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Laszlo Ersek Sept. 24, 2018, 10:13 p.m. UTC
This is based on the discussion in the "[Qemu-devel] 64-bit MMIO
aperture expansion" thread, which starts at
<http://mid.mail-archive.com/a56b3710-9c2d-9ad0-5590-efe30b6d7bd9@redhat.com>.

Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>

Thanks
Laszlo

Laszlo Ersek (2):
  hw/pci-host/x86: extract get_pci_hole64_start_value() helpers
  hw/pci-host/x86: extend the 64-bit PCI hole relative to the
    fw-assigned base

 hw/pci-host/piix.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 hw/pci-host/q35.c  | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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Michael S. Tsirkin Sept. 25, 2018, 3:04 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:13:44AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> This is based on the discussion in the "[Qemu-devel] 64-bit MMIO
> aperture expansion" thread, which starts at
> <http://mid.mail-archive.com/a56b3710-9c2d-9ad0-5590-efe30b6d7bd9@redhat.com>.
> 
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>

Mentioning
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1778350

here - do any of these patches help?

> Thanks
> Laszlo
> 
> Laszlo Ersek (2):
>   hw/pci-host/x86: extract get_pci_hole64_start_value() helpers
>   hw/pci-host/x86: extend the 64-bit PCI hole relative to the
>     fw-assigned base
> 
>  hw/pci-host/piix.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  hw/pci-host/q35.c  | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.14.1.3.gb7cf6e02401b
Laszlo Ersek Sept. 25, 2018, 5:31 p.m. UTC | #2
On 09/25/18 17:04, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:13:44AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> This is based on the discussion in the "[Qemu-devel] 64-bit MMIO
>> aperture expansion" thread, which starts at
>> <http://mid.mail-archive.com/a56b3710-9c2d-9ad0-5590-efe30b6d7bd9@redhat.com>.
>>
>> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
> 
> Mentioning
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1778350
> 
> here - do any of these patches help?

Thanks for the reference.

I'm going to add an RFT (request for testing) to that LP soon. However,
I find your remark
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1778350/comments/6> instructive:
"I looked at it and while I might be wrong, I suspect it's a bug in ACPI
parser in that version of Linux."

In the ACPI builder, we create the qword memory descriptor for the _CRS
only if the 64-bit hole is not empty.

(The exact expression for gating the descriptor's generation has gone
through a number of iterations, but AFAICS, the condition was first
added in commit 60efd4297d44, "pc: acpi-build: create PCI0._CRS
dynamically", 2015-03-01.)

Therefore, if an ACPI parser chokes on a qword memory descriptor in a
_CRS in general, then 9fa99d2519cb would trigger that issue. And,
setting "x-pci-hole64-fix=off" would mask it again.

This series does not change *when* the memory descriptor is generated;
it only changes *how* (with what contents) it is generated, when it is
generated. So I don't expect it to make a difference for LP#1778350.

But, I'll ask the reporter to apply this and test it.

Thanks!
Laszlo