[PATCH v7 10/10] Documentation: PCI: Add PCI DMA endpoint function documentation
Koichiro Den <[email protected]>
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Add a function description and a user guide for pci-epf-dma. Describe the BAR-resident metadata consumed by dw-edma-pcie, the configfs attributes, endpoint controller requirements and the host-side DMAengine usage model. Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <[email protected]> --- Changes in v7: - No changes. Note: This patch was previously posted as part of the separate part 3 series. No v6 of that series was sent. Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst | 2 + .../PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst | 188 ++++++++++++++++ Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-howto.rst | 201 ++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 391 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst create mode 100644 Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-howto.rst diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst index dd1f62e731c9..cd4107e02ec2 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/index.rst @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ PCI Endpoint Framework pci-ntb-howto pci-vntb-function pci-vntb-howto + pci-dma-function + pci-dma-howto pci-nvme-function function/binding/pci-test diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4de02553f5ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +PCI DMA Function +================ + +:Author: Koichiro Den <[email protected]> + +The PCI DMA endpoint function exposes an endpoint-integrated DMA controller +to the PCI host as a PCI DMA controller. A matching host-side driver +discovers the endpoint DMA metadata and registers the delegated channels with +the Linux DMAengine framework, so host DMAengine clients can submit +transfers. + +An endpoint Linux system can already use an endpoint-integrated DMA +controller locally through the normal DMAengine API, for example to transfer +data between endpoint memory and host addresses reachable over PCI. The PCI +DMA function provides a different ownership model: it delegates selected +local DMA channels to the host, so a host DMAengine client can request and +program those endpoint-side channels through the host's DMAengine API. + +To make that possible, the endpoint function publishes the DMA controller +register window and descriptor memory layout to the host, reserves the +selected local DMA channels on the endpoint side, and lets the host program +those channels directly. + +Constructs Used for Implementing DMA +==================================== + +The PCI DMA function uses the following endpoint-side resources and +configuration: + + 1) DMA controller register window + 2) DMA descriptor memory for endpoint-to-RC channels + 3) DMA descriptor memory for RC-to-endpoint channels + 4) MSI or MSI-X interrupt vectors selected through configfs + 5) One endpoint BAR used to publish metadata + 6) If needed, one endpoint BAR used for dynamically mapped DMA windows + +The endpoint controller reports the DMA controller register and descriptor +resources through the endpoint auxiliary resource interface. The PCI DMA +function uses those descriptions to build the host-visible metadata and to map +resources that are not already visible to the host. + +DMA Controller Register Window +------------------------------ + +It contains the DMA controller registers programmed by the host-side driver +to submit transfers, control channels and handle DMA interrupts. + +DMA Descriptor Memory +--------------------- + +It contains the descriptor memory used by the DMA controller. The PCI DMA +function exposes descriptor memory for the delegated endpoint-to-RC and +RC-to-endpoint channels. + +MSI/MSI-X Interrupt Vectors +--------------------------- + +They are used by the delegated DMA channels to signal completion and error +conditions to the host-side driver. + +Metadata BAR +------------ + +It is the endpoint BAR used to publish the endpoint DMA metadata and handshake +bits. The BAR remains stable while the endpoint function programs the DMA +windows. + +DMA Window BAR +-------------- + +It is the endpoint BAR used for DMA resources that are not already visible +through a fixed BAR. The endpoint function may switch this BAR to subrange +mapping after the host-side driver has found the metadata BAR. + +BAR Metadata +============ + +The endpoint function places a small metadata block at the beginning of the +selected metadata BAR. The format is defined in +``include/linux/pci-ep-dma.h``. + +The host-side driver scans the function's assigned memory BARs, looks for the +endpoint DMA metadata magic, requests DMA window programming, waits for the +READY bit, and then parses the metadata to find the DMA register window and +descriptor windows. + +:: + + +----------------------+ metadata BAR offset 0 + | endpoint DMA metadata| + +----------------------+ + | optional padding | + +----------------------+ + + +----------------------+ DMA window BAR offset 0 + | mapped DMA resources | + +----------------------+ + | optional padding | + +----------------------+ + +The metadata can also reference resources that are already host-visible +through fixed BARs. For example, an endpoint controller may expose the DMA +controller register window at a fixed BAR offset while descriptor memories +are mapped into the DMA window BAR by the endpoint function. + +The metadata is BAR-resident instead of a self-contained PCI Vendor-Specific +Extended Capability (VSEC). Some endpoint controllers do not provide writable +configuration-space backing storage large enough for a new VSEC payload, while +they can map endpoint memory and controller resources into a BAR. + +Channel Ownership +================= + +The ``wr_chans`` attribute exposes endpoint-to-RC DMA write channels. The +``rd_chans`` attribute exposes RC-to-endpoint DMA read channels. The function +reserves the selected endpoint-side DMAengine channels so that endpoint-side +DMAengine clients cannot allocate and use the same hardware channels while +they are delegated to the host. + +The current metadata revision describes channels in dense, zero-based order. +For example, ``wr_chans = 2`` exposes write channels 0 and 1. Skipping a +hardware channel in the middle of the exposed range is not supported. + +DesignWare eDMA unroll and HDMA compatible layouts require each exposed +direction to be delegated as a whole. For example, on a controller with two +write channels, ``wr_chans`` must be either 0 or 2. DesignWare HDMA native +linked-list mode uses per-channel registers, so a smaller dense prefix can be +delegated. + +Interrupts +========== + +The PCI DMA function exposes DMA interrupts through MSI or MSI-X. The common +endpoint function ``msi_interrupts`` and ``msix_interrupts`` configfs attributes +select the interrupt vector counts programmed into endpoint config space. At +least one MSI or MSI-X vector must be configured before the function is bound +to an endpoint controller. + +Transfer Addressing +=================== + +The host-side DMAengine client supplies the endpoint memory address as the +DMA slave address. For example, the ``dw-edma-pcie`` endpoint DMA metadata +parser passes that slave address to the DMA controller as a raw endpoint-side +address instead of translating it through a host PCI BAR resource. + +The host memory buffer used as the other side of the transfer is still mapped +using the normal DMA mapping API on the host. + +Endpoint Controller Requirements +================================ + +The endpoint controller driver must expose the DMA controller register +window and per-channel descriptor memories through the endpoint auxiliary +resource API. Endpoint controllers with other DMA register layouts also need +matching metadata and host-side DMAengine driver support. + +Current DesignWare endpoint DMA support exposes only channels with descriptor +memory; HDMA native non-linked-list mode is not supported yet. + +If any DMA resource is not already host-visible through a fixed BAR, the +endpoint controller must also support BAR subrange mapping and dynamic inbound +mapping, because the DMA window BAR is assembled from those resources. + +Current Support +=============== + +The current host-side support is implemented in ``dw-edma-pcie`` for +DesignWare eDMA unroll, HDMA compatible and HDMA native linked-list layouts. +Other PCIe controller DMA implementations need corresponding host-side +DMAengine driver support. + +The ``dw-edma-pcie`` PCI ID table does not contain a generic endpoint DMA PCI +ID entry. Users need to bind the host-side driver explicitly using +``driver_override``. + +The current metadata revision requires the exposed channels to be a dense +prefix of the hardware channel numbers. + +Security Model +============== + +The interface is intended for trusted endpoint/host deployments. A delegated +DMA channel can access endpoint memory addresses supplied by a host DMAengine +client. diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-howto.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4bdce63c6f7f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-howto.rst @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================================== +PCI DMA Endpoint Function (EPF) User Guide +========================================== + +:Author: Koichiro Den <[email protected]> + +This guide shows how to configure the ``pci-epf-dma`` endpoint function driver. +It uses ``dw-edma-pcie`` as the currently available host-side driver. For the +hardware model and layout see Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-dma-function.rst. + +Endpoint Device +=============== + +Endpoint Controller Devices +--------------------------- + +To find the list of endpoint controller devices in the system:: + + # ls /sys/class/pci_epc/ + e65d0000.pcie-ep + +If ``PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS`` is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/controllers + e65d0000.pcie-ep + +Endpoint Function Drivers +------------------------- + +To find the list of endpoint function drivers in the system:: + + # ls /sys/bus/pci-epf/drivers + pci_epf_dma pci_epf_test + +If ``PCI_ENDPOINT_CONFIGFS`` is enabled:: + + # ls /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/functions + pci_epf_dma pci_epf_test + +Creating pci-epf-dma Device +--------------------------- + +Create a ``pci-epf-dma`` device with configfs:: + + # mount -t configfs none /sys/kernel/config + # cd /sys/kernel/config/pci_ep/ + # mkdir functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0 + +The "mkdir dma0" above creates the ``pci-epf-dma`` function device that will +be probed by the ``pci_epf_dma`` driver. + +The PCI endpoint framework populates the directory with the common +configurable fields:: + + # ls functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0 + baseclass_code msi_interrupts progif_code subsys_id + cache_line_size msix_interrupts revid subsys_vendor_id + deviceid pci_epf_dma.0 secondary vendorid + interrupt_pin primary subclass_code + +The PCI DMA function driver also creates a function-specific sub-directory. +The numeric suffix depends on the endpoint function instance number:: + + # ls functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/pci_epf_dma.0/ + dma_window_bar metadata_bar rd_chans wr_chans + +Configuring pci-epf-dma Device +------------------------------ + +The host-side ``dw-edma-pcie`` PCI ID table does not contain a generic +endpoint DMA PCI ID entry. Choose a PCI vendor/device ID for the endpoint +device:: + + # echo <vendor-id> > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/vendorid + # echo <device-id> > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/deviceid + # echo 1 > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/msi_interrupts + +The PCI class defaults to ``PCI_BASE_CLASS_SYSTEM`` and +``PCI_CLASS_SYSTEM_DMA``. + +The function-specific attributes are: + +============== ============================================================ +Attribute Description +============== ============================================================ +metadata_bar BAR used to publish the endpoint DMA metadata and handshake + bits. It is kept as a stable BAR while the DMA windows are + programmed. If this is left unset, the first usable BAR that + does not already contain a fixed DMA resource is used. +dma_window_bar BAR used for DMA resources that are not already host-visible, + such as the DMA register window or descriptor windows. This + BAR may be switched to subrange mapping after the host driver + has found the metadata. If this is left unset and a DMA + window is needed, the first usable BAR different from + ``metadata_bar`` and not already occupied by a fixed DMA + resource is used. +wr_chans Number of endpoint-to-RC DMA write channels to expose. +rd_chans Number of RC-to-endpoint DMA read channels to expose. +============== ============================================================ + +A sample configuration for a DesignWare eDMA/HDMA compatible controller with +two write channels and two read channels is given below:: + + # echo 0 > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/pci_epf_dma.0/metadata_bar + # echo 2 > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/pci_epf_dma.0/dma_window_bar + # echo 2 > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/pci_epf_dma.0/wr_chans + # echo 2 > functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/pci_epf_dma.0/rd_chans + +``wr_chans`` and ``rd_chans`` default to 0. At least one channel direction +must be configured. The selected channels are exposed in dense, zero-based +order; for example, ``wr_chans = 2`` exposes write channels 0 and 1. +DesignWare eDMA unroll and HDMA compatible layouts require each exposed +direction to be delegated as a whole, so set a direction to either 0 or the +number of hardware channels in that direction. DesignWare HDMA native +linked-list mode allows a smaller dense prefix. If ``dma_window_bar`` is +configured, it must be different from ``metadata_bar``. + +The common ``msi_interrupts`` and ``msix_interrupts`` attributes select the +number of MSI and MSI-X vectors exposed to the host. At least one MSI or +MSI-X vector must be configured. + +The function-specific attributes can only be changed before the endpoint +function is bound to an endpoint controller. + +Binding pci-epf-dma Device to EP Controller +------------------------------------------- + +The DMA function device should be attached to a PCI endpoint controller +connected to the host:: + + # ln -s controllers/e65d0000.pcie-ep \ + functions/pci_epf_dma/dma0/primary/ + +Once the above step is completed, the PCI endpoint controller is ready to +establish a link with the host. + +Start the Link +-------------- + +Start the endpoint controller by writing 1 to ``start``:: + + # echo 1 > controllers/e65d0000.pcie-ep/start + +Root Complex Device +=================== + +lspci Output +------------ + +Note that the device listed here corresponds to the values populated in the +endpoint configuration above:: + + # lspci -nk + 01:00.1 0801: <vendor-id>:<device-id> + +If the host was already running while the endpoint function was configured, +rescan the PCI bus after the endpoint side has completed the configfs setup +and started the endpoint controller, if the platform supports it. + +Bind the endpoint DMA function to ``dw-edma-pcie`` explicitly with +``driver_override``:: + + # modprobe dw_edma_pcie + # echo dw-edma-pcie > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/driver_override + # echo 0000:01:00.1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers_probe + +The device should then be bound to ``dw-edma-pcie``:: + + # lspci -nk -s 01:00.1 + 01:00.1 0801: <vendor-id>:<device-id> + Kernel driver in use: dw-edma-pcie + +Using pci-epf-dma Device +------------------------ + +The host side software uses the standard Linux DMAengine API. A DMAengine +client driver running on the host must request one of the channels provided by +``dw-edma-pcie`` and submit a transfer. + +For an endpoint-to-RC write transfer, the DMAengine client uses a host DMA +buffer as the destination and an endpoint-side address as the slave source +address. For an RC-to-endpoint read transfer, the DMAengine client uses a +host DMA buffer as the source and an endpoint-side address as the slave +destination address. + +Troubleshooting +=============== + +``pci-epf-dma`` requires endpoint controller support for DMA auxiliary +resources and MSI or MSI-X. If any DMA resource must be mapped dynamically, +the endpoint controller must also support BAR subrange mapping and dynamic +inbound mapping. Binding the function to an endpoint controller fails if the +required capabilities are not available, or if both ``msi_interrupts`` and +``msix_interrupts`` are zero. + +If ``dw-edma-pcie`` fails to probe on the host, check that the endpoint was +bound to the host driver, that the endpoint BARs were assigned by PCI +enumeration, and that the endpoint DMA metadata READY bit was set after any +DMA window BAR submaps were programmed. -- 2.51.0