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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id ck21-20020a170906c45500b007adadfc97c7si8937072ejb.918.2022.12.19.17.22.57; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b="g/O1s/D3"; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232726AbiLTBMY (ORCPT + 70 others); Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:12:24 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46366 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229556AbiLTBMW (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:12:22 -0500 Received: from mail-oa1-x2f.google.com (mail-oa1-x2f.google.com [IPv6:2001:4860:4864:20::2f]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 436F311C15; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:12:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-oa1-x2f.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-143ffc8c2b2so13791434fac.2; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:12:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=0lq/bPpBCckHEaeP84YP3OrcTYEbg/cWVNuiIRlyVbI=; b=g/O1s/D3tvfBRYJ2Wye5c7f4XYfv166pE5fioZRzYwubTPG08SMDxO9oT+zx1BhPA8 lFncyyszK60VnZE52h+uHVCtQPFTWlPOg94FQKxJbC72YCK3qmBBobeGBmtRzLiM1WgX 0PwQfekubVdARZjxKOcoQW4G6aI8PnFFbGfC+0MedoMmfrm6qw3uRcBfVedwDrGixALg E6eM5CWlNr46zzFAOD5l0UrLtH0TsGEysVOGh5cpWWq3v8UuwLOxG6UJAc/bhHTMJlcd uB9LzRI7A0mL+7xC7sdEypX+Dxvlfh79iVRjQr/ktQa4N/HVX7dbnDo96J+nUbRkrPy7 qiTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=0lq/bPpBCckHEaeP84YP3OrcTYEbg/cWVNuiIRlyVbI=; b=iMO4vYlk+A2TNNm12byynqGyD1JK5OEPVWoGNfq5pEAshh4Qx7UMmxjtuHFN9+afjm U00SNYwtKkiLtks8PjZnylpqPO96BFiqaLp7/tL/YBqsZ0MYvmC7H1/VPdZprnIeTyI7 Xq0D0y0nrrCxmJ6urJo8Xge/Q6tGJxnNupsQW0dW/K4KzwFhR1UgjzD5tqhQZVyMTG6D /Zmb5I+UNy1Z3WanBLAaOOvU/y+ZB9k951Sp5cY9w6vYpTjQQogWLce2hloZ6kRhfN4y xuGYJpXQiPSsSORlLfvjyXXtFgwcnl2pqkbZwEBNN688UN+7XmAPgAAk/z/DjESNQl8E wp4A== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kp2gZWnUPv5z+MOFH8Dl95Fjy2sThGjkl+o2Cz7fdMUuT2llYOb +A9cofzmJmze4q/9ihkpZedzyhVaMNm2P/bKDZjvZcg5hIuorg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:9e43:b0:144:9744:2be3 with SMTP id pt3-20020a0568709e4300b0014497442be3mr998112oab.93.1671498740519; Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:12:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190819163546.915-1-khorenko@virtuozzo.com> <106f384f-d9e2-905d-5ac5-fe4ffd962122@virtuozzo.com> In-Reply-To: From: James Hilliard Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:12:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 constantly resets under high io load To: Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com, khorenko@virtuozzo.com, christian@grossegger.com, aacraid@microsemi.com, Don.Brace@microchip.com, Tom.White@microchip.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Gilbert.Wu@microchip.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 1:44 PM wrote: > > Hi James / Konstantin, > Here are the details that we have compiled so far . . > I will just repost the problem definition and the concerns discussed so f= ar (to avoid back and forth)... > > Issue : Series 6 Patch [regression] aacraid: Host adapter constantly abor= ts under load (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1724077) > > Synopsis: running mkfs.ext4 on different disks on the same controller in = parallel. (Nothing seems to break, appears to always recover, but there are= a lot of timeouts.) > [ 699.442950] aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang ? > [ 759.515013] aacraid 0000:03:00.0: Issuing IOP reset > [ 850.296705] aacraid 0000:03:00.0: IOP reset succeeded > * with kernel 3.10.0-862.20.2.el7.x86_64 - PASS > * with kernel 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 - FAIL > > Konstantin=E2=80=99s patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/19/758) : upon t= esting the patch on the Virtuozzo kernel, it was found to be working fine, = and the same issue was observed on Ubuntu later. > But MCHP knows this patch/change will have issues with Xeon V2 interrupts= , adding this change into the tree can harm the customers who use this proc= essor. (CPU Intel Xeon E5-2609/2630/2650 v2 ( E5-26XX V2)) > However, the patch may work fine on Xeon V3/V4 and later processors. > > Adaptec ASK Article references our concern : https://ask.adaptec.com/app/= answers/detail/a_id/17400/kw/msi > Though the article lists appears like a "VMware" specific - the issue is = independent of the Operating system. > We have discovered a conflict between the Series 6 and 6E RAID controller= s, VMware ESXi 5.5 and Intel Xeon V2 processors that is caused by incorrect= interrupt handling. > The system is using the legacy interrupt handling but needs to be switche= d to MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) instead. > This issue caused by switching to the legacy mode occurs on CPU Intel Xeo= n E5-2609/2630/2650 v2 ( E5-26XX V2). > * Note: Xeon V2 is =E2=80=9CIvy Bridge=E2=80=9D > > Workaround: The proposed solution would be to let the driver use the MSI = mechanism with the aacraid driver parameter "msi" set to 1 (=E2=80=9Cmsi=3D= 1") . ("echo 1 > /sys/module/aacraid/parameters/msi") Hmm, so this commit indicates that series 6 raid cards should be always usi= ng MSI interrupts regardless of that msi param: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9022d375bd22869ba3e5ad3635f00427cf= b934fc However it appears that the aac_msi check wasn't removed here, maybe it should have been?: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v6.1/drivers/scsi/aacraid/rx.c#L647 > > Konstantin, > Is it possible for you or someone you know to test on your original test = bed with the "msi" set to "1", and post the results? > We are parallelly working on additional tests locally. > Please write to me if you need more information > > > Thanks in advance > Sagar > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 11:30 AM > To: james.hilliard1@gmail.com > Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com; khorenko@virtuozzo.com; christian@grosseg= ger.com; aacraid@microsemi.com; Don Brace - C33706 ; Tom White - C33503 ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org= ; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 constantly= resets under high io load > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know th= e content is safe > > Hi James, > We were in the process of finding the related information and we have fin= ally found some details. > I am reviewing that as I write this email. > I will get back to you once I review and sort that information with more = details. > > Thanks > Sagar > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Hilliard > Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2022 5:26 AM > To: Sagar Biradar - C34249 > Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com; khorenko@virtuozzo.com; christian@grosseg= ger.com; aacraid@microsemi.com; Don Brace - C33706 ; Tom White - C33503 ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org= ; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 constantly= resets under high io load > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know th= e content is safe > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:36 PM wrote: > > > > Hi James, > > Thanks for your response. > > This issue seems to be slightly different and may have been originating= from the drive itself (not too sure). > > Yeah, the drive was having hardware issues, although it does sound like a= potential error condition that's not being correctly handled by aacraid. > > > > > The original issue I was talking about would still occur with the missi= ng legacy interrupt on certain processors. > > We are still actively looking into the old "int-x missing" issue that w= e suspect might possibly originate from the patch. > > Hmm, are there any available details on this "int-x missing" issue, I cou= ldn't find any public details/reports relating to that. > > Is there a list of CPU's known to be affected? > > Does it occur in the vendor aacraid release that has this patch merged? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Hilliard > > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 3:26 AM > > To: Sagar Biradar - C34249 > > Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com; khorenko@virtuozzo.com; > > christian@grossegger.com; aacraid@microsemi.com; Don Brace - C33706 > > ; Tom White - C33503 > > ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 > > constantly resets under high io load > > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know > > the content is safe > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:05 AM wrote: > > > > > > Hi James, > > > I have looked into the patch thoroughly. > > > We suspect this change might expose an old legacy interrupt issue on = some processors. > > > > I did see this error once with this patch when a drive was having issue= s: > > [ 4306.357531] aacraid: Host adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 4335.030025] aacraid: Host adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 4335.030111] aacraid: Host adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 4335.030172] aacraid: Host adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 4335.189886] aacraid: Host bus reset request. SCSI hang ? > > [ 4335.189951] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: outstanding cmd: midlevel-0 [ 4335= .189989] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: outstanding cmd: lowlevel-0 [ 4335.190101] a= acraid 0000:81:00.0: outstanding cmd: error handler-3 [ 4335.190141] aacrai= d 0000:81:00.0: outstanding cmd: firmware-0 [ 4335.190177] aacraid 0000:81:= 00.0: outstanding cmd: kernel-0 [ 4335.274070] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: Contro= ller reset type is 3 [ 4335.274142] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: Issuing IOP reset= [ 4365.862127] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: IOP reset succeeded [ 4365.895079] aa= craid: Comm Interface type2 enabled [ 4374.938119] aacraid 0000:81:00.0: Sc= heduling bus rescan [ 4387.022913] sd 0:1:41:0: [sdi] 27344764928 512-byte = logical blocks: > > (14.0 TB/12.7 TiB) > > [ 4387.022988] sd 0:1:41:0: [sdi] 4096-byte physical blocks [ 5643.7143= 01] aacraid: Host adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 5672.349423] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000= 0000018 [ 5672.351532] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 5672.35= 3262] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 5672.354860] PGD 8000007= ad6ac7067 P4D 8000007ad6ac7067 PUD 7af0892067 PMD 0 [ 5672.356444] Oops: 00= 00 [#1] SMP PTI > > [ 5672.358075] CPU: 9 PID: 644201 Comm: cc1plus Tainted: P O > > 5.15.64-1-pve #1 > > [ 5672.359749] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/X10DRC, BIOS 3.4 > > 05/21/2021 > > [ 5672.361465] RIP: 0010:dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x49/0x1a0 > > [ 5672.363223] Code: ec 20 89 4d d4 4c 89 45 c8 85 d2 0f 8e bb 00 00 > > 00 49 89 fe 49 89 f7 89 d3 45 31 ed 4c 8b 05 ae fd b0 01 49 8b be 60 > > 02 00 00 <45> 8b 4f 18 49 8b 77 10 49 f7 d0 48 85 ff 0f 84 06 01 00 00 > > 4c 8b [ 5672.367024] RSP: 0000:ffffa4ff58c7cde0 EFLAGS: 00010046 [ > > 5672.369020] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: > > 0000000000000001 [ 5672.371073] RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: > > 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 5672.373007] RBP: > > ffffa4ff58c7ce28 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 [ > > 5672.374795] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffa4ff58c7cff8 R12: > > 0000000000000000 [ 5672.376418] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: > > ffff88968e1ec0d0 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 5672.378136] FS: > > 00007ff103d25ac0(0000) GS:ffff89547fac0000(0000) > > knlGS:0000000000000000 > > [ 5672.379760] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 5672= .381402] CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 0000007ae90cc004 CR4: 00000000001706e0 = [ 5672.383023] Call Trace: > > [ 5672.384673] > > [ 5672.386282] ? task_tick_fair+0x88/0x530 [ 5672.386469] aacraid: Hos= t adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 5672.387921] dma_unmap_sg_attrs+0x32/0x50 [ 5672.391431] aacraid: Ho= st adapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 5672.393273] scsi_dma_unmap+0x3b/0x50 [ 5672.397079] aacraid: Host a= dapter abort request. > > aacraid: Outstanding commands on (0,1,41,0): > > [ 5672.398180] aac_srb_callback+0x88/0x3c0 [aacraid] > > > > Does that look related? > > > > > > > > We are currently debugging and digging further details to be able to = explain it in much detailed fashion. > > > I will keep you the thread posted as soon as we have something intere= sting. > > > > > > Sagar > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Hilliard > > > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 12:13 AM > > > To: Sagar Biradar - C34249 > > > Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com; khorenko@virtuozzo.com; > > > christian@grossegger.com; aacraid@microsemi.com; Don Brace - C33706 > > > ; Tom White - C33503 > > > ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Linux Kernel > > > Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 > > > constantly resets under high io load > > > > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you > > > know the content is safe > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:17 PM wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi James and Konstantin, > > > > > > > > *Limiting the audience to avoid spamming* > > > > > > > > Sorry for delayed response as I was on vacation. > > > > This one got missed somehow as someone else was looking into this a= nd is no longer with the company. > > > > > > > > I will look into this, meanwhile I wanted to check if you (or someo= ne else you know) had a chance to test this thoroughly with the latest kern= el? > > > > I will get back to you with some more questions or the confirmation= in a day or two max. > > > > > > Did this ever get looked at? > > > > > > As this exact patch was merged into the vendor aacraid a while ago I'= m not sure why it wouldn't be good to merge to mainline as well. > > > > > > Vendor aacraid release with this patch merged: > > > https://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac/linux/aacraid-linux-src-1.2.1- > > > 60 > > > 001.tgz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your patience. > > > > Sagar > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: James Hilliard > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2022 1:40 AM > > > > To: Martin K. Petersen > > > > Cc: Konstantin Khorenko ; Christian > > > > Gro=C3=9Fegger ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.o= rg; > > > > Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions ; Sagar Biradar > > > > - > > > > C34249 ; Linux Kernel Mailing List > > > > ; Don Brace - C33706 > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] aacraid: Host adapter Adaptec 6405 > > > > constantly resets under high io load > > > > > > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you > > > > know the content is safe > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 2:03 PM Konstantin Khorenko wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 10.10.2022 14:31, James Hilliard wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:41 PM Martin K. Petersen > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Christian, > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> The faulty patch (Commit: 395e5df79a9588abf) from 2017 > > > > > >>> should be repaired with Konstantin Khorenko (1): > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> scsi: aacraid: resurrect correct arc ctrl checks for > > > > > >>> Series-6 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> It would be great to get this patch resubmitted by Konstantin > > > > > >> and acked by Microchip. > > > > > > > > Can we merge this as is since microchip does not appear to be maint= aining this driver any more or responding? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does the patch need to be rebased? > > > > > > > > > > James, i have just checked - the old patch (v3) applies cleanly o= nto latest master branch. > > > > > > > > > > > Based on this it looks like someone at microchip may have alrea= dy reviewed: > > > > > > v3 changes: > > > > > > * introduced another wrapper to check for devices except for = Series 6 > > > > > > controllers upon request from Sagar Biradar (Microchip) > > > > > > > > > > Well, back in the year 2019 i've created a bug in RedHat > > > > > bugzilla > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1724077 > > > > > (the bug is private, this is default for Redhat bugs) > > > > > > > > > > In this bug Sagar Biradar (with the email @microchip.com) > > > > > suggested me to rework the patch - i've done that and sent the v3= . > > > > > > > > > > And nothing happened after that, but in a ~year (2020-06-19) the > > > > > bug was closed with the resolution NOTABUG and a comment that S6 = users will find the patch useful. > > > > > > > > > > i suppose S6 is so old that RedHat just does not have customers > > > > > using it and Microchip company itself is also not that interested= in handling so old hardware issues. > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, i was unable to get a final ack from Microchip, i've > > > > > written direct emails to the addresses which is found in the > > > > > internet, tried to connect via linkedin, no luck. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Konstantin Khorenko