Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 4/5] x86/PCI: Enable a 64bit BAR on AMD Family 15h (Models 30h-3fh) Processors v5

[Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>]

Am 22.11.2017 um 17:24 schrieb Boris Ostrovsky:
> On 11/22/2017 05:09 AM, Christian König wrote:
> > Am 21.11.2017 um 23:26 schrieb Boris Ostrovsky:
> > > On 11/21/2017 08:34 AM, Christian König wrote:
> > > > Hi Boris,
> > > >
> > > > attached are two patches.
> > > >
> > > > The first one is a trivial fix for the infinite loop issue, it now
> > > > correctly aborts the fixup when it can't find address space for the
> > > > root window.
> > > >
> > > > The second is a workaround for your board. It simply checks if there
> > > > is exactly one Processor Function to apply this fix on.
> > > >
> > > > Both are based on linus current master branch. Please test if they fix
> > > > your issue.
> > > Yes, they do fix it but that's because the feature is disabled.
> > >
> > > Do you know what the actual problem was (on Xen)?
> > I still haven't understood what you actually did with Xen.
> >
> > When you used PCI pass through with those devices then you have made a
> > major configuration error.
> >
> > When the problem happened on dom0 then the explanation is most likely
> > that some PCI device ended up in the configured space, but the routing
> > was only setup correctly on one CPU socket.
> The problem is that dom0 can be (and was in my case() booted with less
> than full physical memory and so the "rest" of the host memory is not
> necessarily reflected in iomem. Your patch then tried to configure that
> memory for MMIO and the system hang.
>
> And so my guess is that this patch will break dom0 on a single-socket
> system as well.
Oh, thanks!

I've thought about that possibility before, but wasn't able to find a 
system which actually does that.
May I ask why the rest of the memory isn't reported to the OS?

Sounds like I can't trust Linux resource management and probably need to 
read the DRAM config to figure things out after all.
Thanks a lot for this information,
Christian.

> -boris
>
> > Regards,
> > Christian.
> >
> > > Thanks.
> > > -boris
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the help,
> > > > Christian.
> > > >
> > > > Am 20.11.2017 um 17:33 schrieb Boris Ostrovsky:
> > > > > On 11/20/2017 11:07 AM, Christian König wrote:
> > > > > > Am 20.11.2017 um 16:51 schrieb Boris Ostrovsky:
> > > > > > > (and then it breaks differently as a Xen guest --- we hung on the
> > > > > > > last
> > > > > > > pci_read_config_dword(), I haven't looked at this at all yet)
> > > > > > Hui? How does this fix applies to a Xen guest in the first place?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please provide the output of "lspci -nn" and explain further what is
> > > > > > your config with Xen.
> > > > > This is dom0.
> > > > >
> > > > > -bash-4.1# lspci -nn
> > > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 Northbridge
> > > > > only
> > > > > dual slot (2x16) PCI-e GFX Hydra part [1002:5a10] (rev 02)
> > > > > 00:00.2 Generic system peripheral [0806]: ATI Technologies Inc Device
> > > > > [1002:5a23]
> > > > > 00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RD890 PCI to PCI
> > > > > bridge
> > > > > (external gfx1 port B) [1002:5a1e]
> > > > > 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
> > > > > Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
> > > > > 00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
> > > > > OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
> > > > > 00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1
> > > > > Controller [1002:4398]
> > > > > 00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
> > > > > EHCI
> > > > > Controller [1002:4396]
> > > > > 00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
> > > > > OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
> > > > > 00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1
> > > > > Controller [1002:4398]
> > > > > 00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
> > > > > EHCI
> > > > > Controller [1002:4396]
> > > > > 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller
> > > > > [1002:4385] (rev 3d)
> > > > > 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host
> > > > > controller [1002:439d]
> > > > > 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI
> > > > > Bridge
> > > > > [1002:4384]
> > > > > 00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
> > > > > OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
> > > > > 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1600]
> > > > > 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1601]
> > > > > 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1602]
> > > > > 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1603]
> > > > > 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1604]
> > > > > 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1605]
> > > > > 00:19.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1600]
> > > > > 00:19.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1601]
> > > > > 00:19.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1602]
> > > > > 00:19.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1603]
> > > > > 00:19.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1604]
> > > > > 00:19.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device
> > > > > [1022:1605]
> > > > > 01:04.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA
> > > > > G200eW WPCM450 [102b:0532] (rev 0a)
> > > > > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit
> > > > > Network Connection [8086:10c9] (rev 01)
> > > > > 02:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit
> > > > > Network Connection [8086:10c9] (rev 01)
> > > > > -bash-4.1#
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -boris


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