[PATCH kernel v3 0/3] powerpc/ioda2: Yet another attempt to allow DMA masks between 32 and 59

[Shawn Anastasio]

On 6/12/19 1:16 AM, Oliver O'Halloran wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:06 PM Shawn Anastasio <shawn at anastas.io> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/5/19 11:11 PM, Shawn Anastasio wrote:
>>> On 5/30/19 2:03 AM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>> This is an attempt to allow DMA masks between 32..59 which are not large
>>>> enough to use either a PHB3 bypass mode or a sketchy bypass. Depending
>>>> on the max order, up to 40 is usually available.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is based on v5.2-rc2.
>>>>
>>>> Please comment. Thanks.
>>>
>>> I have tested this patch set with an AMD GPU that's limited to <64bit
>>> DMA (I believe it's 40 or 42 bit). It successfully allows the card to
>>> operate without falling back to 32-bit DMA mode as it does without
>>> the patches.
>>>
>>> Relevant kernel log message:
>>> ```
>>> [    0.311211] pci 0033:01     : [PE# 00] Enabling 64-bit DMA bypass
>>> ```
>>>
>>> Tested-by: Shawn Anastasio <shawn at anastas.io>
>>
>> After a few days of further testing, I've started to run into stability
>> issues with the patch applied and used with an AMD GPU. Specifically,
>> the system sometimes spontaneously crashes. Not just EEH errors either,
>> the whole system shuts down in what looks like a checkstop.
> 
> Any specific workload? Checkstops are harder to debug without a system
> in the failed state so we'd need to replicate that locally to get a
> decent idea what's up.

I haven't been able to pinpoint the exact cause. The first time it
happened was after about 4 days of uptime while playing a 1080p
video in mpv. The second time was about 5 minutes after booting up
while restoring a firefox session.