Re: [PATCH V11 7/8] cxl/port: Retry reading CDAT on failure

From: Alison Schofield
Date: Mon Jun 27 2022 - 23:33:19 EST


On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 01:22:58PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The CDAT read may fail for a number of reasons but mainly it is possible
> to get different parts of a valid state. The checksum in the CDAT table
> protects against this.
>
> Now that the cdat data is validated, issue a retry if the CDAT read
> fails. For now 5 retries are implemented.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ben Widawsky <bwidawsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>


> ---
> Changes from V10
> Pick up review tag and fix commit message
>
> Changes from V9
> Alison Schofield/Davidlohr Bueso
> Print debug on each iteration and error only after failure
>
> Changes from V8
> Move code to cxl/core/pci.c
>
> Changes from V6
> Move to pci.c
> Fix retries count
> Change to 5 retries
>
> Changes from V5:
> New patch -- easy to push off or drop.
> ---
> drivers/cxl/core/pci.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> index cb70287e2984..fd02bc7c0d97 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/pci.c
> @@ -617,19 +617,13 @@ static int cxl_cdat_read_table(struct device *dev,
> return rc;
> }
>
> -/**
> - * read_cdat_data - Read the CDAT data on this port
> - * @port: Port to read data from
> - *
> - * This call will sleep waiting for responses from the DOE mailbox.
> - */
> -void read_cdat_data(struct cxl_port *port)
> +static int __read_cdat_data(struct cxl_port *port)
> {
> static struct pci_doe_mb *cdat_mb;
> struct device *dev = &port->dev;
> struct device *uport = port->uport;
> size_t cdat_length;
> - int ret;
> + int ret = 0;
>
> /*
> * Ensure a reference on the underlying uport device which has the
> @@ -640,17 +634,21 @@ void read_cdat_data(struct cxl_port *port)
> cdat_mb = find_cdat_mb(uport);
> if (!cdat_mb) {
> dev_dbg(dev, "No CDAT mailbox\n");
> + ret = -EIO;
> goto out;
> }
>
> if (cxl_cdat_get_length(dev, cdat_mb, &cdat_length)) {
> dev_dbg(dev, "No CDAT length\n");
> + ret = -EIO;
> goto out;
> }
>
> port->cdat.table = devm_kzalloc(dev, cdat_length, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!port->cdat.table)
> + if (!port->cdat.table) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> goto out;
> + }
>
> port->cdat.length = cdat_length;
> ret = cxl_cdat_read_table(dev, cdat_mb, &port->cdat);
> @@ -664,5 +662,29 @@ void read_cdat_data(struct cxl_port *port)
>
> out:
> put_device(uport);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * read_cdat_data - Read the CDAT data on this port
> + * @port: Port to read data from
> + *
> + * This call will sleep waiting for responses from the DOE mailbox.
> + */
> +void read_cdat_data(struct cxl_port *port)
> +{
> + int retries = 5;
> + int rc;
> +
> + while (retries--) {
> + rc = __read_cdat_data(port);
> + if (!rc)
> + return;
> + dev_dbg(&port->dev,
> + "CDAT data read error rc=%d (retries %d)\n",
> + rc, retries);
> + }
> + dev_err(&port->dev, "CDAT data read failed after %d retries\n",
> + retries);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(read_cdat_data, CXL);
> --
> 2.35.1
>