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From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse•de>
To: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux•vnet.ibm.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat•com>
Cc: aik@ozlabs•ru, qiudayu@linux•vnet.ibm.com,
	linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org, kvm-ppc@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/3] drivers/vfio: EEH support for VFIO PCI device
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:41:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5385CB6F.50300@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140528005532.GA5528@shangw>


On 28.05.14 02:55, Gavin Shan wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:15:27PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 18:40 +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>> The patch adds new IOCTL commands for sPAPR VFIO container device
>>> to support EEH functionality for PCI devices, which have been passed
>>> through from host to somebody else via VFIO.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>>   Documentation/vfio.txt              | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile           |  1 +
>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c         | 20 +++++---
>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_eeh.c     | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h |  5 ++
>>>   drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_spapr_tce.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   include/uapi/linux/vfio.h           | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   7 files changed, 308 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_eeh.c

[...]

>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> index cb9023d..c5fac36 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> @@ -455,6 +455,72 @@ struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_info {
>>>   
>>>   #define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO	_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 12)
>>>   
>>> +/*
>>> + * EEH functionality can be enabled or disabled on one specific device.
>>> + * Also, the DMA or IO frozen state can be removed from the frozen PE
>>> + * if required.
>>> + */
>>> +struct vfio_eeh_pe_set_option {
>>> +	__u32 argsz;
>>> +	__u32 flags;
>>> +	__u32 option;
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_SET_OPT_DISABLE	0	/* Disable EEH	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_SET_OPT_ENABLE	1	/* Enable EEH	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_SET_OPT_IO		2	/* Enable IO	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_SET_OPT_DMA		3	/* Enable DMA	*/
>> This is more of a "command" than an "option" isn't it?  Each of these
>> probably needs a more significant description.
>>
> Yeah, it would be regarded as "opcode" and I'll add more description about
> them in next revision.

Please just call them commands.

>
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_SET_OPTION		_IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 21)
>>> +
>>> +/*
>>> + * Each EEH PE should have unique address to be identified. PE's
>>> + * sharing mode is also useful information as well.
>>> + */
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_GET_ADDRESS		0	/* Get address	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_GET_MODE		1	/* Query mode	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_MODE_NONE		0	/* Not a PE	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_MODE_NOT_SHARED	1	/* Exclusive	*/
>>> +#define VFIO_EEH_PE_MODE_SHARED		2	/* Shared mode	*/
>>> +
>>> +/*
>>> + * EEH PE might have been frozen because of PCI errors. Also, it might
>>> + * be experiencing reset for error revoery. The following command helps
>>> + * to get the state.
>>> + */
>>> +struct vfio_eeh_pe_get_state {
>>> +	__u32 argsz;
>>> +	__u32 flags;
>>> +	__u32 state;
>>> +};
>> Should state be a union to better describe the value returned?  What
>> exactly is the address and why does the user need to know it?  Does this
>> need user input or could we just return the address and mode regardless?
>>
> Ok. I think you want enum (not union) for state. I'll have macros for the
> state in next revision as I did that for other cases.
>
> Those macros defined for "address" just for ABI stuff as Alex.G mentioned.
> There isn't corresponding ioctl command for host to get address any more
> because QEMU (user) will have to figure it out by himself. The "address"
> here means PE address and user has to figure it out according to PE
> segmentation.

Why would the user ever need the address?


Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-28 11:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-27  8:40 [PATCH v7 0/3] EEH Support for VFIO PCI Device Gavin Shan
2014-05-27  8:40 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] powerpc/eeh: Avoid event on passed PE Gavin Shan
2014-05-27  8:40 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] powerpc/eeh: EEH support for VFIO PCI device Gavin Shan
2014-05-27  8:40 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] drivers/vfio: " Gavin Shan
2014-05-27 18:15   ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-27 20:30     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-05-27 20:37       ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-27 20:41         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-05-27 22:49     ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28  0:39       ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-28  0:44         ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28  0:57           ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-28 11:37             ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28 16:17               ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-28 22:40                 ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28 23:37                   ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-28 23:38                     ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28 23:41                       ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-28  0:55     ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-28 11:41       ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2014-05-28 12:49         ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-28 13:12           ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28 23:13             ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-28 21:58           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-05-28 22:46             ` Alexander Graf
2014-05-28 23:18               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-05-30  3:44             ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2014-05-30  3:49               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-05-28 16:32       ` Alex Williamson
2014-05-29  0:05         ` Gavin Shan
2014-05-29  0:44           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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