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Tony Battersby 4f6aaade2a scsi: qla2xxx: Fix lost interrupts with qlini_mode=disabled
When qla2xxx is loaded with qlini_mode=disabled,
ha->flags.disable_msix_handshake is used before it is set, resulting in
the wrong interrupt handler being used on certain HBAs
(qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() is used when qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q() should be
used).  The only difference between these two interrupt handlers is that
the _hs() version writes to a register to clear the "RISC" interrupt,
whereas the other version does not.  So this bug results in the RISC
interrupt being cleared when it should not be.  This occasionally causes
a different interrupt handler qla24xx_msix_default() for a different
vector to see ((stat & HSRX_RISC_INT) == 0) and ignore its interrupt,
which then causes problems like:

qla2xxx [0000:02:00.0]-d04c:6: MBX Command timeout for cmd 20,
  iocontrol=8 jiffies=1090c0300 mb[0-3]=[0x4000 0x0 0x40 0xda] mb7 0x500
  host_status 0x40000010 hccr 0x3f00
qla2xxx [0000:02:00.0]-101e:6: Mailbox cmd timeout occurred, cmd=0x20,
  mb[0]=0x20. Scheduling ISP abort
(the cmd varies; sometimes it is 0x20, 0x22, 0x54, 0x5a, 0x5d, or 0x6a)

This problem can be reproduced with a 16 or 32 Gbps HBA by loading
qla2xxx with qlini_mode=disabled and running a high IOPS test while
triggering frequent RSCN database change events.

While analyzing the problem I discovered that even with
disable_msix_handshake forced to 0, it is not necessary to clear the
RISC interrupt from qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() (more below).  So just
completely remove qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() and the logic for selecting
it, which also fixes the bug with qlini_mode=disabled.

The test below describes the justification for not needing
qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs():

Force disable_msix_handshake to 0:
qla24xx_config_rings():
if (0 && (ha->fw_attributes & BIT_6) && (IS_MSIX_NACK_CAPABLE(ha)) &&
    (ha->flags.msix_enabled)) {

In qla24xx_msix_rsp_q() and qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs(), check:
  (rd_reg_dword(&reg->host_status) & HSRX_RISC_INT)

Count the number of calls to each function with HSRX_RISC_INT set and
the number with HSRX_RISC_INT not set while performing some I/O.

If qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() clears the RISC interrupt (original code):
qla24xx_msix_rsp_q:    50% of calls have HSRX_RISC_INT set
qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs:  5% of calls have HSRX_RISC_INT set
(# of qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs interrupts) =
    (# of qla24xx_msix_rsp_q interrupts) * 3

If qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() does not clear the RISC interrupt (patched
code):
qla24xx_msix_rsp_q:    100% of calls have HSRX_RISC_INT set
qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs:   9% of calls have HSRX_RISC_INT set
(# of qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs interrupts) =
    (# of qla24xx_msix_rsp_q interrupts) * 3

In the case of the original code, qla24xx_msix_rsp_q() was seeing
HSRX_RISC_INT set only 50% of the time because qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs()
was clearing it when it shouldn't have been.  In the patched code,
qla24xx_msix_rsp_q() sees HSRX_RISC_INT set 100% of the time, which
makes sense if that interrupt handler needs to clear the RISC interrupt
(which it does).  qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q_hs() sees HSRX_RISC_INT only 9% of
the time, which is just overlap from the other interrupt during the
high IOPS test.

Tested with SCST on:
QLE2742  FW:v9.08.02 (32 Gbps 2-port)
QLE2694L FW:v9.10.11 (16 Gbps 4-port)
QLE2694L FW:v9.08.02 (16 Gbps 4-port)
QLE2672  FW:v8.07.12 (16 Gbps 2-port)
both initiator and target mode

Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@cybernetics.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/56d378eb-14ad-49c7-bae9-c649b6c7691e@cybernetics.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
2025-11-12 18:07:50 -05:00
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