fsl_espi errors on v5.7.15

Tue Sep 1 17:38:06 AEST 2020

On 01.09.2020 04:52, Chris Packham wrote:
> 
> On 1/09/20 12:33 am, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 30.08.2020 23:59, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> On 31/08/20 9:41 am, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>>>> On 30.08.2020 23:00, Chris Packham wrote:
>>>>> On 31/08/20 12:30 am, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>>>>>> Excerpts from Chris Packham's message of August 28, 2020 8:07 am:
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've also now seen the RX FIFO not empty error on the T2080RDB
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With my current workaround of emptying the RX FIFO. It seems
>>>>>>>>>>> survivable. Interestingly it only ever seems to be 1 extra byte in the
>>>>>>>>>>> RX FIFO and it seems to be after either a READ_SR or a READ_FSR.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 70
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 03
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 00
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>>>>>>>>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     From all the Micron SPI-NOR datasheets I've got access to it is
>>>>>>>>>>> possible to continually read the SR/FSR. But I've no idea why it
>>>>>>>>>>> happens some times and not others.
>>>>>>>>>> So I think I've got a reproduction and I think I've bisected the problem
>>>>>>>>>> to commit 3282a3da25bd ("powerpc/64: Implement soft interrupt replay in
>>>>>>>>>> C"). My day is just finishing now so I haven't applied too much scrutiny
>>>>>>>>>> to this result. Given the various rabbit holes I've been down on this
>>>>>>>>>> issue already I'd take this information with a good degree of skepticism.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, so an easy test should be to re-test with a 5.4 kernel.
>>>>>>>>> It doesn't have yet the change you're referring to, and the fsl-espi driver
>>>>>>>>> is basically the same as in 5.7 (just two small changes in 5.7).
>>>>>>>> There's 6cc0c16d82f88 and maybe also other interrupt related patches
>>>>>>>> around this time that could affect book E, so it's good if that exact
>>>>>>>> patch is confirmed.
>>>>>>> My confirmation is basically that I can induce the issue in a 5.4 kernel
>>>>>>> by cherry-picking 3282a3da25bd. I'm also able to "fix" the issue in
>>>>>>> 5.9-rc2 by reverting that one commit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I both cases it's not exactly a clean cherry-pick/revert so I also
>>>>>>> confirmed the bisection result by building at 3282a3da25bd (which sees
>>>>>>> the issue) and the commit just before (which does not).
>>>>>> Thanks for testing, that confirms it well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [snip patch]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I still saw the issue with this change applied. PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG
>>>>>>> didn't report anything (either with or without the change above).
>>>>>> Okay, it was a bit of a shot in the dark. I still can't see what
>>>>>> else has changed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What would cause this, a lost interrupt? A spurious interrupt? Or
>>>>>> higher interrupt latency?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think the patch should cause significantly worse latency,
>>>>>> (it's supposed to be a bit better if anything because it doesn't set
>>>>>> up the full interrupt frame). But it's possible.
>>>>> My working theory is that the SPI_DON indication is all about the TX
>>>>> direction an now that the interrupts are faster we're hitting an error
>>>>> because there is still RX activity going on. Heiner disagrees with my
>>>>> interpretation of the SPI_DON indication and the fact that it doesn't
>>>>> happen every time does throw doubt on it.
>>>>>
>>>> It's right that the eSPI spec can be interpreted that SPI_DON refers to
>>>> TX only. However this wouldn't really make sense, because also for RX
>>>> we program the frame length, and therefore want to be notified once the
>>>> full frame was received. Also practical experience shows that SPI_DON
>>>> is set also after RX-only transfers.
>>>> Typical SPI NOR use case is that you write read command + start address,
>>>> followed by a longer read. If the TX-only interpretation would be right,
>>>> we'd always end up with SPI_DON not being set.
>>>>
>>>>> I can't really explain the extra RX byte in the fifo. We know how many
>>>>> bytes to expect and we pull that many from the fifo so it's not as if
>>>>> we're missing an interrupt causing us to skip the last byte. I've been
>>>>> looking for some kind of off-by-one calculation but again if it were
>>>>> something like that it'd happen all the time.
>>>>>
>>>> Maybe it helps to know what value this extra byte in the FIFO has. Is it:
>>>> - a duplicate of the last read byte
>>>> - or the next byte (at <end address> + 1)
>>>> - or a fixed value, e.g. always 0x00 or 0xff
>>> The values were up thread a bit but I'll repeat them here
>>>
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 70
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 03
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but SPIE_DON isn't set!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Transfer done but rx/tx fifo's aren't empty!
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: SPIE_RXCNT = 1, SPIE_TXCNT = 32
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: tx 05
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: rx 00
>>> fsl_espi ffe110000.spi: Extra RX 03
>>>
>>>
>>> The rx 00 Extra RX 03 is a bit concerning. I've only ever seen them with
>>> either a READ_SR or a READ_FSR. Never a data read.
>>>
>> Just remembered something about SPIE_DON:
>> Transfers are always full duplex,
> 
> That's not true in rxskip mode. Setting rxskip forces the eSPI into 
> half-duplex mode. So far all the instances of "extra" rx bytes have been 
> when rxskip == 1.
> 
> I think that could be where our experience with SPIE_DON differ. In 
> full-duplex mode yes DON is always set. In half duplex mode we can end 
> up with DON set or not set depending on the interrupt timing.
> 
Of course I'm not the chip designer, but I think under the hood rxskip
mode doesn't differ from normal full duplex. It just ignores the first
read bytes and sends dummy zero's once the read part starts.

And in normal SPI NOR use cases most transfers are rxskip:
send read command + read data

This can be simply tested / verified: send read command + read 31 bytes
That's less than the FIFO size, therefore only active interrupt source
is SPIE_DON. If your assumption is true the transfer would time out.

>> therefore in case of a read the chip
>> sends dummy zero's. Having said that in case of a read SPIE_DON means
>> that the last dummy zero was shifted out.
>>
>> READ_SR and READ_FSR are the shortest transfers, 1 byte out and 1 byte in.
>> So the issue may have a dependency on the length of the transfer.
>> However I see no good explanation so far. You can try adding a delay of
>> a few miroseconds between the following to commands in fsl_espi_bufs().
>>
>> 	fsl_espi_write_reg(espi, ESPI_SPIM, mask);
>>
>> 	/* Prevent filling the fifo from getting interrupted */
>> 	spin_lock_irq(&espi->lock);
>>
>> Maybe enabling interrupts and seeing the SPIE_DON interrupt are too close.