This patch series implements comprehensive RTAS-based error injection
support for VFIO EEH (Enhanced Error Handling) on PowerPC sPAPR platforms.
The implementation enables guest-initiated PCI error injection for improved
testing and diagnostics of EEH recovery mechanisms.
Background
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EEH is a critical feature on PowerPC platforms that provides error detection,
isolation, and recovery for PCI devices. Testing EEH recovery paths requires
the ability to inject various types of errors into the system. While physical
hardware supports error injection through firmware interfaces, QEMU's VFIO
implementation previously lacked this capability.
This series bridges that gap by implementing the IBM RTAS error injection
interface, allowing guests to inject PCI errors through the same firmware
calls used on physical hardware. This enables comprehensive testing of device
drivers' EEH recovery code paths in virtualized environments.
Implementation Overview
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The patch series introduces three new RTAS calls:
- ibm,open-errinjct: Opens an error injection session
- ibm,errinjct: Injects a specific error type
- ibm,close-errinjct: Closes the error injection session
The implementation supports multiple error types including:
- IOA bus errors (32-bit and 64-bit addressing)
- Memory/IO/Config space load/store errors
- DMA read/write errors
- Cache and TLB corruption scenarios
- Special recovery events
Tesed on pseries and powernv hosts on kvm guest with errinjct tool.
Patch Organization
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Patch 1: Adds the VFIO backend for error injection
Patch 2: Implements the ibm,errinjct RTAS call handler
Patch 3: Adds session management (open/close) RTAS calls
Patch 4: Advertises capabilities via device tree properties
Patch 5: Refactors file naming for clarity
Patch 6: Updates MAINTAINERS file
Narayana Murty N (6):
ppc/spapr: Add VFIO EEH error injection backend
ppc/spapr: Add ibm,errinjct RTAS call handler
ppc/spapr: Add support for 'ibm,open-errinjct' and 'ibm,
close-errinjct'
ppc/spapr: Advertise RTAS error injection call support via FDT
property
hw/ppc: Rename spapr_pci_vfio.c to spapr_pci_vfio_eeh.c
MAINTAINERS: Add entry for sPAPR PCI VFIO EEH support
MAINTAINERS | 6 +
hw/ppc/Kconfig | 2 +-
hw/ppc/meson.build | 2 +-
hw/ppc/spapr.c | 106 ++++++++
hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c | 232 ++++++++++++++++++
...{spapr_pci_vfio.c => spapr_pci_vfio_eeh.c} | 65 ++++-
include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h | 8 +
include/hw/ppc/spapr.h | 57 ++++-
8 files changed, 464 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
rename hw/ppc/{spapr_pci_vfio.c => spapr_pci_vfio_eeh.c} (85%)
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