[PATCH] bootstd: Skip over bad device during bootflows scanning

Tony Dinh mibodhi at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 20:45:31 CET 2023


On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 12:26 PM Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:47 PM Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > During scanning for the next bootdev, if bootdev_next_prio() encounters
> > a device error (e.g. ENOSYS), let it continue scanning the next devices,
> > not stopping prematurely.
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > During scanning for bootflows, it's possible for bootstd to encounter a
> > faulty device controller. Also when the same u-boot is used for another
> > variant of the same board, some device controller such as SATA might
> > not exist.
> >
> > I've found this issue while converting the Marvell Sheevaplug board to
> > use bootstd. This board has 2 variants, the original Sheevaplug has MMC and
> > USB only, but the later variant comes with USB, MMC, and eSATA ports. We
> > have been using the same u-boot (starting with CONFIG_IDE and later with DM
> > CONFIG_SATA) for both variants. This worked well with the old
> > envs-scripting booting scheme.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >
> >  boot/bootdev-uclass.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/boot/bootdev-uclass.c b/boot/bootdev-uclass.c
> > index 44ae98a926..b1d48e5b69 100644
> > --- a/boot/bootdev-uclass.c
> > +++ b/boot/bootdev-uclass.c
> > @@ -677,8 +677,6 @@ int bootdev_next_prio(struct bootflow_iter *iter, struct udevice **devp)
> >                                                         BOOTFLOWIF_SHOW);
> >                                 log_debug("- bootdev_hunt_prio() ret %d\n",
> >                                           ret);
> > -                               if (ret)
> > -                                       return log_msg_ret("hun", ret);
> >                         }
> >                 } else {
> >                         ret = device_probe(dev);
> > --
> > 2.39.2
> >
>
> Per your request, here is the console trace log when the device error
> occurs. Perhaps we could improve bootdev_next_prio() to make the error
> status more visible in the console with printf? I've briefly looked at
> other device bootdev hunt drivers and did not see enough console
> output for this type of error, so it might be better that we have this
> output either in bootdev_next_prio() or bootdev_hunt_drv().
>
> <BEGIN LOG>
> U-Boot 2024.01-rc1-tld-1-00003-gd697d7b93a-dirty (Oct 26 2023 - 16:17:16 -0700)
> Marvell-Sheevaplug
>
> SoC:   Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
> DRAM:  512 MiB
> Core:  17 devices, 12 uclasses, devicetree: separate
> NAND:  512 MiB
> MMC:   338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 0
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'mvsdio at 90000'
> 349-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - found
> 252-  mvebu_mmc_power_up() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: power up
> 399-mvebu_mmc_initialize() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: mvebu_mmc_initialize
> 338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 1
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'mvsdio at 90000'
> 353-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - not found
> mvsdio at 90000: 0
> Loading Environment from NAND... 338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 0
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'ethernet-controller at 72000'
> 349-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - found
> OK
> In:    serial
> Out:   serial
> Err:   serial
> Net:   eth0: ethernet-controller at 72000
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>
> => env def -a
> ## Resetting to default environment
>
> => bootflow scan -l
> Scanning for bootflows in all bootdevs
> Seq  Method       State   Uclass    Part  Name                      Filename
> ---  -----------  ------  --------  ----  ------------------------
> ----------------
> 338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 0
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'extlinux'
> 349-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - found
> 338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 1
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'extlinux'
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 1 'script'
> 349-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - found
> 338-uclass_find_device_by_seq() 2
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 0 'extlinux'
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 1 'script'
> 346-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - 2 'pxe'
> 349-uclass_find_device_by_seq()    - found
> 871-   bootdev_hunt_prio() Hunting for priority 1
> 883-   bootdev_hunt_prio() exit 0
> 715-  bootdev_setup_iter() - bootdev_hunt_prio() ret 0
> 83-bootstd_get_bootdev_order() - targets <NULL> 00000000
> 746-  bootdev_setup_iter() setup labels 00000000
> 641-   bootdev_next_prio() next prio 0: dev=00000000/none
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - ethernet-controller at 72000.boo: 6, want 0
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - mvsdio at 90000.bootdev: 2, want 0
> 668-   bootdev_next_prio() None found at prio 0, moving to 1
> 871-   bootdev_hunt_prio() Hunting for priority 1
> 883-   bootdev_hunt_prio() exit 0
> 678-   bootdev_next_prio() - bootdev_hunt_prio() ret 0
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - ethernet-controller at 72000.boo: 6, want 1
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - mvsdio at 90000.bootdev: 2, want 1
> 668-   bootdev_next_prio() None found at prio 1, moving to 2
> 871-   bootdev_hunt_prio() Hunting for priority 2
> Hunting with: mmc
> 783-    bootdev_hunt_drv() Hunting with: mmc
> 879-   bootdev_hunt_prio() bootdev_hunt_drv() return 0
> 883-   bootdev_hunt_prio() exit 0
> 678-   bootdev_next_prio() - bootdev_hunt_prio() ret 0
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - ethernet-controller at 72000.boo: 6, want 2
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - mvsdio at 90000.bootdev: 2, want 2
> 756-  bootdev_setup_iter() Selected bootdev: mvsdio at 90000.bootdev
> 134-bootflow_iter_set_dev() iter: Setting dev to mvsdio at 90000.bootdev, flags 0
> Scanning bootdev 'mvsdio at 90000.bootdev':
> 573-bootdev_get_bootflow() ->get_bootflow mvsdio at 90000.bootdev,0=00000000
> 337-   mvebu_mmc_set_ios() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: bus[0] clock[0]
> 321-   mvebu_mmc_set_bus() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: ctrl 0xf809:
> push-pull 1bit-width
> 279-   mvebu_mmc_set_clk() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: clock off
> 337-   mvebu_mmc_set_ios() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: bus[1] clock[0]
> 321-   mvebu_mmc_set_bus() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: ctrl 0xf809:
> push-pull 1bit-width
> 279-   mvebu_mmc_set_clk() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: clock off
> 337-   mvebu_mmc_set_ios() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: bus[1] clock[97703]
> 321-   mvebu_mmc_set_bus() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: ctrl 0xf809:
> push-pull 1bit-width
> 287-   mvebu_mmc_set_clk() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: clock (97703) div : 1022
> 85-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmdidx [0x0]
> resp_type[0x0] cmdarg[0x0]
> 88-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmd 0 (hw state 0x20f8)
> 233-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: resp[0x0] mvebu_mmc
> mvsdio at 90000: cmdidx [0x8] resp_type[0x15] cmdarg[0x1aa]
> 88-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmd 8 (hw state 0x20f8)
> 233-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: resp[0x15]
> mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmdidx [0x37] resp_type[0x15] cmdarg[0x0]
> 88-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmd 55 (hw state 0x20f8)
> 233-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: resp[0x15]
> mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmdidx [0x0] resp_type[0x0] cmdarg[0x0]
> 88-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmd 0 (hw state 0x20f8)
> 233-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: resp[0x0] mvebu_mmc
> mvsdio at 90000: cmdidx [0x1] resp_type[0x1] cmdarg[0x0]
> 88-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: cmd 1 (hw state 0x20f8)
> 233-  mvebu_mmc_send_cmd() mvebu_mmc mvsdio at 90000: resp[0x1] Card did
> not respond to voltage select! : -110
> 333-bootdev_get_sibling_blk() act: returning err=-95
> 550-default_get_bootflow() sibling_blk ret=-95, blk=(none)
> 559-default_get_bootflow() blk: returning err=-108
> 375-      bootflow_check() check: returning err=-108
> 414- bootflow_scan_first() check - ret=-108
> 191-           iter_incr() entry: err=-108
> 248-           iter_incr() inc_dev=1
> 281-           iter_incr() labels 00000000
> 641-   bootdev_next_prio() next prio 2: dev=1fb4e800/mvsdio at 90000.bootdev
> 668-   bootdev_next_prio() None found at prio 2, moving to 3
> 871-   bootdev_hunt_prio() Hunting for priority 3
> 883-   bootdev_hunt_prio() exit 0
> 678-   bootdev_next_prio() - bootdev_hunt_prio() ret 0
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - ethernet-controller at 72000.boo: 6, want 3
> 659-   bootdev_next_prio() - mvsdio at 90000.bootdev: 2, want 3
> 668-   bootdev_next_prio() None found at prio 3, moving to 4
> 871-   bootdev_hunt_prio() Hunting for priority 4
>
> Hunting with: ahci
> 783-    bootdev_hunt_drv() Hunting with: ahci
> Removing devices on SATA bus...
> Cannot find SATA device (err=0)
> 786-    bootdev_hunt_drv()   - hunt result -38
> 879-   bootdev_hunt_prio() bootdev_hunt_drv() return -38
> 883-   bootdev_hunt_prio() exit -38
> 678-   bootdev_next_prio() - bootdev_hunt_prio() ret -38
> 681-   bootdev_next_prio() hun: returning err=-38
> 308-           iter_incr() ret=-38, dev=00000000 none
> 134-bootflow_iter_set_dev() iter: Setting dev to (none), flags 0
> No more bootdevs
> 326-           iter_incr() incr: returning err=-19
> 434-  bootflow_scan_next() iter_incr: ret=-19
> 436-  bootflow_scan_next() done: returning err=-19
> 422- bootflow_scan_first() get: returning err=-19
> ---  -----------  ------  --------  ----  ------------------------
> ----------------
> (0 bootflows, 0 valid)
>
> <END LOG>

A bit more information:  drivers/ata/sata.c outputs these lines:

Removing devices on SATA bus...
Cannot find SATA device (err=0)

All the best,
Tony


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