are your comments foucsing on udelay? If not, thanks for your detail
>>> information.
>>> In hns3 RoCE driver, some CMQ/mailbox operation are called inside
>>> the lock,
>>> we can't use msleep in the lock, otherwise it will cause deadlock.
>>> When reset occurs, RDMA service cannot be provided normally, I think
>>> in this
>>> case using udelay will not have a great impact.
>> You should not use any kind of sleep call in a loop like this.
> Hi, Jason
>
> OK, I got your opinion and will modify it in v3 patch as below:
>
> end = msecs_to_jiffies(HNS_ROCE_V2_HW_RST_TIMEOUT) + jiffies;
> while (time_before(jiffies, end))
> if (!ops->get_hw_reset_stat(handle))
> break;
>
Hi, Jason
Thanks for your comments, I have modified them and send patch V3.
Thanks.

Regards
Xavier
> Regards
> Xavier
>> Jason
>>
>> .
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