[PATCH v3] powerpc/papr_scm: Implement initial support for injecting smart errors

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Mon Jan 17 19:30:42 AEDT 2022


Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav at linux.ibm.com> writes:

> Presently PAPR doesn't support injecting smart errors on an
> NVDIMM. This makes testing the NVDIMM health reporting functionality
> difficult as simulating NVDIMM health related events need a hacked up
> qemu version.
>
> To solve this problem this patch proposes simulating certain set of
> NVDIMM health related events in papr_scm. Specifically 'fatal' health
> state and 'dirty' shutdown state. These error can be injected via the
> user-space 'ndctl-inject-smart(1)' command. With the proposed patch and
> corresponding ndctl patches following command flow is expected:
>
> $ sudo ndctl list -DH -d nmem0
> ...
>       "health_state":"ok",
>       "shutdown_state":"clean",
> ...
>  # inject unsafe shutdown and fatal health error
> $ sudo ndctl inject-smart nmem0 -Uf
> ...
>       "health_state":"fatal",
>       "shutdown_state":"dirty",
> ...
>  # uninject all errors
> $ sudo ndctl inject-smart nmem0 -N
> ...
>       "health_state":"ok",
>       "shutdown_state":"clean",
> ...
>
> The patch adds two members 'health_bitmap_mask' and
> 'health_bitmap_override' inside struct papr_scm_priv which are then
> bit blt'ed to the health bitmaps fetched from the hypervisor. In case
> we are not able to fetch health information from the hypervisor we
> service the health bitmap from these two members. These members are
> accessible from sysfs at nmemX/papr/health_bitmap_override
>
> A new PDSM named 'SMART_INJECT' is proposed that accepts newly
> introduced 'struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject' as payload thats
> exchanged between libndctl and papr_scm to indicate the requested
> smart-error states.
>
> When the processing the PDSM 'SMART_INJECT', papr_pdsm_smart_inject()
> constructs a pair or 'mask' and 'override' bitmaps from the payload
> and bit-blt it to the 'health_bitmap_{mask, override}' members. This
> ensures the after being fetched from the hypervisor, the health_bitmap
> reflects requested smart-error states.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
>
> Since v2:
> * Rebased the patch to ppc-next
> * Added documentation for newly introduced sysfs attribute 'health_bitmap_override'
>
> Since v1:
> * Updated the patch description.
> * Removed dependency of a header movement patch.
> * Removed '__packed' attribute for 'struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject' [Aneesh]
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem | 13 +++
>  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/papr_pdsm.h     | 18 ++++
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c     | 94 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
> index 95254cec92bf..8a0b2a7f7671 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
> @@ -61,3 +61,16 @@ Description:
>  		* "CchRHCnt" : Cache Read Hit Count
>  		* "CchWHCnt" : Cache Write Hit Count
>  		* "FastWCnt" : Fast Write Count
> +
> +What:		/sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/health_bitmap_override
> +Date:		Jan, 2022
> +KernelVersion:	v5.17
> +Contact:	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org>, nvdimm at lists.linux.dev,
> +Description:
> +		(RO) Reports the health bitmap override/mask bitmaps that are
> +		applied to top bitmap received from PowerVM via the H_SCM_HEALTH
> +		Hcall. Together these can be used to forcibly set/reset specific
> +		bits returned from Hcall. These bitmaps are presently used to
> +		simulate various health or shutdown states for an nvdimm and are
> +		set by user-space tools like ndctl by issuing a PAPR DSM.
> +
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/papr_pdsm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/papr_pdsm.h
> index 82488b1e7276..17439925045c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/papr_pdsm.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/papr_pdsm.h
> @@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ struct nd_papr_pdsm_health {
>  	};
>  };
>  
> +/* Flags for injecting specific smart errors */
> +#define PDSM_SMART_INJECT_HEALTH_FATAL		(1 << 0)
> +#define PDSM_SMART_INJECT_BAD_SHUTDOWN		(1 << 1)
> +
> +struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject {
> +	union {
> +		struct {
> +			/* One or more of PDSM_SMART_INJECT_ */
> +			__u32 flags;
> +			__u8 fatal_enable;
> +			__u8 unsafe_shutdown_enable;
> +		};
> +		__u8 buf[ND_PDSM_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE];
> +	};
> +};
> +
>  /*
>   * Methods to be embedded in ND_CMD_CALL request. These are sent to the kernel
>   * via 'nd_cmd_pkg.nd_command' member of the ioctl struct
> @@ -123,12 +139,14 @@ struct nd_papr_pdsm_health {
>  enum papr_pdsm {
>  	PAPR_PDSM_MIN = 0x0,
>  	PAPR_PDSM_HEALTH,
> +	PAPR_PDSM_SMART_INJECT,
>  	PAPR_PDSM_MAX,
>  };
>  
>  /* Maximal union that can hold all possible payload types */
>  union nd_pdsm_payload {
>  	struct nd_papr_pdsm_health health;
> +	struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject smart_inject;
>  	__u8 buf[ND_PDSM_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE];
>  } __packed;
>  
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> index f48e87ac89c9..de4cf329cfb3 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
> @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
>  #define PAPR_SCM_PERF_STATS_EYECATCHER __stringify(SCMSTATS)
>  #define PAPR_SCM_PERF_STATS_VERSION 0x1
>  
> +/* Use bitblt method to override specific bits in the '_bitmap_' */
> +#define BITBLT_BITMAP(_bitmap_, _mask_, _override_)		\
> +	(((_bitmap_) & ~(_mask_)) | ((_mask_) & (_override_)))
> +
>  /* Struct holding a single performance metric */
>  struct papr_scm_perf_stat {
>  	u8 stat_id[8];
> @@ -120,6 +124,12 @@ struct papr_scm_priv {
>  
>  	/* length of the stat buffer as expected by phyp */
>  	size_t stat_buffer_len;
> +
> +	/* The bits which needs to be overridden */
> +	u64 health_bitmap_mask;
> +
> +	/* The overridden values for the bits having the masks set */
> +	u64 health_bitmap_override;
>  };
>  
>  static int papr_scm_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region,
> @@ -347,19 +357,28 @@ static ssize_t drc_pmem_query_stats(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
>  static int __drc_pmem_query_health(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
>  {
>  	unsigned long ret[PLPAR_HCALL_BUFSIZE];
> +	u64 bitmap = 0;
>  	long rc;
>  
>  	/* issue the hcall */
>  	rc = plpar_hcall(H_SCM_HEALTH, ret, p->drc_index);
> -	if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
> +	if (rc == H_SUCCESS)
> +		bitmap = ret[0] & ret[1];
> +	else if (rc == H_FUNCTION)
> +		dev_info_once(&p->pdev->dev,
> +			      "Hcall H_SCM_HEALTH not implemented, assuming empty health bitmap");
> +	else {
> +
>  		dev_err(&p->pdev->dev,
>  			"Failed to query health information, Err:%ld\n", rc);
>  		return -ENXIO;
>  	}
>  
>  	p->lasthealth_jiffies = jiffies;
> -	p->health_bitmap = ret[0] & ret[1];
> -
> +	/* Allow overriding specific health bits via bit blt. */
> +	bitmap = BITBLT_BITMAP(bitmap, p->health_bitmap_mask,
> +			       p->health_bitmap_override);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(p->health_bitmap, bitmap);

Why WRITE_ONCE ?

>  	dev_dbg(&p->pdev->dev,
>  		"Queried dimm health info. Bitmap:0x%016lx Mask:0x%016lx\n",
>  		ret[0], ret[1]);
> @@ -669,6 +688,54 @@ static int papr_pdsm_health(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> +/* Inject a smart error Add the dirty-shutdown-counter value to the pdsm */
> +static int papr_pdsm_smart_inject(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
> +				  union nd_pdsm_payload *payload)
> +{
> +	int rc;
> +	u32 supported_flags = 0;
> +	u64 mask = 0, override = 0;
> +
> +	/* Check for individual smart error flags and update mask and override */
> +	if (payload->smart_inject.flags & PDSM_SMART_INJECT_HEALTH_FATAL) {
> +		supported_flags |= PDSM_SMART_INJECT_HEALTH_FATAL;
> +		mask |= PAPR_PMEM_HEALTH_FATAL;
> +		override |= payload->smart_inject.fatal_enable ?
> +			PAPR_PMEM_HEALTH_FATAL : 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (payload->smart_inject.flags & PDSM_SMART_INJECT_BAD_SHUTDOWN) {
> +		supported_flags |= PDSM_SMART_INJECT_BAD_SHUTDOWN;
> +		mask |= PAPR_PMEM_SHUTDOWN_DIRTY;
> +		override |= payload->smart_inject.unsafe_shutdown_enable ?
> +			PAPR_PMEM_SHUTDOWN_DIRTY : 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev_dbg(&p->pdev->dev, "[Smart-inject] Mask=%#llx override=%#llx\n",
> +		mask, override);
> +
> +	/* Prevent concurrent access to dimm health bitmap related members */
> +	rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&p->health_mutex);
> +	if (rc)
> +		return rc;
> +
> +	/* Bitblt mask/override to corrosponding health_bitmap couterparts */
> +	p->health_bitmap_mask = BITBLT_BITMAP(p->health_bitmap_mask,
> +					      mask, override);

is that correct? Should we do that mask & override ? Shouldn't this be 
	p->health_bitmap_mask = BITBLT_BITMAP(p->health_bitmap_mask,
					      mask, ~0x0UL);

> +	p->health_bitmap_override = BITBLT_BITMAP(p->health_bitmap_override,
> +						  mask, override);
> +
> +	/* Invalidate cached health bitmap */
> +	p->lasthealth_jiffies = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_unlock(&p->health_mutex);
> +
> +	/* Return the supported flags back to userspace */
> +	payload->smart_inject.flags = supported_flags;
> +
> +	return sizeof(struct nd_papr_pdsm_health);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * 'struct pdsm_cmd_desc'
>   * Identifies supported PDSMs' expected length of in/out payloads
> @@ -702,6 +769,12 @@ static const struct pdsm_cmd_desc __pdsm_cmd_descriptors[] = {
>  		.size_out = sizeof(struct nd_papr_pdsm_health),
>  		.service = papr_pdsm_health,
>  	},
> +
> +	[PAPR_PDSM_SMART_INJECT] = {
> +		.size_in = sizeof(struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject),
> +		.size_out = sizeof(struct nd_papr_pdsm_smart_inject),
> +		.service = papr_pdsm_smart_inject,
> +	},
>  	/* Empty */
>  	[PAPR_PDSM_MAX] = {
>  		.size_in = 0,
> @@ -838,6 +911,20 @@ static int papr_scm_ndctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static ssize_t health_bitmap_override_show(struct device *dev,
> +					   struct device_attribute *attr,
> +					   char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct nvdimm *dimm = to_nvdimm(dev);
> +	struct papr_scm_priv *p = nvdimm_provider_data(dimm);
> +
> +	return sprintf(buf, "mask=%#llx override=%#llx\n",
> +		       READ_ONCE(p->health_bitmap_mask),
> +		       READ_ONCE(p->health_bitmap_override));
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(health_bitmap_override);
> +
>  static ssize_t perf_stats_show(struct device *dev,
>  			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
> @@ -952,6 +1039,7 @@ static struct attribute *papr_nd_attributes[] = {
>  	&dev_attr_flags.attr,
>  	&dev_attr_perf_stats.attr,
>  	&dev_attr_dirty_shutdown.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_health_bitmap_override.attr,
>  	NULL,
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1


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