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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:43:48 -0600
From:      Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nasonov Sergey <SNasonov@BCC.RU>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Interrupt stom on cardbus device
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On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 00:09 +0300, Nasonov Sergey wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@freebsd.org]
> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:04 PM
> > To: Robert Noland
> > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Nasonov Sergey
> > Subject: Re: Interrupt stom on cardbus device
> >=20
> > On Friday 27 February 2009 1:50:28 pm Robert Noland wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 12:08 -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > > On Friday 27 February 2009 9:30:06 am Sergey G Nasonov wrote:
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > I have get an issue after recent kernel recompile.
> > > > > The problem appears after switch from X to text console and back
> to
> > X11.
> > > > > After that vmstat -i show an  interrupt storm on cardbus device:
> > > > >
> > > > > > vmstat -i
> > > > > interrupt                          total       rate
> > > > > irq1: atkbd0                        6483          3
> > > > > irq9: acpi0                         3236          1
> > > > > irq12: psm0                       347988        167
> > > > > irq14: ata0                        16431          7
> > > > > irq16: cbb0 uhci2+              13624982       6556
> > > > > irq20: uhci0                          14          0
> > > > > irq22: ehci0                           2          0
> > > > > cpu0: timer                      4154687       1999
> > > > > irq256: em0                        53736         25
> > > > > irq257: hdac0                       5797          2
> > > > > cpu1: timer                      4153683       1998
> > > > > irq258: vgapci0                   235585        113
> > > > > Total                           22602624      10877
> > > > >
> > > > > I suppose that the issue related with the latest MSI interrupt
> > > > > handler changes for intel graphics chipset. My laptop has
> i965GM.
> > > > > pciconf -lv:
> > > > >
> > > > > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x20b517aa
> > chip=3D0x2a028086
> > > > > rev=3D0x0c hdr=3D0x00
> > > > >     vendor     =3D 'Intel Corporation'
> > > > >     device     =3D 'Mobile 965 Express Integrated Graphics
> Controller'
> > > > >     class      =3D display
> > > > >     subclass   =3D VGA
> > > > >
> > > > > When I added my device to drm_msi_blacklist and recompile drm
> > modules
> > the
> > > > > problem disappear.
> > > > > Is it possible to resolve this problem without moving the device
> to
> > the
> > > > > drm_msi_blacklist?
> > > > > I can test any patches or provide additional detail if it is
> > required.
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > It seems the device is still interrupting on its INTx line perhaps
> in
> > addition
> > > > to the MSI interrupts.
> > >
> > > Hrm, I did most all of that development on a 965gm.  When you VT
> switch,
> > > the irq handler gets uninstalled and reinstalled when you return to
> X.
> > > There was an eratta on the 965gm suggesting that msi didn't work
> right,
> > > but I was never able to produce the issue.  Intel was having major
> > > issues with this on linux and I finally convinced them to turn msi
> back
> > > on.  My irq handler and Eric's are very similar, so I'm not sure
> what
> > > could be going on here.
> > >
> > > There is however an issue with vblanks that might be related.  Could
> you
> > > try http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/drm-move_vblank_init.patch
> and
> > > see if that helps?
>=20
> Ok, I tried it but result the same (problem not resolved).
> Can I check anything else?

Ok, new patch... It is looking like we should actually deal with this in
the pci code, rather than drm, but let's try this patch and see if it
fixes the issue.  Note that we are looking for interrupts to still work
(the msi ones anyway) and to not see the INTx ones.

http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/i915_disable_INTx.patch

robert.

> Thanks.
> >=20
> > In this case the issue isn't that MSI isn't working I think, but that
> the
> > hardware is sending interrupts via both routes (MSI and INTx).  If
> that
> > happens, then you will see an interrupt storm on the INTx line, but
> > FreeBSD
> > will only notice if another device is sharing the same IRQ line.  So
> if
> > your
> > test machine has vgapci0 on irq 22 and you have no other devices on
> IRQ
> > 22,
> > then the storm would go unnoticed.  This is most likely a chip bug
> (unless
> > the driver has to explicitly disable INTx interrupts when using MSI).
> It
> > would probably be a good idea to add a hw.drm.msi_enable tunable (or
> > hw.drm.msi) that people can use to disable MSI perhaps.
> >=20
> > --
> > John Baldwin
--=20
Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD

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