Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] PCI/DOE: Remove the pci_doe_flush_mb() call

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 12:35:54 EST


On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 04:34:26PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:53:23 -0800
> ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Each struct doe_mb is managed as part of the PCI device. They can't go
> > away as long as the PCI device exists. pci_doe_flush_mb() was set up to
> > flush the workqueue and prevent any further submissions to the mailboxes
> > when the PCI device goes away. Unfortunately, this was fundamentally
> > flawed. There was no guarantee that a struct doe_mb remained after
> > pci_doe_flush_mb() returned. Therefore, the doe_mb state could be
> > invalid when those threads waiting on the workqueue were flushed.
> >
> > Fortunately the current code is safe because all callers make a
> > synchronous call to pci_doe_submit_task() and maintain a reference on the
> > PCI device.
> >
> > For these reasons, pci_doe_flush_mb() will never be called while tasks
> > are being processed and there is no use for it.
> >
> > Remove the dead code around pci_doe_flush_mb().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks fine I think, though one question inline.
>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/doe.c | 48 ++++-------------------------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/doe.c b/drivers/pci/doe.c
> > index e402f05068a5..260313e9052e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/doe.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/doe.c
> > @@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
> >
> > /* Timeout of 1 second from 6.30.2 Operation, PCI Spec r6.0 */
> > #define PCI_DOE_TIMEOUT HZ
> > -#define PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL (PCI_DOE_TIMEOUT / 128)
> > +#define PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL 8
>
> Why this change?

msleep_interruptible() takes a millisecond value and wait_event_timeout() takes
jiffies. 1/128 of a second is ~8ms.

While for most configs (HZ == 1000) the value does not change. I don't believe
this would be true for all configs. Thus a more explicit define.

I'll add a comment.

Ira

>
> >
> > -#define PCI_DOE_FLAG_CANCEL 0
> > -#define PCI_DOE_FLAG_DEAD 1
> > +#define PCI_DOE_FLAG_DEAD 0
> >
> > /**
> > * struct pci_doe_mb - State for a single DOE mailbox
> > @@ -53,15 +52,6 @@ struct pci_doe_mb {
> > unsigned long flags;
> > };
> >
> > -static int pci_doe_wait(struct pci_doe_mb *doe_mb, unsigned long timeout)
> > -{
> > - if (wait_event_timeout(doe_mb->wq,
> > - test_bit(PCI_DOE_FLAG_CANCEL, &doe_mb->flags),
> > - timeout))
> > - return -EIO;
> > - return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > static void pci_doe_write_ctrl(struct pci_doe_mb *doe_mb, u32 val)
> > {
> > struct pci_dev *pdev = doe_mb->pdev;
> > @@ -82,12 +72,9 @@ static int pci_doe_abort(struct pci_doe_mb *doe_mb)
> > pci_doe_write_ctrl(doe_mb, PCI_DOE_CTRL_ABORT);
> >
> > do {
> > - int rc;
> > u32 val;
> >
> > - rc = pci_doe_wait(doe_mb, PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL);
> > - if (rc)
> > - return rc;
> > + msleep_interruptible(PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL);
> > pci_read_config_dword(pdev, offset + PCI_DOE_STATUS, &val);
> >
> > /* Abort success! */
> > @@ -278,11 +265,7 @@ static void doe_statemachine_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > signal_task_abort(task, -EIO);
> > return;
> > }
> > - rc = pci_doe_wait(doe_mb, PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL);
> > - if (rc) {
> > - signal_task_abort(task, rc);
> > - return;
> > - }
> > + msleep_interruptible(PCI_DOE_POLL_INTERVAL);
> > goto retry_resp;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -383,21 +366,6 @@ static void pci_doe_destroy_workqueue(void *mb)
> > destroy_workqueue(doe_mb->work_queue);
> > }
> >
> > -static void pci_doe_flush_mb(void *mb)
> > -{
> > - struct pci_doe_mb *doe_mb = mb;
> > -
> > - /* Stop all pending work items from starting */
> > - set_bit(PCI_DOE_FLAG_DEAD, &doe_mb->flags);
> > -
> > - /* Cancel an in progress work item, if necessary */
> > - set_bit(PCI_DOE_FLAG_CANCEL, &doe_mb->flags);
> > - wake_up(&doe_mb->wq);
> > -
> > - /* Flush all work items */
> > - flush_workqueue(doe_mb->work_queue);
> > -}
> > -
> > /**
> > * pcim_doe_create_mb() - Create a DOE mailbox object
> > *
> > @@ -450,14 +418,6 @@ struct pci_doe_mb *pcim_doe_create_mb(struct pci_dev *pdev, u16 cap_offset)
> > return ERR_PTR(rc);
> > }
> >
> > - /*
> > - * The state machine and the mailbox should be in sync now;
> > - * Set up mailbox flush prior to using the mailbox to query protocols.
> > - */
> > - rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, pci_doe_flush_mb, doe_mb);
> > - if (rc)
> > - return ERR_PTR(rc);
> > -
> > rc = pci_doe_cache_protocols(doe_mb);
> > if (rc) {
> > pci_err(pdev, "[%x] failed to cache protocols : %d\n",
>