Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving

[Saravana Kannan]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:31 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Saravana,
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:49 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:05 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:27 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 4:38 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 4:00 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >       - I2C on R-Car Gen3 does not seem to use DMA, according to
> > > > > > >         /sys/kernel/debug/dmaengine/summary:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >             -dma4chan0    | e66d8000.i2c:tx
> > > > > > >             -dma4chan1    | e66d8000.i2c:rx
> > > > > > >             -dma5chan0    | e6510000.i2c:tx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think I need more context on the problem before I can try to fix it.
> > > > > > I'm also very unfamiliar with that file. With fw_devlink=permissive,
> > > > > > I2C was using DMA? If so, the next step is to see if the I2C relative
> > > > > > probe order with DMA is getting changed and if so, why.
> > > > >
> > > > > More detailed log:
> > > > >
> > > > >     platform e66d8000.i2c: Linked as a consumer to e6150000.clock-controller
> > > > >     platform e66d8000.i2c: Linked as a sync state only consumer to e6055400.gpio
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is e66d8000.i2c not linked as a consumer to e6700000.dma-controller?
> > > >
> > > > Because fw_devlink.strict=1 is not set and dma/iommu is considered an
> > > > "optional"/"driver decides" dependency.
> > >
> > > Oh, I thought dma/iommu were considered mandatory initially,
> > > but dropped as dependencies in the late boot process?
> >
> > No, I didn't do that in case the drivers that didn't need the
> > IOMMU/DMA were sensitive to probe order.
> >
> > My goal was for fw_devlink=on to not affect probe order for devices
> > that currently don't need to defer probe. But see below...
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Linked as a consumer to
> > > > > e6150000.clock-controller
> > > >
> > > > Is this the only supplier of dma-controller?
> > >
> > > No, e6180000.system-controller is also a supplier.
> > >
> > > > >     platform e66d8000.i2c: Added to deferred list
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Added to deferred list
> > > > >
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device
> > > > > e6700000.dma-controller with driver rcar-dmac
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver rcar-dmac with
> > > > > device e6700000.dma-controller
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Driver rcar-dmac requests probe deferral
> > > > >
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device e66d8000.i2c
> > > > > with driver i2c-rcar
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver i2c-rcar with device
> > > > > e66d8000.i2c
> > > > >
> > > > > I2C becomes available...
> > > > >
> > > > >     i2c-rcar e66d8000.i2c: request_channel failed for tx (-517)
> > > > >     [...]
> > > > >
> > > > > but DMA is not available yet, so the driver falls back to PIO.
> > > > >
> > > > >     driver: 'i2c-rcar': driver_bound: bound to device 'e66d8000.i2c'
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: bound device e66d8000.i2c to driver i2c-rcar
> > > > >
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Retrying from deferred list
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device
> > > > > e6700000.dma-controller with driver rcar-dmac
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver rcar-dmac with
> > > > > device e6700000.dma-controller
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Driver rcar-dmac requests probe deferral
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Added to deferred list
> > > > >     platform e6700000.dma-controller: Retrying from deferred list
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device
> > > > > e6700000.dma-controller with driver rcar-dmac
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver rcar-dmac with
> > > > > device e6700000.dma-controller
> > > > >     driver: 'rcar-dmac': driver_bound: bound to device 'e6700000.dma-controller'
> > > > >     bus: 'platform': really_probe: bound device
> > > > > e6700000.dma-controller to driver rcar-dmac
> > > > >
> > > > > DMA becomes available.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here userspace is entered. /sys/kernel/debug/dmaengine/summary shows
> > > > > that the I2C controllers do not have DMA channels allocated, as the
> > > > > kernel has performed no more I2C transfers after DMA became available.
> > > > >
> > > > > Using i2cdetect shows that DMA is used, which is good:
> > > > >
> > > > >     i2c-rcar e66d8000.i2c: got DMA channel for rx
> > > > >
> > > > > With permissive devlinks, the clock controller consumers are not added
> > > > > to the deferred probing list, and probe order is slightly different.
> > > > > The I2C controllers are still probed before the DMA controllers.
> > > > > But DMA becomes available a bit earlier, before the probing of the last
> > > > > I2C slave driver.
> > > >
> > > > This seems like a race? I'm guessing it's two different threads
> > > > probing those two devices? And it just happens to work for
> > > > "permissive" assuming the boot timing doesn't change?
> > > >
> > > > > Hence /sys/kernel/debug/dmaengine/summary shows that
> > > > > some I2C transfers did use DMA.
> > > > >
> > > > > So the real issue is that e66d8000.i2c not linked as a consumer to
> > > > > e6700000.dma-controller.
> > > >
> > > > That's because fw_devlink.strict=1 isn't set. If you need DMA to be
> > > > treated as a mandatory supplier, you'll need to set the flag.
> > > >
> > > > Is fw_devlink=on really breaking anything here? It just seems like
> > > > "permissive" got lucky with the timing and it could break at any point
> > > > in the future. Thought?
> > >
> > > I don't think there is a race.
> >
> > Can you explain more please? This below makes it sound like DMA just
> > sneaks in at the last minute.
>
> Yes it does, as the DMAC also has a consumer link to the IOMMU.
> If you ignore the consumer link from I2C to DMAC, the I2C device has
> less dependencies than the DMAC, so the I2C device, and the
> devices on the I2C bus, are probed much earlier than the DMAC.

Can you give this a shot?
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210217235130.1744843-1-saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

It should make sure fw_devlink doesn't add a device to the deferred
probe list too soon and change the probe ordering unnecessarily.

-Saravana