Hello Konrad,
Thanks for getting back to me! On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:45:14AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Andrew Bobulsky <rulerof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello List!
I'm having another [rather fruitless] go at trying to get PCIe passthrough
to work on my Radeon 6990 card(s). I have an i7 920 chip in a Gigabyte
GA-EX58-EXTREME board that I've flashed a modded BIOS into to add VT-d
support... I found the BIOS image on a BIOS modding forum maybe a year or
two ago.
I stuck an extra Highpoint RocketU 1144A USB 3 card into the board, because
I know it works *very well* with IOMMU and its architecture is really
convenient... each port on the back is essentially its own PCIe device[1].
I was able to "xl pci-assignable-add" the usb controllers, and attach and
detach them at will to a Server 2012 DomU. The dmesg output from that event
looked like this:
[49857.921550] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: remove, state 4
[49857.921555] usb usb15: USB disconnect, device number 1
[49857.921600] xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called for root hub
[49857.921602] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
[49857.921681] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: USB bus 15 deregistered
[49857.921686] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: remove, state 1
[49857.921689] usb usb13: USB disconnect, device number 1
[49857.921691] usb 13-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[49857.953278] xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called for root hub
[49857.953280] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
[49857.963158] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: USB bus 13 deregistered
[49857.963455] pciback 0000:06:00.0: seizing device
[49857.963500] xen: registering gsi 17 triggering 0 polarity 1
[49857.963503] Already setup the GSI :17
[49857.963514] pciback 0000:06:00.0: MSI-X preparation failed (-38)
Nonetheless, it works quite well! I played audio through a USB headset from
the DomU to confirm it as well.
However, when I try to "xl pci-assignable-add" one of my VGA controllers
from the Radeon, the action completes, and "xl pci-assignable-list" shows
the device as available, but "xl pci-attach" never completes, and attemping
to "xl pci-assignable-add" the HDMI audo device never returns to the CLI
either.
OK, and is 0e:00.0 your VGA controller?How do you assign the VGA controller? Do you do:
echo "0000:0e.00.0" > /sys/../radeon/unbindecho "0000:0e.00.0" > /sys/../pciback/new_slotecho "0000:0e.00.0" > /sys/../pciback/bind
?
I tried both the sysfs methods suggested by the wiki, as well as trying to hide the device via grub. Pciback is compiled into the kernel (I can't say I verified it, but it's definitely loaded and doesn't show up on lsmod :P).
I didn't check my dmesg output when using sysfs, as I just figured I was doing something wrong as certain objects either didn't exist or wouldn't accept input via the ">" operator. I can't remember precisely, but I'd be willing to go back and find out if you like.
I basically ended up doing "xl pci-assignable-add" to all of the functions I needed. In the case of the 6990, there are four, which for me are 0:d:0.0-1, and 0:e:0.0-1. Two VGA controllers and their respective HDMI audio devices.
There are two of these cards in the system, a total of 8 functions: four VGA controllers and four HDMI audio devices. The four listed here are on my "unused" card. The AMD CCC does detect all four devices, so I assume that the driver is bound to all of them by the time I get around to running my xl commands.
There is no visible output in dmesg from the attempt on the HDMI audio
device, but when I run it against the VGA controller, I get this:
[55817.715309] pciback 0000:0e:00.0: seizing device
[55817.737444] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[55817.737447] kernel BUG at drivers/pci/msi.c:346!
[55817.737449] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[55817.737451] Modules linked in: xt_physdev iptable_filter ip_tables
x_tables tun parport_pc ppdev lp parport bnep rfcomm bluetooth rfkill crc16
cpufreq_stats binfmt_misc fuse bridge stp llc ext2 loop snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_hda_codec_realtek joydev mperf coretemp crc32c_intel fglrx(PO)
snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_usb_audio microcode hid_generic mxm_wmi
snd_usbmidi_lib evdev psmouse snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event i2c_i801
pcspkr tpm_tis snd_hwdep tpm snd_rawmidi serio_raw snd_pcm i2c_core tpm_bios
snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device lpc_ich mfd_core snd ehci_pci soundcore
snd_page_alloc wmi xhci_hcd button processor thermal_sys sg sr_mod cdrom
ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod sd_mod crc_t10dif
usb_storage usbhid hid ahci libahci uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore usb_common
e1000e
[55817.737482] CPU 6
[55817.737484] Pid: 18055, comm: xl Tainted: P O 3.8.11 #1
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-EXTREME/EX58-EXTREME
[55817.737485] RIP: e030:[<ffffffff811eab09>] [<ffffffff811eab09>]
free_msi_irqs+0x5d/0x11b
[55817.737490] RSP: e02b:ffff88034211dd08 EFLAGS: 00010282
[55817.737491] RAX: ffff880420bbd600 RBX: ffff88042096fa80 RCX:
0000000000000000
[55817.737492] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000091 RDI:
0000000000000011
[55817.737493] RBP: ffff880421f81000 R08: ffff88042096fa80 R09:
ffff88034211dce4
[55817.737494] R10: ffff88034211dd16 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:
ffff880421f81858
[55817.737495] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15:
0000000000000001
[55817.737498] FS: 00007fa609475740(0000) GS:ffff88043a2c0000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[55817.737499] CS: e033 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[55817.737500] CR2: ffffffffff600400 CR3: 000000033a673000 CR4:
0000000000002660
[55817.737501] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
0000000000000000
[55817.737503] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7:
0000000000000400
[55817.737504] Process xl (pid: 18055, threadinfo ffff88034211c000, task
ffff8804217b5ca0)
[55817.737504] Stack:
[55817.737505] 00000000000000a2 ffff880421f81000 0000000000000000
ffff8803ca2ab6c0
[55817.737507] ffff880421f81098 ffff880421f810f8 ffff8803ca2abc00
ffffffff811eb21d
[55817.737509] ffff880421f81000 ffffffff81240822 ffff880421f81098
ffff880421f81000
[55817.737510] Call Trace:
[55817.737513] [<ffffffff811eb21d>] ? pci_disable_msi+0x28/0x41
[55817.737516] [<ffffffff81240822>] ? xen_pcibk_reset_device+0x3a/0xa0
[55817.737518] [<ffffffff8123fd9f>] ? pcistub_init_device+0x167/0x19c
[55817.737521] [<ffffffff81108661>] ? __kmalloc+0xd6/0xe2
[55817.737523] [<ffffffff8123ff08>] ? pcistub_probe+0x134/0x1b8
[55817.737525] [<ffffffff811df0f5>] ? local_pci_probe+0x37/0x5d
[55817.737527] [<ffffffff811dff7c>] ? pci_device_probe+0xc2/0xe3
[55817.737529] [<ffffffff81277d71>] ? driver_probe_device+0xa1/0x1ac
[55817.737532] [<ffffffff81276e38>] ? driver_bind+0x7e/0xc7
[55817.737534] [<ffffffff81165859>] ? sysfs_write_file+0xd3/0x10f
[55817.737537] [<ffffffff8110fb7d>] ? vfs_write+0xa4/0xfe
[55817.737539] [<ffffffff813c22e5>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x2a
[55817.737541] [<ffffffff8110fcc8>] ? sys_write+0x58/0x92
[55817.737543] [<ffffffff813c7f29>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[55817.737544] Code: 8a 3b 45 31 f6 41 d0 ef 44 89 f9 45 89 ef 83 e1 07 41
d3 e7 eb 1c 8b 7b 0c 44 01 f7 e8 59 74 eb ff 48 83 b8 90 00 00 00 00 74 04
<0f> 0b eb fe 41 ff c6 45 39 fe 7c df 48 8b 5b >10 48 83 eb 10 48
[55817.737560] RIP [<ffffffff811eab09>] free_msi_irqs+0x5d/0x11b
[55817.737562] RSP <ffff88034211dd08>
[55817.737563] ---[ end trace e1c5a8a903358804 ]---
Any chance anyone could help me identify the source of this problem? Can I
work around it with software, or do I need a different motherboard or video
card to make it work?
cc'ing Konrad and a couple of other people who might be able to take a
look at the BUG
That looks to be:344 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
345 for (i = 0; i < nvec; i++) 346 BUG_ON(irq_has_action(entry->irq + i)); 347 #endif
I have to say I hadn't actually compiled the kernel with GENERIC_HARDIRQSin a while.Looking at the code the issue seems that the MSI is enabled when
the PCI device was assigned to xen-pciback. That looks like a bugin the radeon driver.And based on our config (thanks!) you could also do this on your Linux
command line:xen-pciback.hide=(0e:00.0)If you do that and try to pass in the radeon device does it work?
Strangely, this was actually the second or third thing I tried... It's like my system is ignoring it for some reason. I hid *all* of the devices I wanted to use via grub... But they weren't hidden. I don't recall if I tried it with my USB 3 controller, as it worked just fine when yanking it from Dom0 via xl.
I ended up on kernel 3.8.11 because various other kernels I tried, including 3.4.9 and something from the 3.7.x line both resulted in X failing to start, but only when booting Xen. After playing kernel shuffle for a while, I've landed, late last night, on 3.4.44, and it actually resolved my MSI problem!
Funny enough, every kernel I've tried has been built with the config I posted too, 3.4.44 included! If I was just "doing it wrong" with the 3.8.11 kernel, then the solution of "use 3.4.44 instead" is acceptable for me, but if I've truly hit on some kind of kernel bug that bears resolving, I still have the dpkg images that I built of all the kernels in question and can collect more data as needed. I'm rebooting a lot right now anyway. ;)
Still, I'm troubled by my inability to hide devices via grub. I just expected it to work and am flabbergasted that it won't... I'll send a copy of my grub config if you like, but I don't want to pollute the developers list with an issue that's probably more appropriate for the users list. :)
Thanks so much for your time and help, Konrad! I really, really appreciate it!
Best Regards, Andrew Bobulsky
Thanks!
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