[PATCH] PCI: Add parameter @mmio_force_on to pci_update_resource()

[Gavin Shan]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:14:08AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:06:44AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>>On Wed, 2016-09-28 at 09:37 +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yeah, it's safe to update it with memory decoding on. As the function call
>>> flow I listed in the changelog (as below), nobody should access the IOV BAR
>>> when pci_update_resource() is called. However, the PF's memory BARs might
>>> be accessed that time and it's not safe to disable PF's memory decoding.
>>
>>The problem isn't so much whether anybody accesses the IOV BAR while
>>it's updated but whether the IOV BAR will decode at all.
>>
>>IE. The BAR is updated in two steps, 32-bit each. That means that there
>>is a window where it contains a "bogus" value.
>>
>>If that bogus value conflicts with another BAR (another BAR of the  PF
>>or another PF of the same device for example) then there is a risk of
>>something bad happening if the driver accesses that conflicting
>>resource during that window.
>>
>>On the other hand, if the IOV BAR doesn't decode at all while the
>>update is done, which I think is the case as I believe SR-IOV isn't
>>enabled during the update (please verify), then we are safe.
>>
>
>I assumed the SRIOV and its memory space aren't enabled when updating IOV
>BARs, but unfortunately they have been enabled at that point. I think
>pcibios_sriov_enable() should be moved before SRIOV is enabled. Note
>that pcibios_sriov_enable() is used by PowerNV only.
>
>static int sriov_enable(struct pci_dev *dev, int nr_virtfn)
>{
>		:
>        pci_iov_set_numvfs(dev, nr_virtfn);
>        iov->ctrl |= PCI_SRIOV_CTRL_VFE | PCI_SRIOV_CTRL_MSE;
>        pci_cfg_access_lock(dev);
>        pci_write_config_word(dev, iov->pos + PCI_SRIOV_CTRL, iov->ctrl);	/* SRIOV and its memory space enabled */
>        msleep(100);
>        pci_cfg_access_unlock(dev);
>
>        iov->initial_VFs = initial;
>        if (nr_virtfn < initial)
>                initial = nr_virtfn;
>
>        rc = pcibios_sriov_enable(dev, initial);				/* IOV BARs are updated inside it */
>
>		:
>}
>

I will add one patch in v2, to call pcibios_sriov_enable() before IOV BARs
are enabled. v2 will be posted shortly.

Thanks,
Gavin