[PATCH 2/2] kvm/xive: Add missing barriers and document them

Guilherme G. Piccoli gpiccoli at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Aug 18 22:56:08 AEST 2017


On 08/17/2017 11:10 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> This adds missing memory barriers to order updates/tests of
> the virtual CPPR and MFRR, thus fixing a lost IPI problem.
> 
> While at it also document all barriers in this file
> 
> This fixes a bug causing guest IPIs to occasionally get lost.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>

Thanks Ben. Shouldn't this be marked to stable (v4.12+)?
Also, if a Fixes tag is required:

Fixes: 5af50993850a ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Native usage of the XIVE
interrupt controller").

Feel free to add my:
Tested-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Cheers,


Guilherme

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive_template.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive_template.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive_template.c
> index 150be86b1018..d1ed2c41b5d2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive_template.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive_template.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ static void GLUE(X_PFX,ack_pending)(struct kvmppc_xive_vcpu *xc)
>  	u16 ack;
> 
>  	/*
> +	 * Ensure any previous store to CPPR is ordered vs.
> +	 * the subsequent loads from PIPR or ACK.
> +	 */
> +	eieio();
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * DD1 bug workaround: If PIPR is less favored than CPPR
>  	 * ignore the interrupt or we might incorrectly lose an IPB
>  	 * bit.
> @@ -244,6 +250,11 @@ static u32 GLUE(X_PFX,scan_interrupts)(struct kvmppc_xive_vcpu *xc,
>  	/*
>  	 * If we found an interrupt, adjust what the guest CPPR should
>  	 * be as if we had just fetched that interrupt from HW.
> +	 *
> +	 * Note: This can only make xc->cppr smaller as the previous
> +	 * loop will only exit with hirq != 0 if prio is lower than
> +	 * the current xc->cppr. Thus we don't need to re-check xc->mfrr
> +	 * for pending IPIs.
>  	 */
>  	if (hirq)
>  		xc->cppr = prio;
> @@ -390,6 +401,12 @@ X_STATIC int GLUE(X_PFX,h_cppr)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cppr)
>  	xc->cppr = cppr;
> 
>  	/*
> +	 * Order the above update of xc->cppr with the subsequent
> +	 * read of xc->mfrr inside push_pending_to_hw()
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb();
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * We are masking less, we need to look for pending things
>  	 * to deliver and set VP pending bits accordingly to trigger
>  	 * a new interrupt otherwise we might miss MFRR changes for
> @@ -429,21 +446,37 @@ X_STATIC int GLUE(X_PFX,h_eoi)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long xirr)
>  	 * used to signal MFRR changes is EOId when fetched from
>  	 * the queue.
>  	 */
> -	if (irq == XICS_IPI || irq == 0)
> +	if (irq == XICS_IPI || irq == 0) {
> +		/*
> +		 * This barrier orders the setting of xc->cppr vs.
> +		 * subsquent test of xc->mfrr done inside
> +		 * scan_interrupts and push_pending_to_hw
> +		 */
> +		smp_mb();
>  		goto bail;
> +	}
> 
>  	/* Find interrupt source */
>  	sb = kvmppc_xive_find_source(xive, irq, &src);
>  	if (!sb) {
>  		pr_devel(" source not found !\n");
>  		rc = H_PARAMETER;
> +		/* Same as above */
> +		smp_mb();
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  	state = &sb->irq_state[src];
>  	kvmppc_xive_select_irq(state, &hw_num, &xd);
> 
>  	state->in_eoi = true;
> -	mb();
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * This barrier orders both setting of in_eoi above vs,
> +	 * subsequent test of guest_priority, and the setting
> +	 * of xc->cppr vs. subsquent test of xc->mfrr done inside
> +	 * scan_interrupts and push_pending_to_hw
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb();
> 
>  again:
>  	if (state->guest_priority == MASKED) {
> @@ -470,6 +503,14 @@ X_STATIC int GLUE(X_PFX,h_eoi)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long xirr)
> 
>  	}
> 
> +	/*
> +	 * This barrier orders the above guest_priority check
> +	 * and spin_lock/unlock with clearing in_eoi below.
> +	 *
> +	 * It also has to be a full mb() as it must ensure
> +	 * the MMIOs done in source_eoi() are completed before
> +	 * state->in_eoi is visible.
> +	 */
>  	mb();
>  	state->in_eoi = false;
>  bail:
> @@ -504,6 +545,18 @@ X_STATIC int GLUE(X_PFX,h_ipi)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long server,
>  	/* Locklessly write over MFRR */
>  	xc->mfrr = mfrr;
> 
> +	/*
> +	 * The load of xc->cppr below and the subsequent MMIO store
> +	 * to the IPI must happen after the above mfrr update is
> +	 * globally visible so that:
> +	 *
> +	 * - Synchronize with another CPU doing an H_EOI or a H_CPPR
> +	 *   updating xc->cppr then reading xc->mfrr.
> +	 *
> +	 * - The target of the IPI sees the xc->mfrr update
> +	 */
> +	mb();
> +
>  	/* Shoot the IPI if most favored than target cppr */
>  	if (mfrr < xc->cppr)
>  		__x_writeq(0, __x_trig_page(&xc->vp_ipi_data));
> 



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