[Skiboot] [PATCH v5 5/5] SBE: Add timer support

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Jul 24 08:35:10 AEST 2017


On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 17:00 +0530, Vasant Hegde wrote:
> SBE on P9 provides one shot programmable timer facility. We can use this
> to implement OPAL timers and hence limit the reliance on the Linux
> heartbeat (similar to HW timer facility provided by SLW on P8).
> 
> Design:
>   - We will continue to run Linux heartbeat.
>   - Each chip has SBE. This patch always schedules timer on SBE on master chip.
>   - Timer MBOX has two options (start/stop timer). We cannot modify inflight
>     timer message. Hence we reschedule timer if new timer value is greater than
>     current time and less than scheduled timer value.

Can't they fix their interface to match what we need instead ?

>   - SBE expects timeout value in milliseconds. We track timeout value in TB.
>     Hence we convert tb to milliseconds before sending request to SBE.

This is WAYYYYYY to coarse resolution. We want microseconds. They need
to fix their stuff.

>   - We are not requesting ack/response from SBE for timer message. This will
>     reduce unnecessary interrupts (as SBE send interrupt for ack/response).
>   - Disabling SBE timer
>     We expect SBE to send timer expiry interrupt whenever timer expires. We
>     wait for few more millisecond (presently SBE_TIMER_DEFAULT_MS) before
>     disabling timer.
>     In future we can consider below alternative approaches:
>       - Presently SBE timer disable is permanent (until we reboot system).
>         SBE sends "I'm back" interrupt after reset. We can consider restarting
>         timer after SBE reset.
>       - Reset SBE and start timer again.
>       - Each chip has SBE. On multi chip system we can try to schedule timer
>         on different chip.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> ---
>  core/interrupts.c |   3 +-
>  core/timer.c      |  16 ++++--
>  hw/sbe-p9.c       | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/sbe-p9.h  |   6 +++
>  4 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/core/interrupts.c b/core/interrupts.c
> index 439e1fb..73833d2 100644
> --- a/core/interrupts.c
> +++ b/core/interrupts.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #include <ccan/str/str.h>
>  #include <timer.h>
>  #include <sbe-p8.h>
> +#include <sbe-p9.h>
>  
>  /* ICP registers */
>  #define ICP_XIRR		0x4	/* 32-bit access */
> @@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ static int64_t opal_handle_interrupt(uint32_t isn, __be64 *outstanding_event_mas
>  	is->ops->interrupt(is, isn);
>  
>  	/* Check timers if SBE timer isn't working */
> -	if (!sbe_p8_timer_ok())
> +	if (!sbe_p8_timer_ok() && !sbe_timer_ok())
>  		check_timers(true);
>  
>  	/* Update output events */
> diff --git a/core/timer.c b/core/timer.c
> index cb4d07b..46b1894 100644
> --- a/core/timer.c
> +++ b/core/timer.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  #include <device.h>
>  #include <opal.h>
>  #include <sbe-p8.h>
> +#include <sbe-p9.h>
>  
>  #ifdef __TEST__
>  #define this_cpu()	((void *)-1)
> @@ -109,8 +110,12 @@ static void __schedule_timer_at(struct timer *t, uint64_t when)
>   bail:
>  	/* Pick up the next timer and upddate the SBE HW timer */
>  	lt = list_top(&timer_list, struct timer, link);
> -	if (lt)
> -		sbe_p8_update_timer_expiry(lt->target);
> +	if (lt) {
> +		if (proc_gen < proc_gen_p9)
> +			sbe_p8_update_timer_expiry(lt->target);
> +		else
> +			sbe_update_timer_expiry(lt->target);
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  void schedule_timer_at(struct timer *t, uint64_t when)
> @@ -167,7 +172,10 @@ static void __check_poll_timers(uint64_t now)
>  		 * arbitrarily 1us.
>  		 */
>  		if (t->running) {
> -			sbe_p8_update_timer_expiry(now + usecs_to_tb(1));
> +			if (proc_gen < proc_gen_p9)
> +				sbe_p8_update_timer_expiry(now + usecs_to_tb(1));
> +			else
> +				sbe_update_timer_expiry(now + usecs_to_tb(1));
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -265,6 +273,8 @@ void late_init_timers(void)
>  	 */
>  	if (platform.heartbeat_time) {
>  		heartbeat = platform.heartbeat_time();
> +	} else if (sbe_timer_ok()) {
> +		heartbeat = HEARTBEAT_DEFAULT_MS * 10;
>  	} else if (sbe_p8_timer_ok() || fsp_present()) {
>  		heartbeat = HEARTBEAT_DEFAULT_MS * 10;
>  	}
> diff --git a/hw/sbe-p9.c b/hw/sbe-p9.c
> index 3af1094..4ae4d7b 100644
> --- a/hw/sbe-p9.c
> +++ b/hw/sbe-p9.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>  #include <sbe-p9.h>
>  #include <skiboot.h>
>  #include <timebase.h>
> +#include <timer.h>
>  #include <trace.h>
>  #include <xscom.h>
>  
> @@ -48,6 +49,21 @@ struct sbe {
>  /* Default SBE chip ID */
>  static int sbe_default_chip_id = -1;
>  
> +/* Is SBE timer running? */
> +static bool sbe_has_timer = false;
> +static bool sbe_timer_in_progress = false;
> +
> +/* Inflight and next timer in TB */
> +static uint64_t sbe_last_gen_stamp;
> +static uint64_t sbe_timer_target;
> +
> +/* Default timeout value */
> +#define SBE_TIMER_DEFAULT_MS	10
> +static uint64_t sbe_timer_def_tb;
> +
> +/* Timer control message */
> +static struct sbe_msg *timer_ctrl_msg;
> +
>  #define SBE_STATUS_PRI_SHIFT	0x30
>  #define SBE_STATUS_SEC_SHIFT	0x20
>  #define SBE_FFDC_PRESENT	PPC_BIT(1)
> @@ -529,6 +545,12 @@ void sbe_interrupt(uint32_t chip_id)
>  		prd_sbe_passthrough(chip_id);
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Timer expired */
> +	if (chip_id == sbe_default_chip_id && (data & SBE_HOST_TIMER_EXPIRY)) {
> +		sbe_timer_in_progress = false;
> +		check_timers(true);
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Handle SBE response */
>  	if (msg_complete) {
>  		lock(&sbe->lock);
> @@ -594,6 +616,124 @@ static void sbe_timeout_poll(void *user_data __unused)
>  		sbe_poke_queue(sbe);
>  		unlock(&sbe->lock);
>  	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Check if the timer is working. If at least SBE_TIMER_DEFAULT_MS
> +	 * milliseconds elapsed since last scheduled timer expiry.
> +	 */
> +	if (sbe_has_timer && sbe_timer_in_progress) {
> +		if (tb_compare(mftb(), sbe_last_gen_stamp + sbe_timer_def_tb)
> +		    != TB_AAFTERB)
> +			return;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * In some cases there will be a delay in calling OPAL interrupt
> +		 * handler routine (opal_handle_interrupt). In such cases its
> +		 * possible that SBE has responded, but OPAL didn't act on that.
> +		 * Hence check for SBE response before disabling timer.
> +		 */
> +		sbe_interrupt(sbe_default_chip_id);
> +
> +		if (!sbe_timer_in_progress)
> +			return;
> +
> +		if (tb_compare(mftb(), sbe_last_gen_stamp + sbe_timer_def_tb)
> +		    != TB_AAFTERB)
> +			return;
> +
> +		prlog(PR_ERR, "Timer stuck, falling back to OPAL pollers.\n");
> +		prlog(PR_ERR, "You will likely have slower I2C and may have "
> +		      "experienced increased jitter.\n");
> +		sbe_reg_dump(sbe_default_chip_id);
> +		sbe_has_timer = false;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void sbe_timer_start(void)
> +{
> +	int rc;
> +	u32 ms = SBE_TIMER_DEFAULT_MS;
> +	u64 tb_cnt, now = mftb();
> +
> +	if (!sbe_has_timer)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (sbe_timer_in_progress) {
> +		if (sbe_timer_target < now ||
> +		    sbe_timer_target > sbe_last_gen_stamp)
> +			return;
> +
> +		/* Update timer control message */
> +		timer_ctrl_msg->reg[0] &= 0xffff;
> +		timer_ctrl_msg->reg[0] |= ((u64)CONTROL_TIMER_STOP << 32);
> +
> +		rc = sbe_sync_msg(sbe_default_chip_id, timer_ctrl_msg, false);
> +		if (rc != OPAL_SUCCESS) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Lets hope SBE will respond whenever original
> +			 * timer expires.
> +			 */
> +			prlog(PR_ERR, "Failed to stop timer [chip id = %x]\n",
> +			      sbe_default_chip_id);
> +			return;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	now = mftb();
> +	if (now < sbe_timer_target) {
> +		/* Calculate how many ms from now, rounded up */
> +		tb_cnt = sbe_timer_target - now + msecs_to_tb(1) - 1;
> +		ms = tb_to_msecs(tb_cnt);
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Update timer control message */
> +	timer_ctrl_msg->reg[0] &= 0xffff;
> +	timer_ctrl_msg->reg[0] |= ((u64)CONTROL_TIMER_START << 32);
> +	timer_ctrl_msg->reg[1] = ms;
> +
> +	rc = sbe_sync_msg(sbe_default_chip_id, timer_ctrl_msg, false);
> +	if (rc != OPAL_SUCCESS) {
> +		prlog(PR_ERR, "Failed to start timer [chip id = %x]\n",
> +		      sbe_default_chip_id);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Update last scheduled timer value */
> +	sbe_last_gen_stamp = mftb() + msecs_to_tb(ms);
> +	sbe_timer_in_progress = true;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * This is called with the timer lock held, so there is no
> + * issue with re-entrancy or concurrence
> + */
> +void sbe_update_timer_expiry(uint64_t new_target)
> +{
> +	if (!sbe_has_timer || new_target == sbe_timer_target)
> +		return;
> +
> +	sbe_timer_target = new_target;
> +	sbe_timer_start();
> +}
> +
> +/* Initialize SBE timer */
> +static void sbe_timer_init(void)
> +{
> +	/* Do not request ack/response for timer message */
> +	timer_ctrl_msg = sbe_mkmsg(SBE_CMD_CONTROL_TIMER,
> +				   CONTROL_TIMER_START, 0, 0, 0);
> +	assert(timer_ctrl_msg);
> +
> +	sbe_has_timer = true;
> +	sbe_timer_target = mftb();
> +	sbe_last_gen_stamp = ~0ull;
> +	sbe_timer_def_tb = msecs_to_tb(SBE_TIMER_DEFAULT_MS);
> +	prlog(PR_INFO, "Timer facility on chip %x\n", sbe_default_chip_id);
> +}
> +
> +bool sbe_timer_ok(void)
> +{
> +	return sbe_has_timer;
>  }
>  
>  void sbe_init(void)
> @@ -630,6 +770,9 @@ void sbe_init(void)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Initiate SBE timer */
> +	sbe_timer_init();
> +
>  	/* Initiate SBE timeout poller */
>  	opal_add_poller(sbe_timeout_poll, NULL);
>  }
> diff --git a/include/sbe-p9.h b/include/sbe-p9.h
> index c5616ba..6ba2759 100644
> --- a/include/sbe-p9.h
> +++ b/include/sbe-p9.h
> @@ -227,4 +227,10 @@ extern void sbe_init(void);
>  /* SBE interrupt */
>  extern void sbe_interrupt(uint32_t chip_id);
>  
> +/* Is SBE timer available ? */
> +extern bool sbe_timer_ok(void);
> +
> +/* Update SBE timer expiry */
> +extern void sbe_update_timer_expiry(uint64_t new_target);
> +
>  #endif	/* __SBE_P9_H */


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